Resource Category: Poverty

The Intersection of Food Insecurity, Anti-Black Racism, and a Guaranteed Livable Income: A Conversation with Paul Taylor from FoodShare Toronto

• Year Published: 2020
• Source: Appointed
• Category: Black food sovereignty, Food Justice, Household food insecurity, Income, Policy, Poverty, Racial Equity, Right to Food
• Format: Audio
• Type: Podcast

Discussion with Paul Taylor, the Executive Director of FoodShare Toronto on a guaranteed livable income, the origins of food banks in Canada and their ineffectiveness in addressing food insecurity, and the ways in which racism, social services, and income and housing inequality intersect to create the racialization of hunger.

Food Security: Why Income Matters

• Year Published: 2021
• Source: Food Matters Manitoba
• Category: Household food insecurity, Income, Policy, Poverty, Right to Food
• Format: Video
• Type: Webinar

A panel discussion of basic income solutions and the opportunities to create real change for food insecure Canadians.

Food Security Connections Film

• Year Published: 2021
• Source: CRFAIR
• Category: Covid 19, Food Justice, Household food insecurity, Income, Poverty, School, Urban Food Growing and Gathering
• Format: Video
• Type: Video

A video on food insecurity with stories from people in the Capital Region working to alleviate food insecurity through food justice efforts.

Should a Just Recovery include a Basic Income for BC?

• Year Published: 2021
• Source: SFU Labour Studies
• Category: Covid 19, Income, Policy, Poverty, Racial Equity
• Format: Video
• Type: Website

Panel hosted by SFU Labour Studies on a basic income for BC in COVID recovery.

Bold Actions for a Food Crisis: Filling unmet community food needs during COVID-19

• Year Published: 2021
• Source: Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks
• Category: Community, Covid 19, Household food insecurity, Poverty
• Format: Document
• Type: Summary

Summary and impact of the Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks’ response during COVID-19.

Provincial Policy Levers to Reduce Household Food Insecurity

• Year Published: 2021
• Source: PROOF
• Category: Household food insecurity, Income, Poverty
• Format: Document
• Type: Fact sheet

Factsheet with three policy levers that provincial governments can use to reduce the rate of food insecurity in their jurisdictions.