PROOF published latest data on household food insecurity based on the 2015-2016 Canadian Community Health Survey. It shows that food insecurity remains a prominent issue in Canada affecting millions of adults and children across the country. You can find more information here.
Do you find that the terminology sometimes gets confusing? Do you know what is the difference between food security and food justice? What about food sovereignty? To help you navigate the terminology, FoodARC, in collaboration with Ecology Action Centre, developed a quick reference list with some common terms related to our work. You can view the complete quick reference information …
Dig in! – Some Common Food Terms (in collaboration with EAC) Read more »
Check out Stories From The Food Movement – a wonderful video series produced by our friends at Ecology Action Centre! The video featuring FoodARC’s director Patty Williams is linked below. Enjoy! You can find other videos and more information here.
On June 6th, 2018 Ksenia Kholina, FoodARC’s Summer 2018 dietetic intern, attended Promoting Healthy Weights in Children, childhood obesity-focused conference in Moncton, NB. Ksenia found the approach taken to be all-encompassing and well-rounded, therefore, she wanted to share some of the points relevant to FoodARC’s work. First of all, Dr. Sara Kirk (Dalhousie University) presented the findings from the Children …
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The report on Key Health Inequalities in Canada has been publicly released on May 28th, 2018 and it is available hereĀ along with the executive summary, Health Inequalities Data Tool and the series of infographics. This report was developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network (PHN) in collaboration with Statistics Canada, the Canadian Institute …
Key Health Inequalities in Canada: A National Portrait Read more »
