CCBR is working with the Senior Leadership of Food Banks Canada (FBC) to develop a Theory of Change guided by stakeholders across Canada. This Theory of Change sets the stage for FBC to plan and evaluate its activities in collaboration with the network of provincial associations with which Food Banks collaborates, and over 4,750 affiliate food banks.
The project depends on a jointly developed stakeholder engagement strategy that considers the geographic diversity of food banks and their varying sizes. The process is centrally concerned with the perspectives of food bank users and peer researchers, northern and Indigenous community partners, and Francophone and disability action groups. CCBR will also be informed by the insights of sector leaders, funders, and comparative international models. Two cycles of data collection will be implemented to ensure that participants are able to verify and refine the Theory of Change, to better ensure its adoption.