Food

Looks at the changes to traditional food systems of Indigenous people worldwide and the consequences of these changes. Scroll down to read article.

Study reveals that most contaminant exposure is generally low, with little, if any health risk, except for in a few specific communities.

The report urges remedial actions to reduce persistent toxic substances (PTS) in order to minimize food contamination.

Overview of how often certain foods are consumed by Inuit, Métis and First Nations children living of- reserve. Based on the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2004.

Study found 50% of respondents engaged in hunting and fishing, 47% were overweight and nutrient intakes were below recommended allowances.

Sample consisted of 129 Oji-Cree and Ojibway men and women between 18 and 80 years of age who resided on remote and semi-remote reserves.

Study conducted with a sample of 50 high school volunteers investigated adolescent dietary behaviours, nutrition adequacy and disease-prevention planning in a group susceptible to type 2 diabetes.

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2006.

Looks at the the foods and nutrients to be targeted for a community-based multi-institutional nutritional and lifestyle intervention program.

Calculates the energy and nutrient intake in two regions of Alaska and describes the implications for development of chronic disease.

Biology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2012.

Looks at dietary nutrient patterns of Inuit living in Baffin Island and the future dietary needs of this population.

Nutritional Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2010.

Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Montreal, 2012.

Results based on 12,000 subjects indicate five distinct dietary patterns influenced by life-style factors.

Study conducted on the relationship between food habits, food intake and dietary quality of women from four reservations.

Findings conclude that, from a health perspective, the pilot whale is no longer fit for human consumption.

Describes the process which led to a review of the possible aggravating effects of pollutants on lifestyle-related metabolic disorders.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser Univerisity, 1998.

Examines changes in diet as Australian Aborigines underwent changes in lifestyles and locations.

Health Studies and Gerontology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 2015.

Looked at 24 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2004 and 2014; summarizes tools and methodologies used in measurements, identifies knowledge gaps and suggests areas for future research.

Discusses aspects of communicating to northern peoples the risks of environmental contaminants in the food chain.

Analysis of responses from 230 participants in the Community Food Assessment survey.

Study included 249 women aged 35 to 74 and found increased levels of contaminants in plasma.

Suggestions that DLC's found in food sources could alter bone strength were found invalid.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2011.

Briefly discusses the problems of inefficient distribution and inequality of food and the effect in terms of nutrition.

Suggests that wild fruits are an important component of Gwich’in diets and are an important component of their traditional land use. DRAFT REPORT - Please do not Cite or Quote!

Explains that although the author was planning on writing a novel with no political subject matter, she found that gardening was actually very political. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.

Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.

Don Nielson was one of the original organizers of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan in 1964. He talks about the differences between Metis groups in the north and south and Norris's fight against government funding.

Contends that Paleoindians at this site only collected and consumed one or two plant types due to availability around the camp.

Baker Lake, N.W.T. [NU]. Part of the "Innuit of Keewatin" series (#16).

Photograph of fish drying on a line.

Comments on a project involving an environmental health study and risk assessment on 61 Indigenous communities in central Ontario.

Argues for culturally appropriate prevention and detection programs and understanding of the power relationships in which policies and recommendations are made.

Review showed that food insecurity is an issue in all three nations studied, Canada, United States and Australia.

Provides information about botulism and its effects on people.

Book review of: Eating the Landscape by Enrique Salmón.

Discusses the Nunavik Hunters Supports Program which has the goals of promoting traditional hunting activities, ensuring a supply of country foods, and maintains harvesting equipment such as community freezers and boats.

Examines fire management practices of Native American people in California, prior to Euro-American contact.

Discusses how colonization has disrupted communities' relationship with the land, efforts to restore the connection on the reservation, and how ideas about tradition and sustainability are linked to food sovereignty.

Study found that patterns of sharing of country foods varied between hunters and wage earners; hunters tended to favour associations with distant and collateral relatives, while wage earners focused on parents and siblings. Discusses how these affiliations can affect vulnerability to environmental change.

Provides economic value of hunting and fishing by doing cost breakdown associated with obtaining traditional foods, cost comparison of traditional foods to imported foods, and diet and lifestyle.

Brief introductory article to a themed issued on agriculture in the Australian desert.