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Module #9 Notes Reading #1: Meili (2018). Chapter 6: Out of house and home. Reading #2: Raphael (2016). Chapter 4: Early childhood development, food security, and housing (pp. 67-79). Reading #3: Wellesley Institute (2015). Making the connections: Food - The food system is failing many Torontonians. Thousands do not have access to the food that they need to keep themselves and their families healthy - Food swamps: areas where unhealthy foods are more readily available than healthy foods (lots in Toronto) - Two initiatives are working to improve access to healthy and affordable food: - The Healthy Corner Store: initiative helps small independent food retailers in lower-income neighbourhoods sell healthier food - Mobile Good Food Market: sell fresh, affordable fruits and vegetables through retrotted TTC vehicles, in lower-income areas underserved by food retail - 44% of low-income households in Canada experience household food insecurity - 1 in 8 people in Canada is food insecure - Aboriginal peoples living on reserve are particularly at risk: food insecurity rates of over 50% are often reported - Lone female-headed households are 8 times likelier to report hungry children than other families - Families on social assistance are 13 times likelier to report hungry children than other families - Having a diet deficient in nutrients and/or calories can lead to: - Chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease - Obesity - Growth and development stunting among children - Adults in food insecure households have poorer physical and mental health including higher rates of depression, diabetes and heart disease and incur higher health care costs - What can we do? - Increase social assistance and minimum wage to ensure an adequate income for all - Participate in food initiatives in your community that allow people to access healthy food, learn about food, and develop relationships through cooking, eating and gardening with others - System-level changes such as support for small businesses to transition to providing healthier inventory, and linking low-income buyers with producers of healthy food

- Expanding the Ontario Student Nutrition Program so that it offers a morning meal in all classrooms across the province will help ensure all students start their day off with a healthy meal so they can better focus in class - Toronto Food Strategy it aims to promote: - Healthy food access - Community building and inclusion - Food literacy Video #1: Why are grocery prices in Canada’s North so high? CBC (video) - 2 different families grocery shopping: - Joe Ellen Pameolick: single mom with 4 kids in Iqaluit - Megan Briesbois: married with 2 kids in winnipeg - Joe Ellen pays twice as much for groceries than Megan does ($224 vs. $109.92) - Many people in remote places like Iqaluit order groceries on amazon because its way cheaper compared to the crazy high prices in local grocery stores, however, for some people it's not even available to them so they do not have this option - Food is hard to come by in northern Canada, which is what makes it so expensive - Food insecurity: the state of being without reliable access to sufficient, affordable, nutritious food - 7/10 kids in nunavut go to bed hungry - Nutrition North is a program that substatises food in northern Canada to make it less expensive, and while this does make some difference, that difference is very slight. Many products are not subsidised - Average cost of groceries for families in northern canada is $23’904/year even though the average adult in inuit earns less than $20’000/year, and rent costs range from $3000-$7000/year Reading #4: Wellesley Institute (2015). Making the connections: Housing

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Reading #5: Purdon N & Palleja L (2020, 7 March). What if the solution to homelessness is really as simple as offering everyone a place to live? CBC. Video #2: How Edmonton got 10,000 homeless people off the streets (the Housing First program in Edmonton) Video #3: Food, shelter and health (instructor video) - Food insecurity: Being unable to reliably obtain type and quantity of food needed for a healthy, active life - Food swamps or deserts - Housing insecurity: Having to spend more than 30% of pre-tax income on appropriate housing - Social, political, and economic context that give rise to food and housing are properties of groups and communities and societies, and are often outside of the control of individuals - Between 12 and 12.6% of all Canadian households and 15.6% of all Canadian households with kids are considered to be food insecure - Food swamp: a neighbourhood that is characterized with an abundance of fast food restaurants and convenience stores, which means that food available to people living in the neighbourhood is primarily processed, calorie-rich, and nutrient-poor food. - Food desert: a neighbourhood or community where residents have little access to healthy nutritious food - someone in a minimum wage job would need to work 79 hours per week to afford a one bedroom apartment in Toronto - Housing

- Direct health problems (material dimensions) - State of repair; exposure to lead, asbestos, tobacco smoke, or mould; poor heating and cooling; poor ventilation; lack of smoke detectors; overcrowding; bugs and vermin - Stress (meaningful dimensions) - Sense of belonging and control; expression of social status - Health-related resources (spatial dimensions) - Proximity to health services, recreation, food, prescription drugs, employment; Exposure to environmental health hazards - Homelessness - Exposure - Poor mental health - Violence - Suicide - Alcohol and drug dependence - Access to health care - Access to food and clothing - Access to bathing and toilet facilities - Policy solutions - Tackling poverty (UBI, minimum wage, living wage) - Subsidization of the costs of food - Social housing - Housing First

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