PARTC-FS supports collaborative, community-based participatory research, training and knowledge mobilization related to:
1) Understanding individual, household, and community food security &
2) Building capacity for policy change related to food security.
Established in 2009 with funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, the centre hosts and supports the research of Dr. Patty Williams, Director of the Centre and Associate Professor in Applied Human Nutrition and Tier II Canada Research Chair in Food Security and Policy Change, and her team.
Dr.William's research involves individuals affected by food insecurity, as well as other community, government and academic partners across various disciplines and sectors, in innovative research rooted in real community needs to advance our understanding of food security and food security-related policy change, and ultimately, improved ways of building food security in Nova Scotia and beyond.
For more information on the PARTC-FS and the issue on food security, we invite you to visit their website:
http://www.foodsecurityresearchcentre.ca/