‘It used to be about the kids’
Nutrition Reform and the Montreal Protestant School Board
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20607263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lana Povitz, Lana Dee Povitz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 323-347 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3755 • E-ISSN: 1710-1093 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/chr.92.2.323 |
| PMID | 21961191 |
| OpenAlex | W1999847511 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
The nutrition programs that developed in Montreal Protestant schools during the 1970s attest to a deepening awareness of child and adolescent welfare. The combination of grassroots activism and government support that brought about these initiatives took place in the context of post–Quiet Revolution Quebec, when Montrealers were grappling with the role that the newly activist state should play in social life. At the same time, school nutrition reform was part of a broader ongoing renegotiation of state responsibility. Both in Canada and the United States, governments were steadily assuming a mantle of responsibility for expanded liberal rights
Context (archaeology) · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Grassroots · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Sociology · State (computer science) · Canadian Identity and History · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Public Administration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |