Toward zero hunger
About This Collection
Food insecurity is at a high right now. As part of the economic fallout of the pandemic, Oxfam predicts that more people could die of hunger than COVID-19 itself. At the same time, the world of social impact is recognizing, more and more, the role food security plays in overall equity and community wellbeing — for instance, the World Food Program recently won the Nobel Peace Prize, in a monumental recognition of how food security contributes to peaceful societies.
For a full pandemic recovery, Northern Canada needs policy change on food insecurity
Before the COVID-19, over half of Nunavut’s households experienced food insecurity. Pandemic lockdowns have heighted the issue. In partnership with Community Foundations Canada we look at Qajuqturvik Food Centre, which is providing solutions through food, tradition and community.