Systemic Inequities and Access
This group often faces barriers to accessing nutritious food due to affordability issues.
Who are low-income individuals or families?
This is a common issue in rural areas due to poor infrastructure and limited markets.
What is limited access to fresh produce?
This phenomenon increases the frequency and severity of extreme weather events.
What is climate change?
This term refers to the right of people to healthy and culturally appropriate food.
What is food sovereignty?
This approach is essential to addressing food insecurity as a social justice issue. (Hint: What is this course about?)
What is an EDI-focused approach?
This term describes the unequal distribution of food despite enough global production to feed everyone.
What are distributive inequities?
This factor inflates food prices in rural areas.
What is transportation cost?
These populations bear the brunt of climate change impacts.
Who are vulnerable or marginalized populations?
This phenomenon describes how immigrants’ health declines as they adopt the Canadian diet.
What is the Healthy Immigrant Effect?
This action involves advocating for policies that address climate change and food insecurity. (Hint:"____ friendly" policies).
What is advocating for climate-friendly policies?
These social determinants can alter a person’s experience with food-related inequities.
What are gender, racialization, citizenship, and poverty?
This term describes the lack of access to nutritious food in remote or underserved areas.
What is a food desert?
This term describes people displaced due to climate-related disasters.
Who are climate refugees?
This is a key factor in ensuring cultural food security for immigrants and Indigenous peoples.
What is access to traditional foods?
This concept emphasizes the need for inclusivity in climate change solutions. (Hint: it is defined as various experiences of overlapping discrimination).
What is intersectionality?