Webinar: Setting more places at the table: from social isolation to community connection

Date/Time
Date(s) - June 21, 2016 - June 22, 2016
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm


What is social isolation? How do loneliness, social exclusion, and disconnection from community affect people at different stages in their lives? What forces are pushing people into more insular lives?  And what is being done to connect people back to one another, to healthy food and safe spaces? 

More than ever before, Canadians are living alone, and nearly one quarter describe themselves as lonely. Socially isolated adults face worse health as they age, and are less likely to participate in society. For populations facing marginalization and stigma, the sense of isolation and inability to access resources can be even greater.

In this one hour webinar put on by Community Food Systems Canada (CFCC),  André Picard, The Globe and Mail’s esteemed public health reporter and Wellesley Institute researcher Laura Anderson, will tackle this vital issue.  CFCC’s Chief Operating Officer, Kathryn Scharf, will moderate the conversation.

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