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Chronic Physical and Mental Health Conditions Among Adults may Increase Vulnerability to Household Food Insecurity
Author(s): Valerie Tarasuk, Andrew Mitchell, Lindsay McLaren, Lynn McIntyre
Publication Date: 2013
Drawing on data from a large cross-sectional population health survey, we examine the relationship between adults' chronic disease status and the prevalence and severity of household food insecurity in Canada. We build on prior analyses of food insecurity/health relationships by designing our analyses to predict household food insecurity from health (rather than vice versa), considering multiple physician-diagnosed conditions (rather than a singl...
How a Guaranteed Annual Income Could Put Food Banks Out of Business
Author(s): Herbert J.C. Emery, Valerie C. Fleisch, Lynn McIntyre
Organization: University of Calgary - The School of Public Policy
Publication Date: 2013
The federal Conservative government recently began phasing in a plan to raise the age of eligibility for Old Age Security from 65 to 67. But a more sensible move for improving the effectiveness of Canada’s social safety-net system may be to actually lower the age below 65 and rely strictly on an income test instead, regardless of age. The government could go a lot further toward the reduction of poverty in Canada by building on the success of its...
Working Homeless Men in Calgary, Canada: Hegemony and Identity
Author(s): Steven Persaud, Lynn McIntyre, Katrina Milaney
Publication Date: 2010
This purpose of this research is to understand how young adult homeless working men experience homelessness in an oil boom and prosperous city, Calgary, Alberta. Following a period of participant observation, five purposively selected working homeless men aged 20-28 years participated in in-depth individual interviews, which were initiated around their daily food routine. We found that the men experienced moderate to severe food insecurity and re...