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Exploring Food Insecurity
Team 13B
Ashley Strachan
Claire Koyama
Hishaan Baskaran
Luigi Perri
Noah Roddis
Problem
Executive Summary
Food insecurity is a critical issue in Canada
Breadth of Food Insecurity in London
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Food Insecurity Assistance Resources
Government Income Assistance
Resources
Key
Programs
Information
Stakeholders
Key Stakeholder and Long-Term Impact
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
STAKEHOLDERS
Government
Health
Care
Agencies
Food
Charities
Community
City of London
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Breadth of Food Insecurity in London
Population
Affected
Households
Introduction
Stakeholders
Cultural
Groups Affected
Black
# of Visits to London Food Bank
1 in 7
Growth of Food
Insecurity
38%
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Indigenous
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Breadth of Food Insecurity in London
Population
Affected
Households
Introduction
Stakeholders
Cultural
Groups Affected
Black
# of Visits to London Food Bank
1 in 7
Growth of Food
Insecurity
38%
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Indigenous
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Breadth of Food Insecurity in London
Population
Affected
Households
Introduction
Stakeholders
Cultural
Groups Affected
Black
# of Visits to London Food Bank
1 in 7
Growth of Food
Insecurity
38%
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Indigenous
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Food Insecurity Assistance Programs
Who Are They?
Collecting safe and nutritious food to redistribute
the food insecurity
Food Banks
Food Literacy
Community Gardens
Introduction
What Are Their Goals?
Stakeholders
Help individuals make informed dietary choices,
thereby reducing health issues
Provide lower-income households experiencing food
insecurity access to nutritious foods
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Food Insecurity Assistance Programs
What Are They
Doing?
What is the
Gap?
• Increasing
frequency and
breadth of
customers served
• Fails to address
income
• Short term
solution
• Underutilized
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
People Living in Food Insecure Households Across Canada
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Government Income Assistance Programs
Who Are
They?
What Are Their
Goals?
• Provincial health
agencies (MLHU)
• All levels of
government
• Support lowincome citizens
• Reduce incomerelated problems
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Government Income Assistance Programs
What Are Their
Goals?
What Are Their
Goals?
• Provincial health
agencies (MLHU)
• All levels of
government
• Support lowincome citizens
• Reduce incomerelated problems
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Government Income Assistance Programs
What Are They
Doing?
What is the
Gap?
• Increasing
average
household income
• Enhancing social
welfare programs
• Reduced income
taxes for lower
tax brackets
• Average income
is not increasing
with cost of
living
• Welfare programs
are failing to
tame rising rate
of food insecurity
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Average Hourly Wage in Canada – CAGR of 3.2%
What is the
Gap?
What Are They
Doing?
20% increase
• Increasing average
household income
• Social welfare
programs
• Reduced income
taxes
Introduction
Stakeholders
• Support lowincome citizens
• Reduce incomerelated problems
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Government Income Assistance Programs
What Are They
Doing?
What is the
Gap?
• Increasing
average
household income
• Enhancing social
welfare programs
• Reduced income
taxes for lower
tax brackets
• Average income
is not increasing
with cost of
living
• Welfare programs
are failing to
tame rising rate
of food insecurity
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Average Asking Rent in Canada – CAGR of 7.2%
What Are They
Doing?
What is the
Gap?
• Increasing average
household income
• Social welfare
programs
• Reduced income
taxes
• Support lowincome citizens
• Reduce incomerelated problems
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Government Income Assistance Programs
What Are They
Doing?
What is the
Gap?
• Increasing average
household income
• Enhancing social
welfare programs
• Reduced income
taxes for lower tax
brackets
• Average income is
not increasing with
cost of living
• Welfare programs
are failing to tame
rising rate of food
insecurity
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Key Stakeholder
Government of
Ontario
• Responsible for well-being of province and
citizens
• Oversees policy regarding social assistance,
poverty reduction, and public health
• Administers funds to related programs
• Majority funder of Middlesex London Health
Unit (MLHU), allocates funding to food
insecurity and income assistance programs
Why?
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Key Stakeholder continued
Economic
Productivity
Introduction
Stakeholders
Social
Outcomes
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Service
Strain
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Key Stakeholder continued
Economic
Productivity
Food insecurity reduces
healthy work force
(taxable income) and
increases health care
costs by around 50% for
those in moderately
insecure households.
Introduction
Stakeholders
Social
Outcomes
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Service
Strain
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Key Stakeholder continued
Economic
Productivity
Social
Outcomes
Service
Strain
Food insecurity impedes
educational attainment
and detracts from overall
perception of wellbeing
in region.
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Key Stakeholder continued
Economic
Productivity
Introduction
Stakeholders
Social
Outcomes
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Service
Strain
Food insecurity
increases health care
costs by around 50% for
moderately insecure
households and costs
more to resolve in longterm than income
assistance
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
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Exploring Food Insecurity
Team 13B
Ashley Strachan
Claire Koyama
Hishaan Baskaran
Luigi Perri
Noah Roddis
Appendix
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Appendix
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Appendix
Introduction
Stakeholders
Breadth of Food
Insecurity
Assessment of
Resources
Key Stakeholder
Appendix
Works Cited
• https://www.bethechangelondon.ca/foodsecurity
• https://www.unitedwaygt.org/issues/how-food-banks-in-canadawork-and-why-theyre-necessary/
• https://mlfpc.ca/2022/10/20/lets-talk-about-community-foodsecurity/
• https://www.odph.ca/odph-position-statement-on-responses-tofood-insecurity-1
• https://proof.utoronto.ca/resource/relationship-between-foodbanks-and-food-insecurity-in-canada/
• https://www.healthunit.com/food-insecurity#nutritious-food-basket
Works Cited Continued
• https://www.londonfoodbank.ca/blog/food-insecurity-what-is-it-1
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/rising-cost-of-livingcausing-more-food-insecurity-in-london-food-bank-says-1.6413329
• https://london.ca/projects/london-cares-curb-hunger-campaign
• https://london.ctvnews.ca/two-london-ont-women-tackle-foodinsecurity-in-schools-1.6423965
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-housing-social-movement1.6905072
• https://proof.utoronto.ca/2023/new-data-on-household-foodinsecurity-in-2022/
Works Cited Continued
• https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/researchevaluate/foodliteracy.html#:~:text=When%20people%20use%20the%20information
,low%20literacy%20and%20numeracy%20skills.
• https://www.unitedwaygt.org/issues/how-food-banks-in-canadawork-and-why-theyrenecessary/#:~:text=Why%20are%20food%20banks%20important,cen
tres%20for%20their%20member%20agencies.
• https://london.ca/living-london/community-services/neighbourhoodprograms-funding/community-gardens
• https://growingchefsontario.ca/food-education-projects
Works Cited Continued
• https://www.informationlondon.ca/Uploads/ContentDocuments/FIN
AL%20OCT%202023%20Food%20Bank%20List.pdf