Food

Overview of activities generated by program that provides funding for community-based regional food systems projects such as food programs, greenhouse pilot projects, gardens and food business development in northern Manitoba.

Book review of: Northern Lights Against POPs, Combatting Toxic Threats in the Arctic edited by David Downie Leonard and Terry Fenge.

Focuses agriculture, and the planting of corn at Netley Creek, south end Lake Winnipeg in 1805.

Argues data collected from the late 18th through early 20th century shows correlation between spatial and social organization of households and presents evidence of changes in subsistence economics.

Reports outcomes of gathering which aimed to promote knowledge sharing, build and strengthen relationships for future collaboration, and identify food and nutrition resources to improve partner programming.

Inconclusive findings make a specific diagnosis difficult, but providing Co-containing salt licks is suggested as a means of counteracting moose diet deficiencies.

Related material: Quick Facts from the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey.

Discusses nutrition programs aimed at improving health and the importance of understanding cultural perceptions of food.

Briefly describes some of the organizations that study issues related to food, contaminants, the environment and health.

Describes the interaction between researchers and local hunters that assists in determining the risks and benefits of eating country foods.

Compares prices in 30 individual communities to the average for Nunavut as a whole.

Analyzed ten wild plants ((cattail broad leaf shoots, chokecherries, beaked hazelnuts, lambsquarters, plains prickly pear, prairie turnips, stinging nettles, wild plums, raspberries, and rose hips) from three reservations in North Dakota.

Study examines foods provided in school to see if they meet the standards of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia, 1986.

Study initiated to assist in allocation of wildlife harvest as part of land claims; sample consisted of 122 adults from the communities of Old Crow, Haines Junction, Whitehorse and Teslin.

Comments on the analysis of twenty foods indigenous to southeastern Alaska and reports the high nutritional content found in these foods.

Study recommends improved medical and dental services, improved food supply, and health and nutrition education for the First Nations in this region.

Includes information on nutritional value of meat of individual animals and plants, brief instructions for food preparation, comparison of levels of vitamins and minerals found in traditional versus store-bought foods, and several recipes. Revised version.

Stresses the importance of proper nutrition for women during pregnancy.

Public Policy Capstone Project (MPP)--University of Calgary, [2015].

Key findings summarized under the following themes: general observations, program sustainability and cost effectiveness, capacity and efficiency, fairness and consistency, transparency, communications, and innovation.

Looks at the flaws in the Nutrition North Canada (NNC) program.

Report covers the inaugural year for the program to improve access to perishable and healthy food for Northerners.

Paper puts forward 15 recommendations to ensure that the program is meeting the needs of Nunavummiut.

Argues that current market-driven model does not sufficiently address Inuit food insecurity and makes recommendations for changes to existing program.

Examines what the Liberal government has done since coming into power, in October 2015, for the Nutrition North Canada program.

Categorized by food groups and subsidy levels. List took effect October 2012.

Pharmacy and Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.

Examines the need for dietitians as an essential component of treatment and recovery from chemical dependency.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 1998.

Discussion of choline as a required nutrient for humans and the finding that this may protect against neurotoxicity.

Looks at the nutrient composition and the heavy metal concentration of ooligan grease in samples collected from five First Nations communities.

Discusses two plants indigenous to coastal British Columbia, Springbank Clover and Pacific Silverweed, and outlines their nutritional significance for Native peoples.

Authors revisit archival records relating to the exploration of what is now Western Australia, with a focus on drawing out the places where the record shows the role of the Nyungar people in the exploration of the coast, and the Indigenous Knowledge share with explorers.

Study provides information to understand the high rates of obesity, looks at the effectiveness of preventative interventions, and comments on directions for future research.

Explores the biological predispositions and potential environmental factors that contribute to the high incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Analysis of what was taken and what was left, if meat had to be transported, and which bones were used for tools.

Discusses stone knives involving both bifacial blades and unifacial scrapers and implications for their use.

This booklet includes recipes containing pemmican, wild rice, jam, bannock and other delicacies.

[Cultural Astronomy] Thesis (Ph.D.)--MacQuarie University, 2011.

Comments on the impact of climate change on the health of Arctic inhabitants and looks at ways of assessing the interface between human-animal-environment.