Food insecurity and food sovereignty at the local and national levels
Research Portfolio 3
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Equitable and reliable access to locally grown, nutritious, and culturally relevant foods is a necessary step toward achieving food sovereignty in Canadian communities. In our current context of sky rocketing food prices and changing weather patterns, climate-related food insecurity and growing inequities in access to healthy food is a significant concern. In this rapidly growing research portfolio, we have projects on food insecurity at the local and national levels in partnership with Indigenous communities in the North, with community paramedics and older adults living in rural food deserts in Eastern Ontario, and with patients and caregivers receiving palliative and end-of-life care in Bruyere’s Palliative Care Unit.
Using public policy to support public health providers and Indigenous community leaders as change champions in initiating action on climate-related food insecurity and health in Canada’s North.
Food as Medicine: Promoting culturally safer foods as part for resident-centered care for Indigenous people living in long-term care homes.
Developing a blueprint for a Community Paramedic-driven food insecurity screening and referral intervention for older adults with dementia.
Understanding food insecurity in longer-living older adults aging in place.
