Wednesday December 14, 2011
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"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 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)
Categories: Past Episodes
Features
- Stuck in Traffic
- Will Toronto be a victim of our own success?
- Metro Morning turns 40!
- 40 years of what Toronto's talking about.
- Sounds of the Season 2012
- View the slideshow from our event in support of local food banks.
- Live from CAMH
- Visit a new neighbourhood focused on mental health in Queen West.
- Disappearing Daughters
- A study raises the issue of gender selection in local South Asian communities.
- A Fork in the Road
- A new role for government: the catalyst for collaboration.
- Turning Point
- Our town hall on family violence on March 29, 2010.
- Mary Wiens
- Listen to the latest report from Metro Morning's Mary Wiens.
- JOpublic
- What can we learn about our surroundings and ourselves? Contact Metro Morning contributor Jason Osler with your ideas or check out his blog.
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