Change Agent Noah From Shanty Bay Ps, Oro Medonte, On
My Change Agent project in 2017-2018 was on Food Insecurity which is an inadequate or insecure access to food due to a lack of money. I came up with my action when I met with Naomi Wachowiak from the Centsess campaign at the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit here in Simcoe County, Ontario.
My action plan was to make two similar short 1 minute videos talking about Food Insecurity from the youth perspective. One was to show to decision makers at the municipal level with actions they can take. The other one was to show to the general public with different actions that they could take.
The impact of my project was that I made the general public aware of the issue of Food Insecurity and encouraged them, and municipal decision makers to take action on it.
One of the challenges of my project was coming up with my action plan. I didn’t know how I was going to take action on Food Insecurity until I met with someone from the Centsless campaign at the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit in early April when one of their suggestions was to make a video.
The other challenge was creating the video. I had to write the script, practice the script, find programs such as IMovie and Videoscribe, and record in about a month.
My video was well received by everyone it was shown to, which was the Council Of Barrie, The Committee of The Whole of Simcoe County, and my school.
Another success was the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit helping me and using my video in their presentations.
At those meetings, I met the Mayor of Oro Medonte Harry Hughes and the Mayor of Barrie Jeff Lehman.
This year I continue to work with the SMDHU on their Cent$less campaign, sharing the need for others to Food Insecurity. My video is now on their website. http://www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/Topics/HealthEquity/poverty=hunger