We are closed Monday, December 25, Tuesday, December 26 and Wednesday December 27th for the Holidays. We will also be closed Monday, January 1. We wish you a happy and safe holiday.
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“The fact that the brunt of this massive, systemic social crisis falls on underpaid, over-solicited, under-resourced community organizations and their teams is unconscionable.” #WorldFoodDay2023

We are closed Monday, October 9th, for Thanksgiving. Have a happy and healthy long weekend!

We are closed Monday, August 7th for the Civic Holiday/Col By Day. Have a safe and happy long weekend.

We are closed on Monday, July 3rd, for the Canada Day Holiday. Enjoy a safe long weekend!

Don't forget to apply for the Canada Housing Benefit - the deadline is March 31, 2023!

Thanks to the incredible response to our workshop with 🔬Science Everywhere and ScienceUpFirst | LaScienced'Abord, we added 15 extra spots to make sure everyone who wants to come can. And there are only five left. Already!

Don’t miss out! Register for free now: bit.ly/NewcomersSuppo…

We are so grateful for this effort! Thank you Robert Hopkins PS. 👏👏👏

This is the season of giving, but it should also a time to reflect on the underlying reasons why food insecurity persists & what needs to change to address them.

Check out this conversation between Dr.Tarasuk & Julia Wright @infoamsj cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… (1/7) 🧵

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DYK? 1/7 households in Ottawa report being food insecure.
Checkout the 2022 Nutritious Basket report to learn what this means and what solutions can help address the issue: ottawapublichealth.ca/foodinsecurity

#FoodMatters

We are proud to be featured in this lovely little video - check it out!

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Ready for day 2 of @pineviewottawa Holiday Craft Fair
With our raffle to support Gloucester Food Cpb
Open 10 - 4 with lots of great #Local #Crafters
#Ottawa #CraftFair
1700 Blair Road
#PineviewOttawa

Ontario should make reducing food insecurity an explicit policy objective. Provinces have the tools to reduce food insecurity (⬆️social assistance, min. wage, child benefits etc.) & need to use them deliberately.

Read ODPH letter to ON gov:
odph.ca/upload/members…

Starting now! T’is the season!🎄

'Food insecurity is a policy decision. It doesn't have to look like this. It's about how policies protect, or don't, the most vulnerable people in the population.' Valerie Tarasuk, PROOF
#ChewOnThis
nationalpost.com/news/canada/ca…

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“Food insecurity is a policy decision. It doesn’t have to look like this. It’s about how policies protect, or don’t, the most vulnerable people in the population.”

Dr. Valerie Tarasuk speaking with Laura Brehaut
nationalpost.com/news/canada/ca… 🧵

Nearly 1 in 6 people lived in a food-insecure household in 2021. Read this piece from PROOF on one of the biggest problems with #FoodInsecurity : a lack of adequate income to afford food: ow.ly/TzOP50LgZbV