Building relationships to eradicate hunger
Categories: Faculty, Janis Rotman Roundtable
On February 10, the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social work brought together more than 20 experts — including researchers, frontline social workers, and executives from non-profit food and community service organizations — for a two-hour conversation on food insecurity as part of the first annual Janis Rotman Roundtable.
With nearly one in five Canadians reporting that they’re unable to access adequate food, most often because they can’t afford it, food insecurity is among today’s most urgent social issues. Organized through the visionary support of Janis Rotman, one of FIFSW’s generous donors, the goal of the Roundtable was to discuss innovative solutions to this important societal problem and the role that social workers can play in addressing it.
Read our report on the Roundtable, including a message from Dean Charmaine Williams, a summary of the discussion, and a list of resources and advocacy tools to address food insecurity.