Canada’s ambitious vision for improving access to school food needs to be bolstered by community collaboration and high-quality research.
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In Canada, where fewer than 10 per cent of kids regularly eat school-provided meals, parents, especially mothers, are left to juggle school lunches, often under major pressure.
School food can connect people powerfully to their local lands, resources and economies, and be a tool towards reconciliation with Indigenous communities.
From reducing families’ grocery bills to boosting the economy, school meals offer far-reaching benefits, fostering both immediate well-being and long-term economic prosperity.
The time is ripe to develop federal-provincial/territorial accords towards implementing a national school nutritious meal program.
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
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Associate Professor of Food, Nutrition and Health, University of British Columbia
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Master of Public Health Student, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science, University of Gothenburg
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Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan