Resources & Research

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Does Canada Need a National School Food Program?

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When you think of breakfast and lunch programs at public schools, it usually brings to mind kids and youth whose parents can't afford to keep their pantries stocked with enough food for three meals a day.

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Right to Food

School meal and school nutrition program handbook

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The School Meal and School Nutrition Program Handbook has been created to support school meal coordinators, school administrators, caterers, and others who are involved in providing healthy food and beverages at school to vulnerable students. The Handbook includes general operational information and resources relating to School Meal and School Nutrition Programs, guidelines for serving healthy foods, sample menus, healthy substitutions and promising practices for feeding vulnerable students.

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Right to Food

FoodShare Omnibus Report

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Strategic Communications fielded six questions for FoodShare, testing the Ontario public’s response to recent measures in Britain banning junk food in schools (F2) and exploring support for various measures to boost awareness of food issues (F3a) and promote healthier eating in Ontario’s public schools. 

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Right to Food

Nourishing Food, Nourishing Knowledge

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First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) are among Canada’s most vulnerable populations and face a unique set of challenges related to nutritious food access, availability and use compared to the majority of Canadians. As a consequence, FNMI are at a much higher risk of household food insecurity. For the past 19 years, Canadian Feed The Children (CFTC) has been working in partnership with First Nations communities and schools with a focus on ensuring consistent, universal access to nutritious food for children in all partner schools and communities.

 

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Right to Food

Student nutrition programming in First Nations communities

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Some promising and innovative practices among student nutrition programs in New Brunswick presented by Cheyenne Mary, New Brunswick program coordinator at Canadian Feed the Children.

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Right to Food

Principals' Perceptions of the School Food Environment in Alberta

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During the 2014/2015 academic year, the Alberta Policy Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention (APCCP), Alberta Food Matters (AFM), and University of Alberta researchers conducted a survey of school principals in Alberta to understand their perceptions of the school food environment. 
 
The purpose of the survey was to provide a snapshot of school food in the province of Alberta. More specifically, the survey aimed to provide a better understanding of the types of school food programs, policies and initiatives in place within Alberta schools.  
 
Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Environments

Indigenous self-determination: implications for public health action on the social determinants of health

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Welcome to CHNET-Works! Fireside Chat #427
December 10, 2014 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern Time
(Teleconference open for participants at 12:50 ET)
Indigenous self-determination: implications for public health action on the social determinants of health

More info here: http://www.chnet-works.ca/

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Indigenous Food Matters
Food Systems

Best Practice Guidelines for Mental Health Promotion Programs - Children and Youth

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NEW RESOURCE! The Best Practice Guidelines are intended to provide health and social service workers with approaches to incorporating mental health promotion principles and practices in interventions directed toward children and youth. 

Children and Schools
Discrimination and Oppression

Executive Summary: Exploring Economic and Health Impacts of Local Food Procurement

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Communities across the country are creating innovative and effective ways to build procurement of locally produced foods by schools, hospitals, food banks, and other institutions.  To assist communities in enhancing the

Regional and Local

Using Food Hubs to Create Sustainable Farm to School Programs

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This document serves as an overview of four Vermont food hubs’ efforts responding to an institutional demand for locally grown products.

Children and Schools
Regional and Local