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Supporting School Food Programs
April 2024
Heather Norris, President and CEO of ONFE, speaks with Melissa Lamb on CTV Ottawa Morning Live about the increased need for our School Breakfast Program, the announcement of a National School Food Program, and our annual Spark Soirée, an event in support of our School Breakfast Program.
Inflation putting pressure on school breakfast program in Ottawa
February 2024
CTV Ottawa’s Katie Griffin speaks with Heather Norris regarding the effects inflation has had on ONFE’s School Breakfast Program
Going the distance for school food programs
November 2023
Brent Mansfield and Heather Norris talk about the need for a national school food program and what they are doing to raise awareness.
B.C. teacher running laps in front of Parliament Hill for national school food funding
November 2023
A Vancouver elementary school teacher is drawing attention to funding for a national school food program by running laps around Parliament Hill. “We’re currently the only G7 country without a national food school program,” said Heather Norris, president and CEO of the Ottawa Network for Education.
According to Norris, a breakfast program in Ottawa feeds more than 16,000 students at 200 schools(opens in a new tab), with demand up 28 per cent since last year.
Advocates call for a National School Food Policy
October 2, 2023
Heather Norris, President & CEO of ONFE, went on CBC’s All In a Day discussing how many students rely on ONFE’s School Breakfast Program, the nutritious food the program serves, how the program is delivered, the increased demand, as well as the call for a National School Food Policy, what having a national policy would mean, and our involvement with public consultations.
“Flipping for a Cause” at Zak’s Diner in Support of the School Breakfast Program
September 2023
Heather Norris, President & CEO of ONFE, and Kate Rutledge, Operations Manager with Zak’s Diner discuss September 12th’s “Flipping for a Cause” event in support of ONFE’s School Breakfast Program and the Breakfast Matters back to school fundraising campaign with CTV Morning Live Ottawa‘s Stefan Keyes.
‘Breakfast Matters’ fundraiser launched to ensure kids are fed amid rising grocery prices
August 2023
Heather Norris, president and CEO of Ottawa Network for Education, told The Sam Laprade Show that rising food costs have led to an increase in demand for the School Breakfast Program, offered in schools across the Nation’s Capital. CityNews Ottawa discusses the #BreakfastMatters fundraising campaign to support a growing demand for the School Breakfast Program, providing students in need with a healthy meal to kick-start their day.
OAW: Need For School Breakfast Program Continues to Grow
August 2023
Heather Norris, President and CEO, Ottawa Network for Education, joins Patricia Boal on 580 CRA Ottawa at Work to talk about the Ottawa Network for Educations “Breakfast Matters” fundraiser and why the programs it supports at over 200 schools in Ottawa are so important for students heading back to school in the next few weeks.
Ottawa Youth Turned Entrepreneurs
June 2023
Thank you, CTV Ottawa Morning Live for speaking with JA Company students about their journey into entrepreneurship, and how being a JA Company student has helped them learn everything there is to know about running a business.
JA Ottawa and JA Companies
June 2023
Albert Wong, Director of JA Ottawa, joins Derick Fage on Rogers tv Daytime Ottawa to explain how JA empowers young people in grades 9-12 with the skills, connections and confidence to build something incredible.
Schools from coast to coast struggle to feed hungry kids
June 2023
The rising cost of groceries means more children are depending on school food programs for a healthy meal, but those services are strained. The House visits Carson Grove Elementary School in Ottawa to see what’s in their food baskets, then Debbie Field, a coordinator with the Coalition for Healthy School Food and Carolyn Hunter, director of the School Breakfast Program at the Ottawa Network for Education, talk about the effects of today’s money crunch. And Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould sits down to discuss the federal government’s pledge to roll out a national policy.
How rising prices are taking a bite out of school food programs
May 2023
CBC News visits Sandra Copeland, School Breakfast Program Coordinator at Carson Grove Elementary School in Ottawa as she helps prepare food for students to discuss the increased need and the impact of rising food prices.
Local group joins call for universal school meal program
May 2023
Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan speaks with Carolyn Hunter, Director of ONFE’s School Breakfast Program about how more funding is needed from the government as demand is sky high.
