Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 16, 2024

Valerie Sue Tarasuk, C.M.
Toronto, Ontario

Valerie Tarasuk is Canada’s principal academic on food insecurity. Through research and collaborations across academic, community and government sectors, she established food insecurity as a serious public health problem that could be alleviated by adequate, stable incomes. She also leads PROOF, the interdisciplinary research program working to reduce Canadian food insecurity through policy intervention.