We dive deep into food insecurity within the province with Valerie Tarasuk, and how COVID-19 has accentuated the issue.

Valerie Tarasuk is a professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, and leads PROOF, a research program launched with funding from CIHR to investigate policy interventions to reduce food insecurity in Canada.

Valerie critically discusses the research findings from The Future of BC’s Food Systems: Findings and Recommendations (British Columbia) by The Food Security Task Force, and provides her insights on the idea of a universal basic income.

The Balance is recorded and produced by BCAHL’s Communications Manager on the traditional, unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Thank you so much for listening.

Episode Links:

• PROOF Food Insecurity Policy Research: https://proof.utoronto.ca/
• The Future of BC’s Food Systems: Findings and Recommendations (British Columbia) by The Food Security Task Force: https://engage.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/121/2020/01/FSTF-Report-2020-The-Future-of-Food.pdf
• The Future of BC’s Food System: Response to Findings and Recommendations of the BC Food Security Task Force. Prepared by: The Institute for Sustainable Food Systems at Kwantlen Polytechnic University: https://www.kpu.ca/sites/default/files/ISFS%20Response_layoutFINAL_0.pdf
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