Experts: Food insecurity in Quebec
Food bank use in Quebec in 2025 has hit record numbers, surpassing 3 million assistance requests, according to聽Food Banks Canada's recent report. Employed people and students聽are among the fastest growing user groups,聽with聽food banks struggling to keep up with demand.聽聽
9I制作厂免费 experts are available to comment on this topic:聽
Patrick Cortbaoui,聽Senior Managing Director of聽the聽Margaret聽A Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security聽and Academic Associate at the School of Human Nutrition,聽can discuss the scale and聽causes of the聽food insecurity crisis, the strain on聽food聽bank聽infrastructure, as well as policy and聽long-term聽solutions.聽
patrick.cortbaoui [at] mcgill.ca聽(English, French)聽
Jayne Malenfant, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education, can discuss the connection between housing insecurity and food insecurity; the impact of food insecurity on students' access to education; and the stigma and underfunding of community organizations and resources such as food banks.
jayne.malenfant [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
Am茅lie Quesnel-Vall茅e, Professor in the Department of Equity, Ethics and Politics, Canada Research Chair in Policies and Health Inequalities, and Director of the , can discuss how even moderate food insecurity is associated with significant excess costs in the health care system.
amelie.quesnelvallee [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)