March 8, 2010
Tens of thousands of people who receive the special diet program may see more money from the governement as a result of a recent Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruling, but poverty activists fear the...
Disability, Foodbanks and Food, Ontario
December 9, 2009
Dr. Wong, a specialist in community medicine, is being investigated after a complaint by a city councillor for signing special diet forms for people on welfare. Dr. Wong has been involved in special...
Foodbanks and Food, Health, Ontario
November 17, 2009
Food Bank Canada's annual Hunger Report report shows that food bank use has increased by 18% over the last year. This is the largest yearly increase since 1997.
“It is likely that hunger in Canada...
Foodbanks and Food, All of Canada
June 19, 2009
The Tyee has published a two part series on food security in poor neighbourhoods like the Downtown Eastside. The first article explores the kitchen at the Carnegie Community Centre which provides low...
food security, Foodbanks and Food, soup kitchens, British Columbia
May 19, 2009
CCPA has released a report that links increased food bank use to government welfare cuts throughout the 1990s. The report finds that although most provinces in Canada were experiencing high...
Foodbanks and Food, Welfare, Ontario
March 22, 2009
http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/ - The Centre for Studies in Food Security (CSFS) has been working to promote food security through research, dissemination, education, community action and...
Foodbanks and Food, General resources, All of Canada, International
December 12, 2008
Food banks across the US and Canada are deeply affected by tough economic times both by a decline in donations and an increase in demand. The US government has started shifting the federal government...
Foodbanks and Food, United States
November 24, 2008
The Ontario Association of Food Banks has released an important and timely new report on the economic cost of poverty in Ontario. This is a first for Ontario and possibly for any Canadian...
Foodbanks and Food, Poverty Research, Ontario
August 25, 2008
The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) has released a report, Our Choice for a Better Ontario: A Plan to Cut Poverty in Half by 2020 (in PDF). The report includes thirty concrete...
Foodbanks and Food, Poverty Research, Ontario
July 13, 2008
http://www.mealexchange.com/ - Meal Exchange is a national student-founded, youth-driven, registered charity organized to address local hunger by mobilizing the talent and passion of students. Since...
Foodbanks and Food, General resources, Ontario
July 13, 2008
http://www.oafb.ca/ - Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) website represents over 100 communities across Ontario in a network of food banks. Through the site, you will be able to find out more...
Foodbanks and Food, General resources, Ontario
November 29, 2007
The Dietitians of Canada, BC Region have released a report, The Cost of Eating in BC that shows some people in BC are denied the right to safe and nutritious food due to poverty. The report calls for...
Foodbanks and Food, British Columbia
November 14, 2007
The Canadian Association of Food Banks has released their national yearly survey of emergency food programs in Canada. This annual survey documents the struggle of food banks to keep up with ever...
Foodbanks and Food, All of Canada
October 25, 2007
http://nyccah.blogspot.com - The New York City Hunger Blog is a blog for the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, an umbrella organization representing New York City's over 1,200 soup kitchens and...
Blogs, Foodbanks and Food, General resources, United States
January 7, 2007
The Canadian Association of Foodbanks recent report, Hunger Count 2006 (in PDF) has found that though there has been an overall drop in overall use, more working poor and more children are relying on...
Foodbanks and Food, All of Canada
January 7, 2007
A little over a year ago the Ontario McGuinty Government cut the Special Diet Policy under which huge numbers of people on welfare were able to obtain a little more money for food each month....
Disability, Foodbanks and Food, Welfare, Ontario
July 10, 2006
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/World_Hunger_Program/ - the aim of this site is to help prevent and eradicate hunger by facilitating the free exchange of ideas and information regarding the causes...
Foodbanks and Food, General resources, International
July 6, 2006
http://www.winnipegharvest.org/ - Winnipeg Harvest is a community based food bank that is doing great things in Manitoba.
Foodbanks and Food, Manitoba, General resources
July 6, 2006
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/ - why is a US based non-profit, WHY fights against poverty hunger in the US and internationally. Their programs supports and promotes innovative, long term solutions...
Foodbanks and Food, Organizing, General resources, United States
June 11, 2006
Bishop Gary Gordon, who recently moved to Whitehorse, believes that a food bank would be a large help to the community. He is working with local anti-poverty advocates urging the establishment of one...
Foodbanks and Food, Organizing, Yukon
June 11, 2006
As the cost of living in Toronto increased and the amount of income assistance available decreased, many of Ontario's poor were struggling to survive. However, through research, the Ontario Coalition...
Foodbanks and Food, Welfare, Ontario
May 4, 2006
There were twice as many people using Iqualuit's food bank in the last year than in previous years. Food bank administrators are worried that they won't have enough food, if this many people continue...
Foodbanks and Food, Nunavut
May 4, 2006
A Whitehorse chatolic mission that originally opertated to give out emergency food to the city's needy has begun to operate as a food bank. As the numbers of people who came to recieve emergency food...
Foodbanks and Food, Yukon
February 11, 2006
The Canadian Association of Food Banks/ Phones-for-food have developed a program which works towards both environmental and social causes. The project recycles old cell phones and uses the profit to...
Foodbanks and Food, All of Canada
January 8, 2006
More people are having to use PEI's food bank for people with HIV and AIDS. It is argued that this is a response to the increased cost of fuel which has forced many people on social assistance to...
Foodbanks and Food, Utilities, Prince Edward Island
December 7, 2005
HungerCount is a national survey of emergency food programs in Canada conducted by the Canadian Association of Food Banks (CAFB). The survey reveals trends in food bank use, such as the number of...
Foodbanks and Food, All of Canada
October 3, 2005
The rising price of nutritious food is making it difficult for low income families to eat healthily. A doctor proposes ways in which government funding could be used to ensure the health of...
Foodbanks and Food, Health, Ontario
May 22, 2005
The ODSP Action Coalition is made up of community clinic caseworkers, agency staff, and community activists who undertake campaigns and activities designed to raise awareness of issues affecting...
Disability, Foodbanks and Food, Ontario
March 12, 2005
With the increased cost of rent and utilities more people are having to rely on food banks. However, food banks in New Brunswick are having difficulty finding enough food for everyone during the...
Foodbanks and Food, New Brunswick
January 23, 2005
The Canadian Association of Food Banks submission to the Standing Committee on Finance Hunger in Canada: The Federal Role in the Social Contract (in PDF) includes, among others, a recommendation that...
Foodbanks and Food, All of Canada
December 3, 2004
The issue of poverty must be placed onto the agendas of governments because, as the findings in the Hunger Count 2004 survey indicate, hunger, poverty and health are inextricably linked. The 2004...
Foodbanks and Food, All of Canada
October 17, 2004
The annual Hunger Count report revealed that the amount of people using food banks has greatly increased in the last year. Many people using the food banks are employed, but low income earners. The...
Foodbanks and Food, All of Canada
July 6, 2004
The first soup kitchen opened up in the small Manitoba city of Steinbach. Although poverty is perhaps most visible in large cities, the woman who opened the Steinbach soup kitchen says that poverty...
Foodbanks and Food, Manitoba
October 12, 2003
"My kids are supposed to grow up healthy yet I can't even afford to buy them food." A report by the Community Nutritionists Council of BC and Dietitians of Canada - BC Region, a low income family...
Family, Foodbanks and Food, British Columbia
October 30, 2002
The federal government has failed in its pledge to reduce hunger and poverty as more and more Canadians must turn to food banks across the country to feed their families. The 2002 HungerCount Report...
Foodbanks and Food, All of Canada
October 7, 2002
The federal government has failed in its pledge to reduce hunger and poverty as more and more Canadians must turn to food banks across the country to feed their families. The 2002 HungerCount Report...
Foodbanks and Food, All of Canada
