Alberta

University of Alberta

  • Campus Food Bank: Various programs offered to support students with food and other resources.

    • Hamper Program: A supplementary hamper program with goal to reduce grocery costs by supplying staple food options. Clients can receive a new food box as often as every two weeks. (Offers a Ramadan edition as well)

    • Grocery Buses: A bus service that takes students to Superstore, T&T Supermarket and some Specialty Stores (Spice Centre, Halal Meat Shops, etc).

    • Breakfast Program: Free breakfast provided on Wednesdays from 8.30 to 10.30 in the SUB.

    • WECAN Food Basket: A non-profit organization that purchases bulk meat and produce, which individuals can purchase and pick up from depots. Members pay a small annual fee to participate, then pay for the number of orders they'd like each month

    • Campus Food Kitchen: Covers a variety of kitchen skills and focuses on low-cost ingredients so students can easily replicate these recipes at home, while providing a chance to socialize, improve on cooking skills and learn some new recipes.

University of Calgary

  • Student Union Campus Food Bank: Provides a seven day emergency food relief service to the campus community. This relief is provided through nutritionally sound hampers in accordance with the Canada Food Guide along with information to clients regarding available on and off-campus.

  • Campus Community Garden: A variety of garden spaces offered around campus where students can grow their own food and connect on projects that lead to sustainable food systems.

For more information about programs that combat food insecurity around Calgary, as well as resources for free or low-cost food included, see the PDF document created by the SU Campus Food Bank.

Lethbridge University

  • Nourish: an ongoing effort to support food security on campus. Combining existing and new programs, Nourish helps students facing food scarcity while providing our campus community ways to help. Some of the programs offerend include: 

    • Campus Care Parcels: non-perishable food items to students, fuelling them through final exams. 

    • Free breakfasts for students

    • Little Library Food Pantries

    • Food for thought initiatives

For additional off-campus support, click here.