Tackling food insecurity in Canada needs a more systemic, structural approach that moves beyond relying on reactive, short-term solutions like food banks.
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Behavioral economics, long employed in grocery stores to guide customers to certain products, could be employed by food banks and pantries to encourage healthier choices.
The federal government’s response to the scourge of food insecurity must involve a lot more than just encouraging Canadians to donate canned goods. It must honour Canadians’ right to food.
Reducing food waste by feeding hungry Canadians is a simplistic solution that is deeply problematic and morally distressing.
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Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Professor, School of the Environment, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral Fellow with the Research for Social Change Lab, Trent University
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Associate Professor of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Health Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Program Assistant, Food First NL; PhD candidate in social psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Associate Professor in Communication, Culture, and Health, Carleton University
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Master's Student, Research Assistant, University of British Columbia
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Food, Health and Inequities, Carleton University