Canada's Place in the World and Sustainability
Impact Live - Necessities of life: Policy’s role in food security
Food insecurity is growing in Canada. On April 10, Ivey lecturer Jessica Kelly convened frontline experts to ask: What policies will drive real, lasting change?
Food insecurity in Canada is no longer hidden on the margins – it’s become a national crisis. Today, an estimated 15 per cent of Canadians are struggling to put food on the table. And that number is expected to rise in 2025.
In a country known for its agricultural abundance, how did we get here? What’s pushing more families, seniors, and even full-time workers to food banks? And most critically: what can be done – at every level of society – to ensure fair, dignified access to food?
On April 10th, Ivey Lecturer Jessica Kelly, HBA ’09, explored these critical questions with three experts working on the front lines of this issue: Gregory Ridge (City Councillor, Kingston, ON), Meaghan Richardson (Director of Development, Food for Life), and Evan Fraser (Director, Arrell Food Institute, University of Guelph), at Necessities of life: Policy’s role in food security, an Impact Live and Ivey Centre for Building Sustainable Value event.
