Last week was #DietitiansDay , celebrating the important work of dietitians across 🇨🇦. Dietitians of Canada has long been an advocate for addressing food insecurity through income-based interventions like a basic income.

From their new position statement: dietitians.ca/DietitiansOfCa…

'The people who are most food insecure are people living on limited incomes, social assistance and low-wage employment, and what they need are stronger income supports so that they can cover the rising cost of not only food but rent and inflation.' cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…

'Boosting those funds [for food banks] does not and cannot address the root causes [of #FoodInsecurity ],' said Dr. Valerie Tarasuk PROOF via Joe Bongiorno

Tarasuk's #InformedOps @ bit.ly/2YmkjLx

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Read Dietitians of Canada full position statement on addressing household food insecurity via the 🔗dietitians.ca/Advocacy/Prior…

“Nearly one in four children live in food insecure households which is heartbreaking,” said Leslie Beck, Chair of the Board of Directors of Dietitians of Canada.

With food insecurity at an all-time high and food banks buckling under high demand as we head into this holiday season, Prof. Elaine Power of Queen's University says we need to instead focus on long-term solutions that tackle the issue at its root. Listen to #DCMR dont-call-me-resilient.simplecast.com/episodes/to-so…

ICYMI Food banks are an important lifeline for millions of Canadians, but growing evidence shows that charity is not a durable solution to food insecurity: research2reality.com/science-societ… @uoftnews U of T Research Dalhousie University Dalhousie News UNB U of T Public Health PROOF Royal Roads