Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security

Scholarship in Food Insecurity

The Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security provides scholarships that recognize the contribution of David Emerson, Wallace McCain, Purdy Crawford, and W. Geoffrey Beattie as past Chairs of the Maple Leaf Foods' Board of Directors. Four scholarships are distributed annually to support Master or PhD students who propose research to advance a better understanding of food insecurity in Canada. The scholarships focus on filling knowledge gaps on food insecurity in Canada, with particular interest in predictors and risk factors, and impacts and efficacy of potential interventions. Research may explore who is most at risk for food insecurity, what the determinants are, and how to alleviate food insecurity particularly for groups most impacted including Black and Indigenous families, single adults, and people with disabilities. Recipients are required to submit status reports twice per year and a final report sharing research findings upon completion.