Partners and Supporters

Partners and Supporters

Activating Change Together for Community Food Security is a community-university research alliance, involving nearly 70 organizations, represented by over 150 individuals, including many individual community members. In addition, we’ve engaged 98 students in diverse project activities.

This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Additional support has been received from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Café Scientifique and Partnership Award 2011) and Mount Saint Vincent University to support knowledge mobilization; and the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (Scotia Support) for student engagement and training. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Foundation for Innovation for FoodARC’s infrastructure.

The following list of represents some of our many partners (through hundreds of individuals) who contribute extensive staff time, expertise, passion, and support to all aspects of the research and project activities, along with many community volunteers.

ACT for CFS Community Partners

• Cape Breton Family Resource Centre
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives- Nova Scotia
• Chebucto Communities Development Association
• CMore Media
• Community Building Resources & Growing Food Security in Alberta
• Cooper Institute
• Digby County Family Resource Centre
• Ecology Action Centre
• Family Matters Annapolis County Family Resource Centre
• Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia
• Food Secure Canada
• Just Us! Development and Education Society
• Kids Action Program
• Kids First Association
• LEA Place Women’s Resource Centre
• Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centre
• Memory Lane Family Place
• New Brunswick Food Security Action Network
• Newfoundland & Labrador Food Security Network
• Nova Scotia Assoc. of Community Business Development Corporations
• Nova Scotia Food Security Network
• Nova Scotia Legal Aid
• Nova Scotia Nutrition Council
• Nova Scotia Participatory Food Costing Project
• Parent’s Place Family Resource Centre
• PEI Food Security Network
• Perennia
• Pictou County Food Security Coalition
• Pictou Landing First Nation Food Security Committee
• Rural and Coastal Communities Network
• Shelburne SEEDS
• South Shore Family Resource Association
• St. Paul’s Family Resources Institute
• Tri-County Local Food Network
• Tri-County Women’s Centre
• United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern NB Region Inc
• VOICES Antigonish
• Voices for Food Security in Nova Scotia

ACT for CFS Health and Government Partners

• Annapolis Valley Health
• Capital Health District
• Cumberland Health
• Guysborough Antigonish Strait
• Health Canada
• Nova Scotia Advisory Commissions on AIDS
• Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture & Select NS
• Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness
• Pictou County Health
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• South Shore Health
• South West Health

ACT for CFS University Partners

• Acadia University
• Carleton University
• City University London, Centre for Food Policy
• COADY International Institute
• Community University Research for Recovery Alliance
• Dalhousie University
• Healthy Populations Institute
• McGill University
• Memorial University
• Mount Saint Vincent University
• National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
• Ryerson University
• St. Francis Xavier University
• Université de Laval
• University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
• University of Toronto
• University of Victoria

The following individuals have offered their time and wisdom to this research through their commitment to participatory leadership and involvement in the following committees over the life of the project:

Joint Management Team

Program Coordination Committee:

Advisory Group:

The following students and/or staff are among the many who have contributed to ACT for CFS research and activities over the years: