News Releases and Blog Posts
Canadians Want Action on Food Insecurity
Campaign highlights the impossible choices people face to feed their families MISSISSAUGA, ON , Oct. 6, 2021 /CNW/ - In the lead-up to World Food Day on October 16 th , the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security ("the Centre") is launching a campaign, #SpeakUpForFoo...
Raising awareness of food insecurity with Maclean's
Maclean's journalist to focus on food insecurity in Canada over the next year. What is food insecurity? Food insecurity, known as uncertain or inadequate access to the food needed for a healthy life, is a serious and growing problem across Canada. Food insecurit...
New research released by the Ottawa Food Bank shows impact of novel food bank strategies on food security outcomes
This research suggests that better outcomes can be achieved for participants when food banks are integrated with community resource centres and when choice is provided. MISSISSAUGA, ON , Sept. 9, 2021 /CNW/ - (TSX: MFI) The Ottawa Food Bank and the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food S...
Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security Awards 2021/22 Scholarships in Food Insecurity
Three scholarships will support research related to the development of a national school food program, food security policy, and postsecondary student food insecurity MISSISSAUGA, ON , June 23, 2021 /CNW/ - (TSX: MFI) Maple Leaf Foods and the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Secur...
Nadia Theodore Joins Board of Directors of the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security
MISSISSAUGA, ON , June 9, 2021 /CNW/ - The Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security ("The Centre") is honoured to announce the appointment of Nadia Theodore to the Centre's Board of Directors. She replaces Rory McAlpine , who retired from the board after serving as a director s...
Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security Partners with Nourish
Engaging community-based health care sector to increase food security MISSISSAUGA, ON , May 18, 2021 /CNW/ - The Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security ("The Centre") today announced that it is investing $450,000 over three years to be a core partner of Nourish, an initiative laun...
The Depot's Boîte à Lunch program teaches fun recipes to kids and increases access to food
A conversation with Daniel Rotman, Director of the Depot Community Food Centre, about a food program that reduces barriers to food security for children in Montreal. Over the past 35 years, The Depot has grown from being a small community food pantry to providing over 20 healthy food prog...
Prosper Canada helps Canadians overcome financial barriers to food security
During tax filing season and throughout the year, Prosper Canada helps low-income households receive the benefits they're entitled to. For the over 4 million Canadians who face food insecurity, lack of sufficient income is most often the biggest cause. We know that improving low-income ho...
The Power of Empathy
If this terrible pandemic that we are living through teaches us something, maybe it’s the power of empathy. What is empathy? It’s the ability to think beyond ourselves, our experiences and lives, to feel what others experience. It reaches across social, racial, economic divides. It pushe...
Advancing our understanding of food insecurity in 2021
Launched in 2020, the Centre awards three scholarships to support research that advances a better understanding of food insecurity in Canada. These scholarships were created in recognition of the contribution of David Emerson, Wallace McCain and Purdy Crawford as past Chairs of the Maple Leaf Foo...