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Toward Decolonizing Food Literacy Education: Co-creating a Curriculum at Lack Klan School with Gitxaała Nation
This thesis, founded in Indigenous theory and the principles of food sovereignty, explores how the Gitxaała community garden and the summer reading program at Lach Klan School can be leveraged to provide a platform for learning - or, ‘food literacy’ - as a pathway through which to support Indigenous knowledge traditions and contribute to achieving the tandem goals of food security, food sovereignty, and ultimately the concept of diduuls, or the ‘good life’ (relationship building to land, well-being, culture, community).
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The National Indigenous Diabetes Association (NIDA) presents this resource booklet entitled “Gifts from our Relations”, which consists of commonly consumed traditional foods (plants/animals) that are Indigenous to our lands.
More About This Resource Gifts from our Relations: Original Indigenous FoodTraditional Foods of Canada's Indigenous Peoples by Harriet V. Kuhnlein and Nancy J. Turner
This reference guide is intended for a variety of users: Indigenous People, nutritionists, and other health care professionals working with Indigenous People or with other rural people, biologists, ethnologists, the variety of organizations serving Indigenous People, wildlife enthusiasts, and the academic audience in a variety of disciplines.
More About This Resource Traditional Foods of Canada's Indigenous Peoples by Harriet V. Kuhnlein and Nancy J. TurnerTraditional Foods and Indigenous Recipes in B.C.'s Public Institutions
This report summarizes a qualitative study of the barriers and facilitators to serving traditional foods and Indigenous recipes in public institutions in British Columbia, with a focus on health care and post-secondary institutions.
More About This Resource Traditional Foods and Indigenous Recipes in B.C.'s Public InstitutionsNourish Columbia Valley: Supporting and connecting our communities through food
A non-profit dedicated to building a thriving local food system, Columbia Valley Food and Farm envisions a Columbia Valley that is resilient and food secure. We support and celebrate local food through education, collaboration, and advocacy.
More About This Resource Nourish Columbia Valley: Supporting and connecting our communities through foodDietary Change and Traditional Food Systems of Indigenous Peoples
This review describes the many influences on choice of food by indigenous peoples, the qualities of traditional food systems, the forces of non-directed dietary change causing decline in use of traditional food systems, and the consequences of change for indigenous peoples.
More About This Resource Dietary Change and Traditional Food Systems of Indigenous PeoplesTaanishi Kiiya: Improving Metis Health and Wellness in BC
As the recognized government for Métis people in British Columbia, Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) is committed to advancing Métis health and wellness in the province. As part of this work, MNBC initiated the Métis Public Health Surveillance (MPHS) program to monitor the health and wellness of registered Métis citizens in BC.
More About This Resource Taanishi Kiiya: Improving Metis Health and Wellness in BCOneida Cookbook: Traditional Healthy Foods for Our Community
This project was designed to address the nutritional health issues on the Oneida Reservation by increasing consumption of local fruits and vegetables by the Oneida community members while also increasing the number of meals prepared at home.
More About This Resource Oneida Cookbook: Traditional Healthy Foods for Our CommunityThe Nature of Food: Indigenous Dene Foodways and Ontologies in the Era of Climate Change
Climate change leading to a drastic decline in caribou populations has prompted strict hunting regulations in Canada’s Northwest Territories since 2010. The Dene, a subarctic indigenous people, have responded by turning to tradition and calling for more respectful hunting to demonstrate respectful reciprocity to the caribou, including a community-driven foodways project on caribou conservation and Dene caribou conservation.
More About This Resource The Nature of Food: Indigenous Dene Foodways and Ontologies in the Era of Climate ChangeOcean and Way of Life Brochure
This brochure was made to accompany the Ocean and Way of Life Map.
More About This Resource Ocean and Way of Life BrochurePromoting or Protecting Traditional Knowledges? Tensions in the Resurgence of Indigenous Food Practices on Vancouver Island
This article contributes to this discussion by raising practical and ethical questions surrounding the resurgence of traditional food practices in Western Canada.
More About This Resource Promoting or Protecting Traditional Knowledges? Tensions in the Resurgence of Indigenous Food Practices on Vancouver IslandThe Jig Is Up – The Ultimate Métis Youth ‘Adulting’ Resource Guide
This Resource Guide provides information about Métis culture, career planning, budgeting, healthy living, and other resources available for Métis Youth in British Columbia; it offers a wide range of practical information, tips and checklists to support Métis youth to discover and plan their life paths.
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