PROOF News & Stories
The latest updates from our research on effective policy interventions to reduce household food insecurity in Canada.
Commentary | Resource | Story
More Canadians are food insecure than ever before – and the problem is only getting worse
PROOF provides a long-awaited look into food insecurity in this country. Drawing on the 2017-18 CCHS, we found that 1 in 8 households were food insecure.
March 11, 2020
Research
Homeownership status and risk of food insecurity: examining the role of housing debt, housing expenditure and housing asset using a cross-sectional population-based survey of Canadian households
This study aimed to examine the influence of housing asset, debt and expenditure on the relationship between homeownership and food insecurity in Canada.
February 3, 2020
Research
Association between household food insecurity and mortality in Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study
Research drawing on a population-based sample of Canadian adults showed that those living in food-insecure households were more likely to die prematurely.
February 3, 2020
Research | Story
Money speaks: Reductions in severe food insecurity follow the Canada Child Benefit
The rate of severe food insecurity dropped by one-third among low-income families after the introduction of the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) in 2016.
November 8, 2019
Research
Prescription medication nonadherence associated with food insecurity: a population-based cross-sectional study
The more severe their household food insecurity is, the greater the probability that adults will fail to take medications as prescribed because of the cost.
September 25, 2019
Research
Household Food Insecurity in Ontario during a Period of Poverty Reduction, 2005–2014
We assessed changes in household food insecurity in Ontario after the introduction of the Ontario Child Benefit and the poverty reduction strategy.
February 22, 2019
Research
The Relationship Between Food Banks and Food Insecurity: Insights from Canada
Our new study assessed the relationship between food bank use and household food insecurity and examined the interrelation with food-insecure households’ use of other resource augmentation strategies.
January 31, 2019
Research
Household food insecurity narrows the sex gap in five adverse mental health outcomes among Canadian adults
Although the sex gap was observed among food secure men versus women, males and females reporting any level of food insecurity were equally likely to report adverse mental health outcomes.
January 24, 2019
Research | Story
Geographic & socio-demographic predictors of household food insecurity in Canada
The study is one of the most comprehensive to elucidate the socio-demographics of food insecurity in Canada, and it shows wide disparities in risk by province and territory, age and Indigeneity, among other factors.
January 3, 2019
Research
The application of ‘valence’ to the idea of household food insecurity in Canada
We compiled four datasets in which household food insecurity was discussed, representing different kinds of political forums for debate.
November 13, 2018
