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Alena Ziuleva2025-11-06 10:39:582025-11-06 10:40:01Press ReleaseFood security means that all individuals have consistent access to enough safe, nutritious, and affordable food to meet their dietary needs and lead healthy, active lives. It encompasses availability, accessibility, affordability, and sustainability of food for everyone.
The challenges
- Limited access to fresh, affordable, and healthy food.
- Multiple food deserts on our territory.
- Most grocery stores are located on main arteries.
- Few options for reasonably priced seasonal fruits and vegetables.
- Increasing reliance on food banks signals an urgent need for action.
Our Response
- Food security is a top priority for low-income families in the southern West Island.
- A dedicated working committee collaborates with the community to develop and implement an action plan.
Get Involved!
For more information or to participate in the committee, contact Roxana Stoleru at (514) 505-0840 ext. 6 or at rstoleru@tqsoi.org.
- Food Security Toolbox
- A Portrait of Food Security in the West Island
- 2022 Market Report
- 2021 Market Report
- Seniors flock to “affordable” Neighbourhood Market at Bob Birnie Arena
- The TQSOI in the West Island Journal Métro
- Pointe-claire-project-summer-2020-report
- A Growth of Food Security Collaborations during COVID-19
- Improving access to fruits and vegetables in Pointe-Claire – Outreach Report
- Report: Let’s Talk Food! Results of the survey on access to fresh fruits and vegetables in Pointe-Claire
- Together, Let’s Create Food Alternatives for the South West Island
- Food Insecurity: TQSOI and West Island Community Resource Centre Interview
- Report on the Food Security Situation in the West Island
- Poverty and food insecurity in the West Island of Montreal
- Diagnostics of the needs of vulnerable population
- Territorial Social Development Action Plan 2016-2021
- “West Island forum pinpoints need for community food center with central location”, Montreal Gazette, 2015.
- Food policy for Canada, 2017
- Portrait of the Population of the Southern West Island, 2015
- Portrait of the needs of certain vulnerable populations of the South of the West-Island of Montreal, 2015
- “Étude sur l’accès aux aliments santé à Montréal”, Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal, 2013.
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