This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Alana Wade (RN) and Cristina Zaganelli (NP) from Alberta Health Services. Their leadership team includes Dr. Ron Lim (Medical Director) and Stacey Whitman (former Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy Manager.) The interview took place in March 2022, and its details should be considered within the […]
This journal article from Men, Gunderson, Urquia and Tarasuk presents data correlating income-based household food insecurity as a social determinant of mortality across all causes of death (except cancer) in Canada.
This database from Statistics Canada offers data related to equity issues of COVID-19 including food insecurity, Indigeneity and other social determinants of health.
This toolkit from Ontario Dietitians in Public Health (ODPH) offers resources and ideas for secondary school students to develop awareness raising campaigns for food insecurity. The goal is to promote campaigns that focus on income-based strategies to address food insecurity and discourage a focus on food charity as a solution.
Four fact sheets from La Chaire de recherche du Canada Approches communautaires et inégalités de santé (CACIS) presenting the findings of literature reviews on housing, the food environment, community life and sustainable mobility.
Guest bloggers Christine Johnson (health equity lead) and Karen MacKinnon (nutritionist) discuss Nutrition Month and shifting nutrition communications.
This document looks at how living conditions on-reserve for First Nations peoples are influenced by current and historical barriers that negatively impact their health, physical and social environments, and ways that communities and health care providers can work together to overcome them.
This paper from the Northern Policy Institute outlines evidence to support a basic income guarantee as the most effective policy intervention for addressing food insecurity among vulnerable populations. It also provides an overview of how Ontario’s socioeconomic patterning relates to income of food insecurity in the province.
The PROOF project website offers research, reports and webinars that explore policy interventions relating to food insecurity.
This paper discusses advocacy for food security based on the experiences of the Ontario Association of Public Health Nutrition Professionals and Food Secure Canada. It highlights the application of a range of public health advocacy roles.
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