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1. Balancing acts: : Unpacking mothers’ experiences and meanings of school lunch packing

   19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

   By Seri Niimi-Burch, Jennifer Black

   While Canadian policy makers are considering expanding school food programs in Canada, parents remain primarily responsible for packing lunches. Although women perform disproportionate amounts of...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7728/?v=1

2. “Sometimes I feel like I’m counting crackers”: The household foodwork of low-income mothers, and how community food initiatives can support them

   19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

   By Mary Anne Martin

   For women parenting on low incomes, there is a significant disparity between household foodwork standards and the resources with which to meet them. This study centres on the everyday foodwork...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7584/?v=1

3. Waste management as foodwork: A feminist food studies approach to household food waste

   19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):

   By Carly Fraser, Kate Parizeau

   Food waste in Canada is estimated to amount to $31 billion per year, with approximately half of this waste occurring in households (Gooch & Felfel, 2014). However, household food waste studies...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7581/?v=1