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Busting food bank myths with Feed Ontario!
“Why don’t food bank users just get a job?”
“If we increase social assistance, won’t that make people not want to work?”
Food banks have been getting a lot of media attention due to the overwhelming demand for emergency food support. Unfortunately, a lot of misinformation is also being spread about what is causing this crisis.
In December, Feed Ontario hosted a panel discussion to bust some of these myths and misconceptions in our sector. We joined colleagues from food banks across the province to field questions pertaining to our work and the people who access our services.
Chiara Padovani, North York Harvest’s Senior Specialist, Advocacy and Community Engagement, joined the panel to tackle questions from Ontarians about who is really causing the housing crisis, the realities of living on social assistance, and the solutions desperately needed to reduce food bank use.
Watch the full panel below
Thank you to Feed Ontario for having us and thanks to our fellow panelists:
Myles Vanni – Inn of the Good Shepherd, Sarnia
June Muir – UHC -Hub of Opportunities, Windsor
Robbie Donaldson – Salvation Army – New Liskeard
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