Resources & News
Welcome to our library!
Search below to find many news stories, podcasts, videos, guidebooks, reports and more about food in this section. You are also invited to use this as a space to share your food resources and news with others (check out the right box).
Stung by a UN official's criticism of the country for allowing some of its people to go hungry, Canada has described Olivier De... Read more
Indigenous people in Canada don’t face food security issues because “they hunt every day,” said Health Minister Leona... Read more
UN special rapporteur for food Olivier De Schutter said he was in Canada to launch a conversation over a national food strategy, and he... Read more
Federal ministers are scoffing at the findings of a United Nations right-to-food envoy who blasted Canada for tolerating inequality and... Read more
Leona Aglukkaq is meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food Wednesday as he wraps up his first ever mission... Read more
The United Nations' special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier de Schutter, just completed an 11-day investigation into food... Read more
The UN food envoy on Wednesday served up harsh criticism of Canada in his first mission to a rich country, pointing to an "... Read more
Noting that some 800,000 households in Canada are unable to meet their daily food needs, an independent United Nations expert today called... Read more
PRESS RELEASE
Ottawa, 16 May 2012 -- As the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food winds up his mission to Canada, Food Secure... Read more
OTTAWA — Canada needs to drop its “self-righteous” attitude about how great a country it is and start dealing with its... Read more
When a crow went down with West Nile virus somewhere in Ontario, my phone would ring. Practising as an infectious disease specialist at the... Read more
MEDIA ADVISORY
14 May 2012
Food Secure Canada invites you to a press conference responding to the report of the UN... Read more
Winnipeg Harvest teamed up with Food Matters Manitoba and the North End Food Security Network (NEFSN) to have Olivier De Schutter, the UN... Read more
It's a big week for food security in Canada -- not only did Food Banks Canada launch their annual Hunger Awareness Week, but the United... Read more
PRESS RELEASE
11 May, 2012 – The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, who is travelling the country on... Read more
May 3, 2012
Ms. Jean Crowder (Nanaimo—Cowichan, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food is about to... Read more
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food has arrived in Canada to investigate the country’s food supply system and... Read more
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food is on day three of his 11-day visit to Canada.This is the first time the United Nations is... Read more
TORONTO, ONTARIO
The UN Special Rapporteur (SR) on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter will be in Toronto on May 9th... Read more
The United Nations food monitor is in Canada this week to learn about what is right -- and what is wrong -- with Canada's food... Read more
Mr. Olivier de Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, made his first official organized stop on his grand 10-day... Read more
by Janina GrabsA day after Olivier de Schutter arrived in Canada, his first consultation with civil society took place in Montreal. During... Read more
by Diana BronsonAs the blockbuster film the Hunger Games set a spring opening weekend record of $155 million in ticket sales, HungerCount... Read more
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food is in Montreal this weekend. Olivier de Schutter is conducting a formal country... Read more
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food will begin a tour of Canada on Saturday, but the visit is hardly a positive one... Read more