Food

Revised edition 1991.

Looks at the high consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, inadequate water consumption, and the risk factors for obesity.

Comments on the food security crisis in Nunavut and the need for new policy approaches.

Over 1,100 annotated citations covering all aspects Arctic life. Current as of 2007.

List of publications pre-1980.

Current as of 1942.

Provides information about bioaccumulation of contaminants and discusses the affects on people.

Law Thesis (LL.M)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.

Study monitoring residents living next to an inactive mercury mine in Clear Lake, California found results consistent with other studies; also considers protective public health measures.

Describes historic role of the bison, reasons behind its near extinction, and the status of the population today.

Looks at the traditional menu offered at Wanuskewin Heritage Park and promotes the picturesque location for meetings. Article found by scrolling to page 2.

A pile of frozen black bear hides; location unknown.

Presents four stories of moose pursuits to show that care is always required when talking about food animals.

Study by researchers and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) reports on effects of climate change on hunting and fishing and delivery of supplies in community.

Book review of: Body, Mind and Spirit by Beverly Cox, photographs by Martn [Martin] Jacobs. Scroll down to read review.

Book review of: Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples by Nancy J. Turner. An updated second edition of Turner's 1975 British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook. A companion volume Food Plants of Interior First Peoples has also be revised by Turner.

Book reviews of 6 books: Urban Indians: The Strangers in Canada's Cities by Larry Krotz. Report of the Indian Child Welfare Sub-Committee Manitoba. Inuit Songs from Eskimo Point [edited] by Ramon Pellinski, Luk Suluk and Lucy Amarook. Song of Sedna by Robert D. San Souci. Gathering What the Great Nature Provided: Food Traditions of the Gitksan by the People of 'Ksan. Pitseolak, A Canadian Tragedy by David F. Raine.

Concludes that despite high awareness of botulism many still use plastic containers for fermented food and some misconceptions about botulism remain

Plain language version of Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North edited by Fikret Berkes, Rob Huebert, Helen Fast, Micheline Manseau, and Alan Diduck.

Looks at a pilot program which has promising results and important implications for health care providers and public policy makers.

Describes methods used to hunt and preserve buffalo, as well as efforts to prevent extinction.

Edited version of information about the hunt in 1836-37 taken from The Journal of Martin McLeod.

Discusses the Ruby site in the Powder River Basin dated to 280 A.D.

Qualitative study of seven participants (five Indigenous and two non-Indigenous) engaged as interns in the project which involves young adults in planning, planting, tending, and harvesting produce, and developing entrepreneurial skills by selling it at the Saskatoon Farmer's Market.

Describes many types of 'bush foods' used to sustain the Aboriginal diet in Tasmania, Australia.

Reports the findings of a harvest survey on the quantities of bush resources harvested by villagers, over a one-year period, from April 1983 through March 1984.

Experiments regarding obsidian tools with different edge treatment for meat processing.

An elevated cache house at Nahanni Butte, N.W.T.

Provides information about cadmium, its uses, and how if affects people.

Studies the retail subsidy program to evaluate success of goal to provide access to nutritious food for northern people.

Estimates dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D and determines why disparities exist between cultures.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

Discusses development of replicable design which would enable northern communities to have access to locally produced food on a year-round basis.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1974.

Discusses the removal of First Nations from the Atlantic salmon harvest and their move into the guiding profession.

Through analysis of interviews with 33 caregivers, research team identified several factors that affect food systems, dietary decisions and food sovereignty. They included wage economy, low income, hunting and fishing regulations, availability of fish and game, and prevalence of inexpensive processed foods.

Consists of an interview that provides a description of gift-giving.

An examination of the author's writings about the loss of land and access to food due to the encroachments of cattle ranchers and the impact it had on the Paiute people.

Mass Communications Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1966.

Study concludes that northern and remote communities are a very challenging retail environment that must include input from local residents.

Discusses the origins of some native foods and the roles they play in modern Canadian society. Page is aimed at children and includes a recipe for bannock.

Nutritional surveys of women aged 15 to 44 from Repulse Bay and Pond Inlet.

Impact of contact with Europeans on the traditional diet of Native Americans in this state.

Studies the correlation between a drift from traditional food to market food and increased body mass index.