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WEBINAR | Teach Food First: Food Exploration as an Approach to Nutrition Education
April 26, 2023 from 9:00 - 10:30am PST/12:00-1:30pm EST *For members and endorsers of the Coalition only* Join us to learn how BC schools...
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Mar 30, 20233 min read


Five Minutes of Free Advice: American Pitfalls to Avoid in Canada’s School Food Program
by Jan Poppendieck, Senior Fellow at the CUNY Food Policy Institute and author of Free For All: Fixing School Food in America Canada does...
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Mar 20, 20234 min read


What We Heard: Minister Gould’s Roundtable at the University of Guelph
Re-posted from the article on the Arrell Food Institute's website dated March 1, 2023. On January 18, 2023, 18 stakeholders spanning...
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Mar 20, 20232 min read


Coalition celebrates BC Budget 2023's historic commitment to healthy school food programs
After years of advocacy for dedicated school food funding, the BC Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food and our 56 members...
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Mar 10, 20232 min read


Youth Engagement: Critical to a successful national school food program
By Stacie Smith, Co-Executive Director, Young Canadians Roundtable on Health The Young Canadians Roundtable on Health (YCRH) and the...
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Feb 24, 20234 min read


Submission to inform Ontario Budget 2023
On February 10, 2023, the Ontario Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food submitted its recommendations to the Ontario...
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Feb 13, 20231 min read


Proposals for a National School Nutritious Meal Program
In October 2022, the Coalition submitted Proposals for a National School Nutritious Meal Program, a 23-page document informed by our 220+...
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Dec 14, 20223 min read


Coalition welcomes government’s robust school food policy consultation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: schoolfood@foodsecurecanada.org Summary: The federal government has committed to working with provinces,...
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Dec 7, 20223 min read


A Universal school food system for BC - Research by the Single Mothers Alliance
In June 2022 the Single Mothers’ Alliance of BC held three focus groups to explore the experience and views of low-income parents and...
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Dec 7, 20223 min read


Submission to the Pre-Budget Consultations in advance of the 2023 Budget
In October 2022 the Coalition for Healthy School Food submitted its Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the...
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Oct 8, 20222 min read


Statement: School Food Guidelines
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Victoria, B.C., April 5, 2022 - The BC Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food, which is administered by...
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Oct 3, 20222 min read


Coalition applauds Province's crucial investment in healthy school food programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Summary The BC Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food (“the Coalition”) applauds the government’s...
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Oct 3, 20222 min read


School trustee candidates play critical role in establishing a universal school food program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Summary This election, the Coalition for Healthy School Food (“the Coalition”) is calling on school trustee...
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Oct 3, 20223 min read


Building relationships in BC: An Indigenous approach to school food advocacy
My name is Sue-Anne Banks (she/her), and I am the Indigenous Lead of the BC Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food. I live,...
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Aug 1, 20224 min read


Survey of Youth Perspectives on School Food Programs in BC
By Jack Chen, BC Coalition for Healthy School Food Research Intern In March 2022 I undertook a literature review of research on youth...
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May 31, 20224 min read


Mention of School Food in Budget 2022
The Coalition was pleased to see that Budget 2022 (Chapter 8, page 190) included a statement about school food: Over the next year, the...
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Apr 13, 20221 min read


Celebrating Healthy School Food Programs with The Great Big Crunch 2022
Written by: Nina Trask and Nicole Weber, MPH (c), University of Toronto, and Jack (Jingkai) Chen, MPH, Queen's University Learn more...
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Mar 7, 20223 min read


Submission to Inform Ontario Budget 2022
On February 11 the Ontario Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food submitted its recommendations to the Ontario government’s...
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Feb 14, 20221 min read


Submission to the Nova Scotia Pre-Budget Consultations in advance of the 2022 Budget
In January 2022 the Nova Scotia Coalition for Healthy School Food submitted its pre-budget submission in advance of the Nova Scotia...
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Feb 8, 20222 min read


School Food Programs in Canada and the Sustainable Development Goals
As our federal government gets ready to develop a School Food Policy and program for Canada, and join the other G7 Countries and most of...
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Jan 25, 20224 min read
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