Food Security

Based on interviews with Indigenous women and Elders about relationships to the environment, observed changes, traditional practices on the land, and the health of their families and communities.

Profiles initiatives from across the state of Victoria, Australia including food banks, community kitchens and gardens, and food share and school nutrition programs.

University of Saskatchewan author David Natcher was a member of the panel.

Main goal of study was to establish the cost and availability of Nutritional Food Basket items in the region and nearby urban centres; secondary objectives were to determine the cost of food by category, the variation in average minimal cost of items, and verify expiration date of some of the items in the basket.

Study examined effect of climate change on diet and nutritional health in four communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

Environment and Resource Studies Thesis (M.E.S.)--University of Waterloo, 2011.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Cincinnati, 2013.

Book review of: Arctic Food Security edited by Gérard Duhaime, Nick Bernard.

Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--Université de Montréal, 2017.

Results show Indigenous children are at risk of being overweight or obese if there is very low food security and a poor school environment that exposed them to racism, bullying, and drugs.

Looks at food access, availability, and use, and examines government policies aimed at dealing with the problem.

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

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

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

Author challenges mainstream narratives about the Nenet cultural and historic practice of reindeer herding on the Yamal peninsula; suggests a system of herding based on movement, traditional herd navigation and laws of Nenet-land relationship.

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

[Geography] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2005.

Author of Clearing the Plains speaks about how government policy, use of food as a weapon to force First Nations to sign treaties, and its failure to fulfill treaty obligations contributed to the famine and disease which decimated Indigenous population. Duration: 1:40: 58.

Overview of project aimed at Identifying and characterizing the vulnerability and resilience of food systems. Phase two looked at policy linkages and attempted to identify opportunities and priorities for adaptation intervention in high risk populations.

Brief review looks at publications from 2005-2010.

Literature synthesis.

Describes the efforts to increase political interest in and public engagement regarding the issue of food insecurity.

Reports on findings from literature search and key informant interviews to assess feasibility of adopting the model of open air traditional food markets.

Comments on the unacceptability of the high rate of food insecurity, the lack of safe drinking water, the need for healthy, and other necessary infrastructure for healthy living.

Resource and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.E.S.)--Dalhousie University, 2012.

Discusses how public health must take full account of the traditional food practices of Aboriginal people including the harvesting, sharing, and consumption of country and traditional foods.

Discussion of models to make valid assessments of measuring variables.

Looks at the barriers of access to wildfoods for northern Indigenous households.

Results from survey of 191 households conducted by the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (Cowichan, Chemainus, Penelakut, Lyackson, Halalt and Lake Cowichan First Nations) to determine actual and wished for levels of harvesting of traditional foods.

Argues that the federal government's Nutrition North Canada program fails to meet the needs of northern residents because it fails to take into account the health and cultural aspects of traditional foods.

Shows cost in communities eligible for the Nutrition North Canada program. Amounts are estimates of what it cost to feed family of four a healthy diet for one week.

Shows cost in communities eligible for the Nutrition North Canada program. Amounts are estimates of what it cost to feed family of four a healthy diet for one week.

Measures cost of nutritious diet for a family of four for one week using 67 standard food items. Used by Nutrition North Canada to determine subsidies. Prices from 2011 to March of 2020.

Contains general information on the virus, myth busters, and discussion of risk factors based on statistics from the Regional Health Survey (RHS) 3.

Envirnoment and Sustainability Thesis (MES)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

Using Winnipeg, Manitoba, as a case study, looked at concept of food security, challenges of maintaining access to culturally valued food, and made recommendations concerning policy which would facilitate access. Information gathered through interviews and focus groups.

Looks at findings of a planning workshop including future research and intervention projects.

A study on the health risks of rural communities tap water and its correlational to the purchasing of bottled water.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2014.

Public Health Thesis (MPH)--Simon Fraser University, 2009.

Study examines the outcomes of a strengths-based Entrepreneurship Education program conducted with Aboriginal youth and articulates how a participant’s baseline socio-demographic, socio-cultural, and family/household characteristics are shown to influence outcomes.

Project involved exploring state of current networks, creating a Facebook page, organizing volunteer opportunities, and surveying workshop participants regarding knowledge and interest in traditional foods.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2018.

Evaluation looked at rationale and relevance; design and delivery; accountability; effectiveness; cost effectiveness; and alternatives.

"A Family and Consumer Sciences unit with suggestions for collaborative teaching in History, Government, and Life Sciences - Grades 10-12."

Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status, environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals.

Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals