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Sam Forbes in our lab published a study showing alcohol outlet density had larger impacts on alcohol-attributable ED visits in low vs high SES neighbourhoods in Ontario @SmithBrendanT @PublicHealthON @UofT_dlsph https://t.co/mE8dDa5HiQ
🚨Statistics Canada has released new data on food insecurity. In 22.9% of people in the ten provinces lived in a food-insecure household amounting to 8.7 million people, including 2.1 million children.
Our summary and interactive graphs here 📈📊: https://t.co/BgJjp0cDaU (1/8)
Highway 413 is a $10 billion mistake.
If this government really wants to make life easier for drivers on the congested 401 they can do it tomorrow -- just pay the tolls for truckers to take the underused 407.
Residents along the proposed 413 route know the damage it will cause to farmland, wildlife, and waterways and are standing up to say no to this destructive project.
Ontario Greens will continue to stand with them.
#onpoli
Interested in household food insecurity among families with infants? We found that food insecurity affected nearly half of women accessing three Toronto sites of the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program:
https://t.co/XJtHqDokDX
Ever wondered about the impacts of aging?👵🏽💡🧓🏼
William F. Forbes Lecture – Back to the Future of Gerontology is happening June 7th from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm lectured by Dr. Hirdes.
Participants interested may join remotely or in-person. To sign up: https://t.co/nx4xib1Gwr
@MikeSchreiner A question is, 'where can you do the most good?' I would hope there's room within the provincial Liberal party to emphasize the things Green has always represented. The Guelph Liberal MP has been able to promote positive change. Doing politics differently is what Ontario needs.
"When food-insecure households receive additional income, they spend it in ways that improve their food security. It’s clear that this understanding of food insecurity is missing from our public policies." https://t.co/203Xxt1Rl9
By identifying whether households have difficulty affording food, we learn more about their economic wellbeing and hardship, making household food insecurity an important indicator of poverty for policy makers to attend to.
Learn more at: https://t.co/FmMbgopVUF
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As food prices in Canada continue to soar, putting pressure on families as try to make ends meet, school nutrition programs across the country say they're struggling to provide meals to a growing number of students in need.
https://t.co/GbctcuFak1