News Releases and Blog Posts

Meet Natalie & Ahmed – doing “all the right things” and still struggling to make ends meet

March 5, 2025

One of five household archetypes experiencing food insecurity Last year, we shared a blog post describing some of the research the Centre has embarked on to better understand the economic, demographic, geographic and social/cultural characteristics of households experiencing food insec...

Meet Baljeet – a newcomer experiencing economic precarity

February 20, 2025

One of the five household archetypes experiencing food insecurity Last month, we shared a blog post describing some of the research the Centre has embarked on to better understand the economic, demographic, geographic and social/cultural characteristics of households experiencing food ...

Meet Keira – a single mom with an uncooperative ex

February 13, 2025

One of five household archetypes experiencing food insecurity In December, we shared a blog post describing some of the research the Centre has embarked on to better understand the economic, demographic, geographic and social/cultural characteristics of households experiencing foo...

It’s a big, bold goal: Better public policy to achieve food security for Canadians with disabilities 

January 31, 2025

The Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security is engaging thought leaders and public policy experts on ways governments can make meaningful impacts on the food insecurity crisis in Canada.

Meet Curtis – single and living with an acquired disability

January 23, 2025

One of five household archetypes experiencing food insecurity Last month, we shared a blog post describing some of the research The Centre has embarked on to better understand the economic, demographic, geographic and social/cultural characteristics of households experiencing food inse...

Meet Sasha & Oleg – parents caring for a child with a disability

January 9, 2025

One of five household archetypes experiencing food insecurity Last month, we shared a blog post describing research The Centre embarked on to better understand the economic, demographic, geographic and social/cultural characteristics of households experiencing food insecurity. Over the...

Navigating Food Insecurity in Urban Canada

December 16, 2024

Findings from an exploration of five household archetypes Since its inception in 2016, The Centre has worked to better understand the causes of and pathways out of food insecurity for Canadian households. Following research we funded by Statistics Canada to better understand the relati...

The Centre announces four new projects to increase access to the Canada Disability Benefit

December 6, 2024

The Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security (The Centre) has a goal, in collaboration with non-profits, businesses and government, to reduce food insecurity by 50%. In 2022 we learned that 50% of people over the age of 15 living in food-insecure households had a disability and we recognized that we n...

Neil Hetherington Joins Board of Directors of the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security

December 5, 2024

MISSISSAUGA, ON , Dec. 5, 2024 /CNW/ - The Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security ("the Centre") is honoured to announce that Neil Hetherington , Chief Executive Officer of Daily Bread Food Bank, has joined its Board of Directors. ...

The Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security hosts its fifth annual Food Security Symposium

October 28, 2024

Sharing learnings and insights as we collectively seek to reduce food insecurity in Canada. By Sarah Stern, Executive Director, Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security On October 16, the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security hosted our fifth annual Food Security Symposium with approxima...