FOOD SECURITY IN CANADA SPEAKER

Professor Valerie Tarasuk is a Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. Professor’s Tarasuk’s research aims to elucidate the scope of household food insecurity, policy, and programmatic responses in Canada. Her work has included: studies of food banks and food bank users; homeless youth and community responses to the food needs of homeless and under-housed individuals; a study of housing, neighbourhood characteristics, and food access among low-income Toronto families; an examination of meal services in Salvation Army shelters; and, analyses of population survey data to elucidate the health, nutritional, and sociodemographic correlates of household food insecurity in Canada. Currently, she leads a large, interdisciplinary program of research called PROOF, which is designed to identify effective policy interventions for the reduction of household food insecurity in Canada.

Valerie Tarasuk

GII STUDENT WORK

Per the roadmap presented at the Global Ideas Institute Launch, this year’s program contains two critical elements of student engagement as we approach the mid-way point. Details about these two areas of engagement can be found below: 1. Interview with Community-Based Organization Deadline: January 16, 2017 Following the November 30th GII session, students are tasked with identifying an organization in their community that is addressing food security and coordinating a one-hour interview. During the interview, students should aim to gather information about how the organization is approaching the issue of food security, what successes and challenges they have seen, and any insights they can share about what makes a solution effective. Students should plan their specific line of questioning using the enclosed interview guide: Overview Interview Guide 2. Initial Student Pitch Deadline: January 16, 2017 At the January 16th GII session, students will present a two-minute pitch of their initial idea. This pitch session will replace the typical two-minute mentor workshop, following the GII lecture. The students will pitch to a food security expert and receive initial feedback. Details on the student pitch are outlined below:

What should my pitch contain?

1. What aspect of food security are you aiming to address with your solution? 2. Why? 3. What region will you focus on for the implementation of your solution? (Note: students must select a specific community/population group in either Canada or India for the implementation of their solution.) Who is the target audience? Students will be pitching to an expert working in the area of food security. They should consider this as an opportunity to gain feedback on their focus area, and rationale at this mid-way point of the GII program. Do I require any materials for the student pitch? No. Students will not have access to a screen for PowerPoint or visuals for this pitch. Students should treat this as an “Elevator Pitch”, a catchy 2-minute verbal pitch. Does the entire team need to present the pitch? No. Students may select 1 or more team members to deliver the pitch. Team members who do not chose to deliver the pitch itself will be given an opportunity to speak during the expert feedback portion of the pitch session.

to be Completed by January 16, 2017

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PROOF RESEARCH FOOD INSECURITY IN CANADA

October 13 – Introduction to Food Security

GII Challenge Brief

November 2 – What is Complex Problem-Solving?

Mandatory reading:“Feeding the World Into the Future – food and nutrition security: the role of food science and technology” Jenny Tian, Brian Bryska and Rickey Yada, Frontiers in Life Science, 05 May 2016.

“Food Security” Richard Hodson, Nature, 27 April 2017.

“Nutrition: A world of insecurity” Julie Gould, Nature, 27 April 2017.

Recommended reading:2017 Global Food Policy Report International Food Policy Research Institute, 2017.

Food Security: Everybody’s BusinessSophie Healy-Thow, Tedx Youth, 10 February 2016.

November 30 – Food Security in Canada

Mandatory reading:Nutrition and Food SecurityUnited Nations in India.

India’s National Food Security Act (NFSA): Early ExperiencesRaghav Puri, LANSA Working Paper Series 14, 2017.

Hunger in a Time of Plenty: The Curious Case of Indian Food SecurityNeeta Lal, The Wire, 30 August 2016.

Recommended reading:India’s NFSA: Fiscal Assessment and Implementation ChallengesRajiv Ranjan, FIIB Business Review, June 2016.

Food Security: How to ensure no one sleeps with an empty stomach Alka Parikh, Mumbai University, TEDxDAIICT, 08 August 2016. 

December 14 – Food Security in India

Mandatory reading: Food Insecurity in CanadaPROOF: Food Insecurity Policy Research.

READING LIST

Topic Date Reading themeIntroduction to Food Security and GII

October 13 Challenge Briefing

What is Complex Problem-Solving?

November 2 Food Security – A complex problem

Food Security Globally November 30 Food Security in India

REACH December 14 Food Security in Canada

Case Studies: Failed Solutions January 16 Failed solutions

Expert Panel Q&A February 20 Innovative solutions

Behavioural Economics March 6 Food security and decision-making

Polishing your Pitch March 27 Pitching and Presentations

Final Symposium April 13

There’s a Food Security Crisis in Canada and It’s Worse Than You ThinkRebecca Tucker, VICE, 07 December 2015.

Food Insecurity in Community Food Programs among Low-income Toronto FamiliesSharon Kirkpatrick and Valeria Tarasuk, Canadian Journal of Public Health, 100:2, March 2009

Conceptualizing Food Security for Aboriginal people in CanadaElaine Power, Canadian Journal of Public Health, 99:2, March 2008.

January 16 – Failed Solutions

Mandatory reading:Why Big Data Hasn’t Yet Made a Dent on FarmsEliot Brown, Wall Street Journal, 15 May 2017.

Lessons in Scaling and FailingAnjali Sharker, Shameran Abed and Christian Seelos, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2016.

Learning From FailureEric Nee, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 18 February 2015.

Failing Up for Social Enterprise SuccessEpaminondas Farmakis, Devex, 15 August 2014.

February 20 – Solutions at Scale

Mandatory reading:FoodShare’s Good Food Programming: Hubs Within a HubCassie Wever, 2015.

This Woman Has Been A Leader in Toronto Food SecurityWayne Roberts, Torontoist, 3 October 2016.

Case Study: Reuters Market LightPeter McNally, Mobile for Development Impact, October 2014.

Recommended reading:

Connected Farming in IndiaRML AgTech Ltd, 17 June 2015.