Households relying on social assistance (welfare/disability) are very likely to be food-insecure & more severely so. There are serious consequences from provinces not doing more to ensure the programs enable people to meet basic needs. See🧵(1/7) From: proof.utoronto.ca/resource/house…

And in case there was any doubt, food insecurity in Canada is extremely racialized. PROOF Food Secure Canada

The effects of food security on health are staggering. People living with severe food insecurity in Canada were nearly THREE TIMES as likely to be hospitalized with a mental health condition than those who are not food insecure PROOF Food Secure Canada

This day of reflection & honouring, we face the Truth of Canada’s shameful history of residential schools & its legacy of genocide - “the forcible transfer of children from one racial group to another with the intent to destroy the group." I pray meaningful reconciliation. Ase🧡

Truth and reconciliation is a process, not just a day. #EveryChildMatters

Hear how we can democratize food equity and food security from Melana Roberts of Food Secure Canada at The Walrus Talks Global Hunger Crisis, presented by Cooperation Canada, World Vision Canada, @WFP_Canada and @foodgrains. Join us at National Gallery of Canada or online: eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-t…

Spread the news — FSC is looking for a new Executive Director to lead our inspiring mission and be a part of food systems transformation! 🌱 Learn more: bit.ly/3TiI5Eo

30% of the underhoused in this city are Black, Melana Roberts reports at @CommunityPlan__ #housing #SystemicRacism

Go work for one of the best bosses I've ever had and join Cllr Alejandra Bravo's team. #Ward9

Public health units across Ontario have been releasing food pricing reports, highlighting how inadequate #ODSP and #OntarioWorks #OW benefits are for meeting basic needs. Check out this important work by @RDSPubHealthON and its members in this 🧵(1/14)👇

Alongside Join Ray Owl and other Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Elders, we are demanding a stop to the poisoning of Indigenous lands. Join the call by signing our petition calling on the Minister of Health to ban glyphosate in Canada: intotheweedsimpact.com/take-action

Hey look: Toronto just got the six-month report from the non-police Community Crisis Support Team pilot and 78% of calls were diverted without involving police. Imagine if we gave that a $50 million raise. Instead, it's an increase of maybe $3 million*. toronto.ca/news/toronto-c…

BOOM! One of my students just listed her 8 years as a housewife under work experience, formatted just as any other paid work. Very impressed.

Today we honour #ChloeCooley, freedom-fighter, abolitonist, Ontario heroine.

An incredible victory for Foundation For Black Communities. Congrats to the team on this historic leap forward, increasing Black leadership and capacity in the philanthropic space, and transforming access to investment for Black-led organizations Canada-wide. Magic-in-the-making!💐✨

In partnership today, #DailyBreadTO & North York Harvest have released #WhosHungry2023, a call to action from a city in crisis. The report profiles #foodinsecurity in #Toronto, revealing that low incomes, high costs of living & inflation are driving #foodbank use ➡️ dailybread.ca/whoshungry

"We're in real danger as a community when we have 1 in 10 of our residents turning to food banks," NYH Executive Director Ryan Noble tells CBC. The grim reality of food insecurity is laid bare in the 2023 Who's Hungry Report released with DailyBreadFoodBank cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

“We can’t continue to rely on food charity in order to make up for policy failures at different levels of government,” Neil Hetherington, CEO of #DailyBreadTO, tells CP24. The #WhosHungry2023 report illustrates that change is needed now to #endhunger ⬇️ bit.ly/3sxsgkP

"Food banks are not a sustainable solution to poverty," said Sue-Ellen Patcheson, volunteer & #DailyBreadTO client, during today's press conference. Thank you to our member agencies, and to our partners, North York Harvest, @feedontario & Food Banks/Banques alimentaires Canada (inactive) for standing in solidarity with us.

Today Krista Carr made a passionate plea that we all raise our voices to Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau to fully fund the Canada Disability Benefit - now.