Food Security Resources
Last updated June 2019 – Please connect if there is a great resource missing.
British Columbia Resources:
BC Food Security Gateway – BC Network with updates for the province and their map of key food security networks in BC
ALR Watch – Updates on the Agriculture Land Reserve in BC
Vancouver Food Asset Map by Vancouver Public Health
Hua Foundation
2019 Vancouver Chinatown Social Cohesion Report (Food system lens)
2017 Vancouver Chinatown Food Security Report
2018 Report: Food Costing in BC 2017 data by BC Centre of Disease Control and PHSA
2018 Dietitians of Canada Submission to the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction: Response to BC Government Consultation on Poverty Reduction
2018 Accompanied letter to Honourable Minister S. Simpson
2016 Report: Priority Health Equity indicators in British Columbia: Household food security indicator report by PHSA and PROOF
2013 Report: Food Costing in BC by Provincial Health Services Authority
2013 Dietitians of Canada (BC) Submission to the Auditor General – request for examination of particular programs to improve food security in BC
2011 Cost of Eating Report in BC 
(see video at the bottom of the page)
– Dietitians of Canada Cost of Eating Report in BC 2011 Release
2010 Healthy Eating and Food Security Promising Strategies for BC- a discussion paper and Dietitians of Canada release for above paper
2011 Report: Cost of Poverty in BC (45 pages free download)
Ministry of Health British Columbia Food Security Page
2019 Media: Gerry Kasten interview about cost of eating in BC
Alberta Resources:
2017 Report: The Cost of Healthy Eating in Alberta in 2015
2017 Report: The Affordability of Healthy Eating in Alberta in 2015
2017 Report: Household Food Insecurity in Alberta
Cost of Eating in Alberta 2008
Saskatchewan Resources:
2015 Report: The Cost of Healthy Eating in Saskatchewan
The Cost of Healthy Eating in Saskatchewan 2012 – by the Saskatchewan food costing task group
The Cost of Healthy Eating in Sasktachewan 2009: Impact on Food Security
Manitoba Resources:
Food Matters Manitoba Organization
Cost of Eating Report for Manitoba May 2011
Ontario Resources:
Nutrition Resource Centre – from Ontario Public Health Association (great website with national updates of different stories)
2017 Report: Cost of Eating in Northwestern Ontario
& Cost of Eating Infographic
Dietitians of Canada(Ontario) Submission to the Social Assistance Review Commission
Nova Scotia Resources:
2017 Food Costing in Nova Scotia 2015 data
Report
Executive Summary
Participatory Food Costing Project
Knowledge Mobilization
Canada Resources:
Food Secure Canada – a great resource which links to their many MANY MANY partners in all of the provinces.
2016 Dietitians of Canada Household Food Insecurity:
Executive Summary
Position Statement and Recommendations
Background Paper
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research Addressing Household Food Insecurity
Household Food Insecurity Definition 1 pg from Dietitians of Canada. (Note food insecurity is different from Community food security and system level as well)
2005 Individual and Household Food Insecurity Paper – Dietitians of Canada
Executive summary for above paper
2007 Community Food Security from Dietitians of Canada
Aboriginal/First Nations/
Registered Dietitians in Aboriginal communities March 2014 from Dietitians of Canada (short summary)
Other Health Links
Dietitians of Canada – Nutrition Surveillance
Better Together BC – for families to cook and eat together including recipes and some resources
Other Dietitian Blogs listed from Dietitians of Canada
Videos:
BC Cost of Poverty based on 2011 report video below
Feasting for Change last. Aboriginal Communities