One of our former board members, Sid Frankel, has done research on how quality after-school programs mitigate the impacts of poverty. Some of the examples are lack of adequate food and nutrition, access to nutritious food, and food literacy programs. We have just received funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to deliver a food literacy program that is pan-Canadian. It's a very big initiative, with partners in the media, so we're looking forward to changing that culture and teaching young people how to cook food, because a lot of young people who live in poverty may be responsible for food or meal planning in the family and they don't have those food skills. That's one way.
On November 17th, 2016. See this statement in context.