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References

1. Davis, B. & Tarasuk, V. (1994). Hunger in Canada. Agriculture and Human Values 11(4), 50-57.

2. Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre, Family Resource Centres/Projects, and Nova Scotia Nutrition Council. (2004). Participatory Food Security Projects Phase I and II. Building Food Security in Nova Scotia: Using a Participatory Process To Collect Evidence And Enhance The Capacity Of Community Groups To Influence Policy: Halifax, Nova Scotia.

3. Stats Canada. (2001). Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) cycle 1.1. Available from: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/concepts/health-sante/index-eng.htm


4. Canadian Council on Social Development. (2006). The Progress of Canada's Children and Youth. Available from: http:www.ccsd.ca/pccy/2006/pdf/pccy_2006.pdf


5. Feed Nova Scotia (2005). Canadian Federal Labour Standards Review Submission. Available from: http://www.fls-ntf.gc.ca/en/sub.fb_63.asp
6. Tsering, C. (2005). Hunger Count 2005. Time for Action. Canadian Association of Food Banks: Toronto, ON.

7. McIntrye LM, Glanville T, Officer S, Anderson B, Raine K, Dayle J. (2002). Food insecurity of low income mothers and their children in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 93(6), 411-415.


8. Canadian Association of Food Banks & Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. (2004). Campus Hunger Count 2004. Available from: http://www.casa.ca/documents/hungercount%20report.pdf
9. Personal Communication. Date: May 2006.

10. Canadian Association of Food Banks. (2004). CAFB report for 2004. Available from: http://cafb-acba.ca/documents/04annual_report.pdf


11. Fairholm, J. (1999). Urban Agriculture And Food Security Initiatives In Canada: A Survey Or Canadian Non-Governmental Organizations. IDRC Cities Feeding People Series, 25. Available from: http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-6545-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
12. Wikipedia. (2009). Participatory action research. Available from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_action_research


13. Average Distance Food Travels

14. Tsering, C. (2006). Hunger Count 2006. Canadian Association of Food Banks: Toronto, ON. Available from: http://socialplanningtoronto.org/Research%20&%20Policy%20Updates/HungerCount%202006.pdf

15. Raven, P. & Frank, L. & Ross, R. (2006).The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2006. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Halifax, Nova Scotia.

16. National Council of Welfare. (2006). Welfare Incomes 2005. Available from: http://www.ncwcnbes.net/documents/researchpublications/ResearchProjects/WelfareIncomes/2005Report_Summer2006/ReportENG.pdf

17. Food Banks Canada. (2008). Hunger Count 2008. Available from: http://foodbankscanada.ca/documents/HungerCount_en_fin.pdf

18. Statistics Canada (2007). Income Trends in Canada 1980–2005, Source Table 802. 13F0022XCB. Available from: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?lang=eng&catno=13F0022X

19. Cost and Affordability of a Nutritious Diet in Nova Scotia: Report of 2007 Food Costing.

 20. Hamm, H.W, &Bellows, A.C (2003). Community food security and nutrition educators. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 35(1), 35-43.

 21. Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre & Nova Scotia Nutrition Council. (2003). The Struggle to Feed Our Families in Nova Scotia: What Does the Story Tell Us? Available from: http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/WhatDoesFoodCostingTellUs.pdf

 22. Nova Scotia Food Security Network in partnership with community partners, the Department of Health Promotion and Protection,and Mount Saint Vincent University. (2009). Cost and Affordability of a Nutritious Diet in Nova Scotia. Report of 2008 Food Costing.

 23. Dietitians of Canada. (2005). Individual and household food insecurity in Canada. Position of Dietitians of Canada.

 24. Statistics Canada. (1999). National Population Health Survey. Available from: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/concepts/nphs-ensp/index-eng.htm

 25. Stats Canada. (2004). Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.2, Nutrition. Available from: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/surveill/nutrition/commun/cchs_focus-volet_escc-eng.php

 26. Travers T. (1997). Reducing Inequities through Participatory Research and Community Empowerment. Health Education & Behavior, 24(3), 344-356.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    
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