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Food Secure Canada (FSC) held its 7th National Assembly last week amid Edmonton's first snowfall. Attended by hundreds of people, the... Read more
People concerned about food issues gathered in Edmonton, Alberta this past weekend, to talk about food issues in Canada. Issues... Read more
Experts from across the country have gathered in Edmonton this weekend to discuss what they are calling a food crisis in Canada.
"We... Read more
November 1, 2012
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EDMONTON -- The biggest recall of meat in history, a report which calls for action on the... Read more
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17 October 2012
EDMONTON -- With Canadians still... Read more
Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network www.cban.ca coordinator@cban.caA groundbreaking study on the safety of a... Read more
We are pleased to announce that The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation will be supporting Food Secure Canada in convening a... Read more
The first Earth Summit in Brazil addressed international concerns about the state of the world’s environment. 20 years later, world... Read more
Protests were organized across Nunavut on June 9 to call attention to the shocking price of food in the Territory and across Canada's... Read more
Food Secure Canada along with over 100 organizations and numerous well respected Canadians (PDF, 105KB) have written to Prime... Read more
Report back on meeting with your MP!Resetting the Table: A People’s Food Policy for Canada was mailed to all Members of... Read more
With Warren Allmand and Bill Blaikie Listen to the teleconference training that took placy on Monday May 14th. Or learn more... Read more
The recent release of the federal budget has received a lot of attention and has garnered several reactions by groups concerned about its... Read more
On Dec. 7, 2011, Justice Campbell of the Federal Court issued a declaration that the Minister of Agriculture, Gerry Ritz, acted in breach... Read more
Conservative MP Royal Galipeau has put forward Motion 319 (PDF, 25KB) on Children's Health, which would, among other things,... Read more
A long list of community leaders, legal experts and academics are waiting for a heartfelt “I’m sorry” from the prime... Read more
The Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food has just submitted its report on Growing Forward 2, an agricultural policy... Read more
NDP MP Peter Julian has put forward Private Member's Bill C-430 that, if adopted, would ban the advertising of junk food to... Read more
Published June 2012
The food security knowledge-sharing project of the Inuit Tuttarvingat of the National Aboriginal Health Organization (... Read more
News release
30 May 2012
Alongside dozens of well-known and respected Canadians such as Ed Broadbent,... Read more
Practising as an infectious disease specialist at one time, I was alerted to early warnings about threats to the public’s health from... Read more
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative cabinet fairly erupted in indignation this past week as Canada took a knock from a... Read more
Diana Bronson, Food Secure Canada's Executive Director, November 20, 2012: Presentation before the Standing Committee on Finance... Read more
"Canada has long been seen as a land of plenty. Yet today one in ten families with a child under six is unable to meet their daily... Read more
Canadian officials have hit back against a UN report that says the country's most vulnerable residents are going hungry.Olivier De... Read more