News Releases and Blog Posts
The Centre announces four new projects to increase access to the Canada Disability Benefit
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
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
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...
Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security Hosts Annual Symposium on Canada's Growing Food Insecurity Crisis
Special guest Premier Andrew Furey of Newfoundland and Labrador stressed the need to strengthen the social determinants of health to reduce food insecurity and improve health outcomes MISSISSAUGA, ON , Oct. 17, 2024 /CNW/ - The Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security ("the Centre...
Canadians continue to prioritize social policies to reduce poverty and food insecurity – results from our 2024 public opinion research
One of the goals of the Centre is to increase public awareness of and support for policies to reduce food insecurity in Canada. For the past four years, we have partnered with David Herle and the Gandalf Group to run an annual nationally representative survey [1] to gauge public a...
Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security awards four scholarships
$60,000 in scholarships to support research on food insecurity in Canada. MISSISSAUGA, ON , June 5, 2024 /CNW/ - (TSX: MFI) Maple Leaf Foods and the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security ("the Centre") today announced the four recipients of the 2024/25 Maple Leaf Board Scho...
The Centre's response to the 2024 Federal Budget
The Centre is pleased to see some of our recommendations in the 2024 Federal Budget, including funding to support the establishment of a National School Food Program, but more is required to address food insecurity in Canada. Below we highlight some key areas of the budget that will impact food a...
Maple Leaf Foods and the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security commend the Government of Canada's investment in a National School Food Program
MISSISSAUGA, ON , April 1, 2024 /CNW/ - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSX: MFI) and the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security commend the Government of Canada on their announcement today to invest $1 billion over the next five years to establish a National School Food Program. Working with prov...
Our 2024 Pre-Budget Submission to the Federal Government
February 9, 2024 Hon. Chrystia Freeland Minister of Finance Department of Finance Canada 90 Elgin Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Delivered via email to Budget2024@fin.gc.ca Dear Minister Freeland, The federal government has made significant policy and program...
Provincial Government Partners with Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security to Improve Food Access for Families
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Education ; Health and Community Services December 11, 2023 The Provincial Government and the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security today announced that together they are providing $1.8 million to implement an innovative program to...