Lesley Frank
@franklyless.bsky.social
Sociologist @acadiaU, mom of 4, grandma of 5. Canada Research Chair in Food, Health and Social Justice - scholar of family and child poverty, food insecurity in early childhood, health inequity, social policy. Author of Out of Milk: Infant Food Insecurity
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Acadia Sociology's Dr. Lesley Frank (@franklyless.bsky.social) has been renewed for another term as the Canada Research Chair in Food, Health and Social Justice. Congratulations Lesley!
Read more here: www2.acadiau.ca/about-acadia...
Read more here: www2.acadiau.ca/about-acadia...
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Acadia Sociology's Dr. Lesley Frank (@franklyless.bsky.social) has been renewed for another term as the Canada Research Chair in Food, Health and Social Justice. Congratulations Lesley!
Read more here: www2.acadiau.ca/about-acadia...
Read more here: www2.acadiau.ca/about-acadia...
Tune in to listen to our chat about infant food insecurity on the new @foodstudies.ca podcast #digestingfoodstudies
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Infant Food Insecurity | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Whether you breastfeed, formula feed, or do both, securing sustenance to infants can be both fundamental and fraught. Lesley Frank has been doing research on first food systems and infant-and-caregive...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Tune in to listen to our chat about infant food insecurity on the new @foodstudies.ca podcast #digestingfoodstudies
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Actress Giovanna Fletcher went to visit baby banks around the UK and found an army of volunteers working tirelessly to help new mothers.
Baby banks have quietly become a vital service for new parents
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July 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Actress Giovanna Fletcher went to visit baby banks around the UK and found an army of volunteers working tirelessly to help new mothers.
Ruby Harrington presents the Fed Family Lab @acadiasociology.bsky.social new survey data on food insecurities in early life at @csa-sca.bsky.social #sshrc
June 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Ruby Harrington presents the Fed Family Lab @acadiasociology.bsky.social new survey data on food insecurities in early life at @csa-sca.bsky.social #sshrc
Is only we have a healthy start program in Canada
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🚩 Too many pregnant women and those with babies and toddlers living in poverty don't receive the basic support they need for their children to grow up healthily.
Vicky Gilroy of @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social has the latest on the campaign to improve Healthy Start.
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3EsRLt3
Vicky Gilroy of @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social has the latest on the campaign to improve Healthy Start.
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3EsRLt3
February 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Is only we have a healthy start program in Canada
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What is a Simpsons one-liner that either loves rent-free in your head, or you use in everyday life?
February 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
What is a Simpsons one-liner that either loves rent-free in your head, or you use in everyday life?
Thanks @dentremy.bsky.social for this excellent article
‘We don’t stack up’: New report shows another jump in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/equity/pover...
By @dentremy.bsky.social
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By @dentremy.bsky.social
‘We don’t stack up’: New report shows another jump in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate - Halifax Examiner
41,500 children (more than one in five) children in Nova Scotia are living in poverty.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 20, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Thanks @dentremy.bsky.social for this excellent article
‘We don’t stack up’: New report shows another jump in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/equity/pover...
By @dentremy.bsky.social
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/equity/pover...
By @dentremy.bsky.social
‘We don’t stack up’: New report shows another jump in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate - Halifax Examiner
41,500 children (more than one in five) children in Nova Scotia are living in poverty.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 20, 2024 at 11:57 AM
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End child poverty by giving people money
Also: HST holiday; Halifax poop is becoming more costly; taser
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Also: HST holiday; Halifax poop is becoming more costly; taser
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
End child poverty by giving people money - Halifax Examiner
It is damnable that any child lives in poverty. It doesn't have to be this way.
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December 18, 2024 at 2:28 PM
End child poverty by giving people money
Also: HST holiday; Halifax poop is becoming more costly; taser
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Also: HST holiday; Halifax poop is becoming more costly; taser
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Today we release the new report on Child and Family poverty in NS. A record high increase- for both child poverty and childhood food insecurity
New 2024 NS Child & Family Poverty Report Card records a historic single-year increase in child poverty, explores intersectional factors correlated with child poverty rates, & provides recommendations to address this troubling trend: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
#NSpoli #childpoverty
#NSpoli #childpoverty
December 17, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Today we release the new report on Child and Family poverty in NS. A record high increase- for both child poverty and childhood food insecurity
My book, Out of Milk is about maternal and infant insecurity in Canada. I could say more but my book trailer is more interesting m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymaM...
November 21, 2024 at 3:59 PM
My book, Out of Milk is about maternal and infant insecurity in Canada. I could say more but my book trailer is more interesting m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymaM...
Stay tuned for the NS Child and Family Report Card coming in December for the details of this depressing fact.
A new report card shows child poverty is getting worse in Nova Scotia.
"We were very surprised at the dramatic increase in child poverty rates in the last two years that we have data for." | Chronicle Herald
"We were very surprised at the dramatic increase in child poverty rates in the last two years that we have data for." | Chronicle Herald
'An alarm bell': Child poverty rates in Nova Scotia increase again | SaltWire
SYDNEY — The annual report card on child poverty has found more Canadian children are living in poverty than before the pandemic.
In Nova Scotia, child ...
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November 20, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Stay tuned for the NS Child and Family Report Card coming in December for the details of this depressing fact.
Really loving these starter packs.
November 20, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Really loving these starter packs.
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Acadia Sociology is presenting the film "940 Caledonia" followed by a panel discussion. November 19th, KCIC Auditorium @ Acadia University.
November 15, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Acadia Sociology is presenting the film "940 Caledonia" followed by a panel discussion. November 19th, KCIC Auditorium @ Acadia University.
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Excuses.
@franklyless.bsky.social and I have heard them all.
@franklyless.bsky.social and I have heard them all.
The premier of Nova Scotia has been attempting to discredit CCPA Nova Scotia research on child poverty in the province—except that, time and again, the child poverty report card is vindicated. By Christine Saulnier and Lesley Frank. monitormag.ca/articles/fam...
Families Deserve Action to End Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia
The 2023 Child and Family Poverty Report Card for Nova Scotia finds that poverty increased in Nova Scotia in 2021 from 18.4 per cent to 20.5 per cent. This 11.4 per cent increase is the highest single...
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February 17, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Excuses.
@franklyless.bsky.social and I have heard them all.
@franklyless.bsky.social and I have heard them all.
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Largest increase in a single year. We need to end all forms of poverty. The development of our youngest are most vulnerable to long term effects. 1 in 5 children. 1 in 4 babies. Gov needs to support families. We lifted them with pandemic benefits. It can be done.
N.S. child poverty rate sees largest increase in more than 30 years: ‘Very disheartening’
N.S. child poverty rate sees largest increase in more than 30 years: ‘Very disheartening’ - Halifax | Globalnews.ca
A new report indicates the child poverty rate in Nova Scotia rose to 20.5 per cent in 2021, representing more than one in five children.
globalnews.ca
January 31, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Largest increase in a single year. We need to end all forms of poverty. The development of our youngest are most vulnerable to long term effects. 1 in 5 children. 1 in 4 babies. Gov needs to support families. We lifted them with pandemic benefits. It can be done.
This article was a long time coming. Many years ago mothers introduced me to finding formula online. Students at @AcadiaSociology spent a year with me on Kijiji and Facebook exploring what was going on from coast to coast. It was more than we imagined. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 22, 2024 at 4:24 PM
This article was a long time coming. Many years ago mothers introduced me to finding formula online. Students at @AcadiaSociology spent a year with me on Kijiji and Facebook exploring what was going on from coast to coast. It was more than we imagined. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....