ON Chapter Advocacy
The ON-CHSF is working to educate decision makers of all parties about the value of school food programs and the need for strong public investments from all levels of government. We do this while showing appreciation for current investments in Ontario’s Student Nutrition Program and First Nation Student Nutrition Program.
Our approach is supportive in nature, highlighting the benefits of the programs, the current challenges, and what can be achieved with more investment and support. We have seen the greatest success in building relationships and opening people to see the bigger vision, rather than criticizing decision makers. We provide resources and tools for Chapter members and endorsers to support this approach, and encourage others to use a similar framing in their outreach efforts.​
Some of our ON-CHSF advocacy includes:
Ontario Chapter's 2025
Pre-Budget Submission and
2-page summary
This submission outlines the Coalition’s recommendations to the Ontario government ahead of the 2025 provincial budget. It recommends that Ontario leverages new federal funding with an increased Ontario investment of $115 million to stabilize and expand the Ontario Student Nutrition Program and the First Nation Student Nutrition Program.
This brief recommends how Ontario’s Ministry of Education could play a stronger support role in the provincial student nutrition program through volunteer recruitment and retention, infrastructure, training, policy, and inter-ministerial collaboration.
The recent Ontario-federal school food agreement provides Ontario with the opportunity to explore how school food programs can be better resourced and strengthened. These policy recommendations focus on system-level supports to help stabilize and expand the provincial program while increasing efficiencies and transparency.
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Partnership Opportunities for Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness to support SNPs, 2025
This brief highlights opportunities for the OMAFA to achieve the Grow Ontario Strategy and support student nutrition programs by expanding centralized procurement and distribution models, funding coordination and infrastructure for local food procurement, and building partnerships and inter-ministerial collaboration.
2023 Student Nutrition Roundtable with Minister Parsa
A summary of the 2023 Roundtable with Minister Parsa, where participants shared stories, successes and challenges, and short and medium term recommendations for improving the Student Nutrition Program in Ontario.
Minister Parsa joins the Great Big Crunch, 2024
Watch Ontario’s Minister of Children, Community and Social Services join students in celebrating the Great Big Crunch and recognize the value of school food programs across the province.