Dr. Lesley Frank is spearheading change at Acadia University. As the Canada Research Chair in Food, Health, and Social Justice. she is working to address the global problem of family and childhood food insecurity while advancing food justice and health equity in Canada.

An estimated one in eight households in Canada – more than four million Canadians – is food insecure. This harms their physical, mental, and social health. It also adds costs to our healthcare system.

“Food security is an urgent nutrition, health, and social equity problem in Canada. My hope is that we build adequate protections for families to ensure their rights to food are protected," says Frank.

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