Mary Wiens: December 2011 Archives

Wednesday December 21, 2011

"Beyond Food Banks: Ending hunger in Canada"

The CBC's Mary Wiens brings us an important reality check as we approach our annual "Sounds of the Season" fundraiser for local food banks tomorrow.

PART 1:
There are nearly 350 meal programs in Toronto, serving tens of thousands of meals. And the number of people using food banks is nearing a record high this winter.
Listen (runs 6:54)

PART 2:
Mary Wiens tells us why the "food cupboard" is an emerging trend at this city's community health centres.
Listen (runs 6:55)

PART 3:
Hunger is not the only thing that brings people out to the dozens of meal programs offered in Toronto. For some, meal programs are also a chance to break their feelings of isolation.
Listen (runs 6:23)

PART 4:
Matt galloway spoke with Nick Saul. He is president of The Stop Community Food Centre , and he is creating a national organization to replicate the model created at The Stop.
Listen (runs 6:04)

PART 5:
Guest host Karen Horsman spoke about food waste with Jo-Anne Sobie. She is the new executive director of Second Harvest .
Listen (runs 5:59)

Categories: Columnists, Mary Wiens, Past Episodes

 

• July 2012
  • Thu., 26 – "Encounter Camp"
     
  • Thu., 19 – Witnessing A Violent Death
     
  • Wed., 18 – A Walk Through The Neighbourhood
     
  • Thu., 5 – More Than A Cooling Centre
     
• June 2012
  • Tue., 19 – "Tougher Than Academics"
     
  • Wed., 13 – Regent Park Quilt
     
  • Tue., 12 – Census Portrait #2
     
  • Mon., 11 – Census Portrait #1
     
• May 2012
  • Tue., 29 – Bowing Out
     
  • Fri., 18 – Foreign Investors
     
  • Wed., 9 – Condo Problems
     
  • Fri., 4 – Not Refugees?
     
  • Thu., 3 – Lakshmi: A Hindu Goddess Reinterpreted
     
• March 2012
  • Mon., 12 – A Different Future
     
  • Fri., 2 – "Nothing For A Rainy Day"
     
• February 2012
  • Fri., 3 – A Fork in the Road: A week-long series from Mary Wiens
     
• January 2012
  • Mon., 16 – Eritrean Community Centre
     
• December 2011
  • Wed., 21 – "Beyond Food Banks: Ending hunger in Canada"
     
• November 2011
  • Thu., 24 – Throw-away buildings
     
• October 2011
  • Wed., 19 – The Darker Side
     
  • Tue., 18 – Roma Mothers
     
• September 2011
  • Tue., 27 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System"
     
  • Thu., 22 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 3
     
  • Wed., 21 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 2
     
  • Tue., 20 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 1
     
• October 2010
  • Fri., 22 – It's all about books this weekend!
     
  • Wed., 20 – Bellweather Riding
     
• September 2010
  • Mon., 27 – Civic Muscle
     
  • Mon., 13 – Civic Response
     
  • Thu., 9 – Civic Muscle 4
     
  • Wed., 8 – Civic Muscle 3
     
  • Tue., 7 – Civic Muscle 2
     
  • Mon., 6 – Civic Muscle 1
     
• July 2010
  • Fri., 16 – Omar Wellington
     
• June 2010
  • Sun., 27 – The Inbetween Time
     
  • Fri., 4 – Working Man
     
  • Tue., 1 – Dignitas
     
• May 2010
  • Fri., 21 – Liquid Assets 5
     
  • Thu., 20 – Liquid Assets 4
     
  • Tue., 18 – Liquid Assets 2
     
  • Mon., 17 – Liquid Assets
     
  • Fri., 14 – Walkerton Remembered
     
  • Wed., 12 – Remembering Walkerton
     
  • Mon., 10 – Cpl. Christopher Klodt