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Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security Awards Three New Scholarships
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security Awards Three New Scholarships\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n Three scholarships will support research into resources to support food security among perinatal women, the relationship between food insecurity and mental health among adolescents, and Indigenous food sovereignty\n \n \n \n \n \n MISSISSAUGA, ON\n \n \n ,\n \n \n June 16, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ - (TSX: MFI) Maple Leaf Foods and the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security (\"the Centre\") today announced that it has awarded three new scholarship in Food Security, with nine scholarships funded to date.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doctoral candidate\n \n Aida Bahramian\n \n from the\n \n University of Ottawa\n \n , Doctoral candidate\n \n Allison MacNeil\n \n from\n \n McGill University\n \n , and Masters candidate Atlanta-Marinna Grant from the\n \n University of British Columbia\n \n will each receive a\n \n $15,000\n \n scholarship to support their research. Bahramian's research will examine the resources and services needed to improve nutrition, food security, and physical and mental health for French-speaking pregnant women; MacNeil's research will assess the relationship between food insecurity, adolescent mental health and interpersonal relationships; and Grant's work will explore the connection between Indigenous knowledge and food sovereignty in Indigenous communities.\n \n \n These scholarships honour the extraordinary contribution of\n \n David Emerson\n \n ,\n \n Wallace McCain\n \n , and\n \n Purdy Crawford\n \n as past Chairs of the Maple Leaf Foods Board of Directors. Each year, the Centre awards three scholarships to Masters or Doctoral students who are pursuing research that contributes to the body of knowledge on food insecurity in\n \n Canada\n \n . Candidates are selected based on their academic standing, contribution to addressing research gaps, and quality of the submission, including feasibility and methodological rigor.\n \n \n \"These scholarships su...