Hungry at school: Nearly 40 per cent of Canadian post-secondary students can’t afford to eat properly – Waterloo Chronicle
Cross-campus study brings attention to ‘hidden’ problem on campus
Here’s some food for thought: The largest cross-campus study to date has discovered that nearly 40 per cent of Canadian students are food “insecure.”
The report, called Hungry for Knowledge, was released last week by Meal Exchange, a national charitable organization. It surveyed 4,500 students across five Canadian campuses over the course of 16 months to fill the gap in data on the issue.
“This needed to surface, to bring attention to a problem that’s hidden on campuses,” said Anita Abraham, executive director at Meal Exchange. “(This research has) affirmed what we thought we knew.”
