A land not forgotten : Indigenous food security & land-based practices in Northern Ontario / edited by Michael A. Robidoux and Courtney W. Mason.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robidoux, Michael A., editor.

Mason, Courtney Wade, 1979- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--Ontario, Northern.

Food security.

Food--Social aspects--Ontario, Northern.

Food.

Indians of North America--Food--Ontario, Northern.

Indians of North America.

Ontario, Northern--Rural conditions.

Ontario, Northern.

Ontario.

Northern Ontario.

Medical Subjects:

Ontario.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Food insecurity takes a disproportionate toll on the health of Canada's Indigenous people. "A Land Not Forgotten" examines the disruptions in local food practices as a result of colonization and the cultural, educational, and health consequences of those disruptions. This multidisciplinary work demonstrates how some Indigenous communities in northern Ontario are addressing challenges to food security through the restoration of land-based cultural practices. Improving Indigenous health, food security, and sovereignty means reinforcing practices that build resiliency in ecosystems and communities. As this book contends, this includes facilitating productive collaborations and establishing networks of Indigenous communities and allies to work together in promotion and protection of Indigenous food systems. This will influence diverse groups and encourage them to recognize the complexity of colonial histories and the destructive health impacts in Indigenous communities. In addition to its multidisciplinary lens, the authors employ a community based participatory approach that privileges Indigenous interests and perspectives. "A Land Not Forgotten" provides a comprehensive picture of the food security and health issues Indigenous peoples are encountering in Canada's rural north."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Conversations with Wawakapewin Elder Simon Frogg / Michael A. Robidoux, Joseph LeBlanc, and Courtney W. Mason

Food security in rural Indigneous communities / Courtney W. Mason and Michael A. Robidoux

What happened to Indigenous food sovereignty in northern Ontario? : imposed political, economic, socio-ecological, and cultural systems changes / Joseph LeBlanc and Kristin Burnett

Understanding the legacy of colonial contact from a physiological perspective : nutrition transitions and the rise of dietary disease in northern Indigenous peoples / François Haman, Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson, Shinjini Pilon, Benoît Lamarche, and Michael A. Robidoux

Collaborative responses to rebuilding local food autonomy in three Indigenous communities in northwestern Ontario / Michael A. Robidoux

Traversing the terrain of Indigenous land-based education : connecting theory to program implementation / Desirée Streit and Courtney W. Mason

Pimatisiwin : women, wellness, and land-based practices for Omushkego youth

Restoring local food systems : a call to action / Courtney W. Mason and Michael A. Robidoux.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 10, 2018).

ISBN:

9780887555176

0887555179

9780887555152

0887555152

OCLC:

965746844