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Submission to the Pre-Budget Consultations in advance of the 2021 Budget
June-August 2020, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance invited Canadians to share their input and priorities for the next...
Coalition Team
Sep 10, 20202 min read
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Why Our Kids Need Healthy School Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Guest article from Dr. Rosana Salvaterra, Medical Officer of health, Peterborough Public Health (an article in the Peterborough Examiner...
Coalition Team
Aug 27, 20203 min read
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Coalition for Healthy School Food welcomes historic federal investment in schools
Coalition for Healthy School Food welcomes historic federal investment in schools
Coalition Team
Aug 26, 20202 min read
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La Cantine pour tous and the Quebec Collective welcome the commitment for new school food funding
La Cantine pour tous and the Quebec Collective welcome the commitment for new school food funding
Coalition Team
Aug 25, 20203 min read
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New research recommends Canada institute a Universal Healthy School Food Program
Gary Hoyer and Chinh Do of George Brown College have just released the report "Generating Success for Farm to School".
Coalition Team
Aug 14, 20203 min read
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Coalition for Healthy School Food calls for healthy COVID-19 School Food Guidelines
The Coalition for Healthy School Food is concerned that as schools reopen in the fall, Ministry of Education and school board guidelines...
Coalition Team
Jul 21, 20204 min read
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Municipal support continues to grow for a National Universal Healthy School Food Program!
The past several months have seen some exciting new developments from municipal leaders.
Coalition Team
Jul 15, 20205 min read
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A Survey of Organizations and Agencies Providing Food to School Students During COVID-19
Guest blog post by Dr. Rachel-Engler-Stringer and Dr. Mary McKenna Schools in most parts of Canada continue to be closed, however, we are...
Coalition Team
Jun 1, 20203 min read
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School Food Fund Letter to PM, DPM & Minister of Finance
May 21, 2020 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Canada, The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, P.C., M.P....
Coalition Team
May 26, 20207 min read
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Transitioning from the Immediate COVID-19 Response to a National School Food Program
By Carolyn Webb and Debbie Field COVID-19 has made us more aware of our food system: how food makes its way through distribution chains;...
Coalition Team
May 4, 20206 min read
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Mobilizing Communities to Increase Access to Healthy Food while Schools are Closed
Our members have been busy redirecting their efforts and funds to address the interruption in school food programs brought on by COVID-19.
Coalition Team
Apr 1, 20205 min read
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Crunch for a Healthy, Universal School Food Program for Canada
Since 2008, over one million people across Canada have taken part in the FoodShare Great Big Crunch, a FoodShare Toronto initiative, by...
Coalition Team
Feb 13, 20202 min read
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Health Benefits of School Food Programs: An Overview of Canadian Research
The following summary of research has been shared by Rachel Engler-Stringer, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health...
Coalition Team
Jan 13, 20206 min read
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Why the Coalition is calling for a Universal, Healthy School Food Program for Canada
As the federal government designs the best possible school food program for Canada, they will have to decide on a targeted or universal...
Coalition Team
Nov 6, 20191 min read
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Asking for Continued Political Support for a School Food Program for Canada
On Wednesday October 30, 2019, following the October 21st federal election, the Coalition for Healthy School Food wrote to Prime Minister...
Coalition Team
Nov 1, 20194 min read
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Support is Across Political Parties for School Food Programs
The Coalition for Healthy School Food is excited to share that there is support for school food programs across the different political...
Coalition Team
Oct 17, 20194 min read
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Webinar recording: Building Momentum for a National School Food Program!
The recording for the October 3rd webinar is available here. The webinar slides are available here. This webinar introduced the Coalition...
Coalition Team
Sep 24, 20191 min read
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This Election Season let’s Get School Food on the Table!
The 2019 federal election campaign is officially underway, with voting day just over a month away on October 21, 2019.
Coalition Team
Sep 23, 20192 min read
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UNICEF Canada’s One Youth program
Ask any parent or teacher, and they’ll tell you: if you want children and youth to engage with something, it is important to meet them...
Coalition Team
Sep 11, 20192 min read
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Submission to the Pre-Budget Consultations in advance of the 2020 Budget
In June-August 2019, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance invited Canadians to share their input and priorities for the...
Coalition Team
Aug 7, 20192 min read
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