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Hunger: How food shaped the course of the First World War
19 Mar 2025 | Review | Contributor(s):
By Laurie Wadsworth
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...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7778/?v=1
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“Dismantling the structures and sites that create unequal access to food:” : Paul Taylor and Elaine Power in conversation about food justice
19 Mar 2025 | Essay | Contributor(s):
By Paul Taylor, Elaine Power
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....
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7772/?v=1
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Cohérence des interventions gouvernementales pour prévenir l’insécurité alimentaire des ménages : Le cas du Québec
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Marie-Ève Gaboury-Bonhomme, Laurence Bastien, Etienne-Yusufu Kachaka, Laurence Godin, Laure Saulais, Ibrahima Bocoum
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...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7759/?v=1
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Intersections of race, COVID-19 pandemic, and food security in Black identifying Canadian households: A scoping review
19 Mar 2025 | Review | Contributor(s):
By Keji Mori, Elizabeth Onyango
Although studies have identified food insecurity as a racialized inequity issue disproportionately affecting Black identifying Canadians, research exploring how anti-Black racism across multiple...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7747/?v=1
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Envisioning a community food hub to support food security: A community engagement process at a post-secondary institute
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Sarah Clement, Sara Kozicky, Cassandra Hamilton, Rachel Murphy
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...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7741/?v=1
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Food insecurity in books for children: A qualitative content analysis
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Dian Day
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....
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7740/?v=1
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Heroes for the helpless: A critical discourse analysis of Canadian national print media’s coverage of the food insecurity crisis in Nunavut
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Bradley Hiebert, Elaine Power
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...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7611/?v=1
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Student food insecurity at the University of Manitoba
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Meghan Entz, Joyce Slater, Annette Aurélie Desmarais
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...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7601/?v=1
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Supporting Inuit food security: A synthesis of initiatives in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Tiff-Annie Kenny, Sonia D Wesche, Myriam Fillion, Jullian MacLean, Hing Man Chan
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,...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7572/?v=1
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Tackling household food insecurity: An essential goal of a national food policy
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Naomi Dachner, Valerie Tarasuk
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...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7559/?v=1
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A Participatory Study of the Health and Social Impact of a Community Food Centre in Ottawa, Canada
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Aganeta Enns, Myddryn Ellis, Tracey O’Sullivan, Peter Milley, Elizabeth Kristjansson
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...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7512/?v=1
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“I don’t want to say I’m broke”: Student experiences of food insecurity at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Elaine Power, Julie Dietrich, Zoe Walter, Susan Belyea
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...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7490/?v=1
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On the Front Lines in Food Policy: Assessing the Role of Neighbourhoods for Food Systems Transformation in the Montreal Food Polity
19 Mar 2025 | Review | Contributor(s):
By Anna-Liisa Aunio, Laurette Dube
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...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7484/?v=1
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Examining the relationship between food security and perceived health among Memorial University students
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Lisa Blundell, Maria Mathews
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...
https://hsscommons.ca/en/publications/7469/?v=1
