Hunger: How food shaped the course of the First World War

2025-03-19 22:13:02 | Review | Contributor(s): Laurie Wadsworth | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v10i1.579

Blom’s thesis for the book involved the impact food supply had on the outcome of WWI. Information presented focused on food security of civilians and armed forces across nations. Detailed coverage of food production, distribution, storage and consumption is a strength of the book. Blom...

“Dismantling the structures and sites that create unequal access to food:” : Paul Taylor and Elaine Power in conversation about food justice

2025-03-19 22:13:00 | Essay | Contributor(s): Paul Taylor, Elaine Power | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v10i1.567

In the summer of 2019, Elaine Power, Professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Studies at Queen’s University, interviewed Paul Taylor for a research project on community food programs. Paul, a Black man, is the Executive Director of FoodShare Toronto and an anti-poverty activist. In...

Cohérence des interventions gouvernementales pour prévenir l’insécurité alimentaire des ménages : Le cas du Québec

2025-03-19 22:12:58 | Article | Contributor(s): Marie-Ève Gaboury-Bonhomme, Laurence Bastien, Etienne-Yusufu Kachaka, Laurence Godin, Laure Saulais, Ibrahima Bocoum | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v10i2.606

In Quebec, food insecurity is a public health issue. Despite the support of several ministries to community and private organizations fighting against food insecurity, it persists and has worsened with the pandemic of COVID-19. This article analyzes the coherence of government policies and...

Intersections of race, COVID-19 pandemic, and food security in Black identifying Canadian households: A scoping review

2025-03-19 22:12:54 | Review | Contributor(s): Keji Mori, Elizabeth Onyango | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v10i3.630

Although studies have identified food insecurity as a racialized inequity issue disproportionately affecting Black identifying Canadians, research exploring how anti-Black racism across multiple systems create inequities including increased risk for food insecurity among African Caribbean...

Food insecurity in books for children: A qualitative content analysis

2025-03-19 22:12:53 | Article | Contributor(s): Dian Day | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v11i1.654

Issues of class and poverty are largely absent from children’s fiction and from elementary school curricula, even though, in Canada, one in every five children live in food insecure households. This paper examines the limited number of middle grade children’s books that feature depictions of...

Envisioning a community food hub to support food security: A community engagement process at a post-secondary institute

2025-03-19 22:12:53 | Article | Contributor(s): Sarah Clement, Sara Kozicky, Cassandra Hamilton, Rachel Murphy | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v11i1.645

Objective: The objective of this community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) project was to gain an in-depth understanding of the needs, interest and opportunities that exist within a post-secondary institution with respect to supporting food security among students via a food hub....

Heroes for the helpless: A critical discourse analysis of Canadian national print media’s coverage of the food insecurity crisis in Nunavut

2025-03-19 22:03:45 | Article | Contributor(s): Bradley Hiebert, Elaine Power | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i2.149

In northern Canada, the Inuit’s transition from a culturally traditional to a Western diet has been accompanied by chronic poverty and provoked high levels of food insecurity, resulting in numerous negative health outcomes. This study examines national coverage of Nunavut food insecurity as...

Student food insecurity at the University of Manitoba

2025-03-19 22:03:43 | Article | Contributor(s): Meghan Entz, Joyce Slater, Annette Aurélie Desmarais | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v4i1.204

While rates of food insecurity among various sectors of Canadian population are well documented, food security among post-secondary students as a particularly vulnerable population has emerged in recent years as an area of research. Based on a survey of 548 students in the 2015/16 school year,...

Supporting Inuit food security: A synthesis of initiatives in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories

2025-03-19 22:03:39 | Article | Contributor(s): Tiff-Annie Kenny, Sonia D Wesche, Myriam Fillion, Jullian MacLean, Hing Man Chan | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i2.213

Food insecurity among Indigenous Peoples of northern Canada is a significant public health issue that is exacerbated by changing social and environmental conditions. While a patchwork of programs, strategies and polices exist, the extent to which they address all “pillars” of food security...

Tackling household food insecurity: An essential goal of a national food policy

2025-03-19 22:03:37 | Article | Contributor(s): Naomi Dachner, Valerie Tarasuk | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i3.278

Eradicating household food insecurity is essential to the articulated vision of a national food policy that aims to promote healthy living and safe food for families across the country. Household food insecurity refers to the insecure or inadequate access to food due to financial constraints....

A Participatory Study of the Health and Social Impact of a Community Food Centre in Ottawa, Canada

2025-03-19 22:03:26 | Article | Contributor(s): Aganeta Enns, Myddryn Ellis, Tracey O’Sullivan, Peter Milley, Elizabeth Kristjansson | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v7i1.366

Food insecurity is a pervasive and persistent issue across Canada, where a growing number of people are accessing food banks. Conventional food banks may offer relief for immediate needs but typically have limited capacity to address longer-term food insecurity. This paper focuses on the...

“I don’t want to say I’m broke”: Student experiences of food insecurity at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada

2025-03-19 22:03:20 | Article | Contributor(s): Elaine Power, Julie Dietrich, Zoe Walter, Susan Belyea | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i1.423

Food insecurity, the inadequate or insecure access to food because of financial constraints, is an important public health concern, associated with poor physical and mental health. Recent research among post-secondary students shows that it also has consequences for academic performance; food...

On the Front Lines in Food Policy: Assessing the Role of Neighbourhoods for Food Systems Transformation in the Montreal Food Polity

2025-03-19 22:03:18 | Review | Contributor(s): Anna-Liisa Aunio, Laurette Dube | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i2.493

This paper reports a multi-year design-based implementation research (DBIR) that examines practical issues, challenges, and innovations faced by the Montreal food polity in transforming food systems for alleviating insecurity in vulnerable populations. Community organizations in three...

Examining the relationship between food security and perceived health among Memorial University students

2025-03-19 22:03:16 | Article | Contributor(s): Lisa Blundell, Maria Mathews | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i3.414

Abstract Objectives: The prevalence of student food insecurity at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) is relatively high (58.0%) compared to the national population (12.7%). We explored the relationship between food security status, perceived health, and student experience among MUN...