First Nations Food Environments: Exploring the Role of Place, Income, and Social Connection

Richmond, Chantelle; Steckley, Marylynn; Neufeld, Hannah Tait; Kerr, Rachel Bezner; Wilson, Kathi; Dokis, Brian

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“…Other studies have also observed a significant reduction in lower‐income Canadian women's consumption in order to meet their children's food needs, which is linked to high levels of anxiety and stress as well as difficult child‐parent interactions (Tarasuk et al 2007). Studies of Indigenous mothers in particular have tended to focus on the urban setting (Baskin et al 2009; Cidro et al 2015) or northern Canada (Willows 2005); our study has identified a common experience of food insecurity and reduced consumption for lower‐income urban and on‐reserve First Nation mothers (Richmond et al 2020).…”

Section: Addressing Indigenous Food Insecurity Will Require Both Econmentioning

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“…In Phase I, information on food security, diet, and food sources was collected through a survey administered to 228 First Nation respondents living in London, and at a nearby First Nation reserve. Findings from this survey revealed high levels of food insecurity among both urban and reserve‐based participants, with levels of food insecurity higher among those living in the city (Richmond et al 2020). Survey respondents also reported concerning experiences of hunger, and tendencies to purchase a majority of their foods from convenience stores.…”

Section: Community Engagement In Indigenous Food Researchmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Survey respondents also reported concerning experiences of hunger, and tendencies to purchase a majority of their foods from convenience stores. Those living in the city also reported lower monthly consumption of traditional foods than those living on‐reserve, and 75% of those living in urban areas reported a desire to eat more traditional foods (Richmond et al 2020).…”

Section: Community Engagement In Indigenous Food Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Supporting food security for Indigenous families through the restoration of Indigenous foodways

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Indigenous families are overrepresented among those within Canada who experience food insecurity. Studies have largely focused on northern populations, with less attention paid to southern and urban communities, including the social, cultural, and geographic processes that challenge food security. In this study, we present findings from a decade‐long community‐based study with the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (London, Ontario) to examine family perspectives related to the social determinants of food security. These topics were explored through qualitative interviews (n = 25) and focus groups (n = 2) with First Nation mothers with young children from the city of London, and a nearby reserve community. Interviewees from both geographies identified a number of socio‐economic challenges including household income and transportation. However, some interviewees also shed light on barriers to healthy eating unique to these Indigenous contexts including access issues such as a lack of grocery stores on‐reserve; loss of knowledge related to the utilization of traditional foods; and the erosion of community, familial, and social supports. Resolving these unique determinants of food security for urban and reserve‐based First Nation families will require a range of economic and culturally specific interventions, particularly those that support development and uptake of Indigenous foodways.

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“…However, in order to better understand the ways through which vulnerability might manifest or be ameliorated within a specific complex adaptive system, location-specific, geography of place research approaches are also essential [ 48 , 49 ]. By compartmentalising the subsistence foodshed of Ulukhaktok, NT into components that can be appraised for their relative vulnerability in time and space, it is possible to identify transient or persistently at-risk dimensions within the system (e.g.…”

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Monitoring the dynamic vulnerability of an Arctic subsistence food system to climate change: The case of Ulukhaktok, NT

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Vulnerability to climate change is highly dynamic, varying between and within communities over different timescales. This paper draws upon complex adaptive systems thinking to develop an approach for capturing, understanding, and monitoring climate vulnerability in a case study from northern Canada, focusing on Inuit food systems. In the community of Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, we followed 10 hunters over a 2-year period, asking them to document their harvesting activities and discuss their lived experience of harvesting under changing environmental and societal conditions. GPS monitoring and participatory mapping sessions were used to document 23,996km of trails (n = 409), with conversational bi-weekly semi-structured interviews and secondary instrumental weather data used to contextualise climate change within a nexus of other socioeconomic, cultural, and political stressors that also affect harvesting. Our results demonstrate that climate change has considerable potential to affect harvesting activities, particularly when its impacts manifest as anomalous/extreme events. However, climate change impacts are not necessarily the most salient issues affecting harvesting on a day-to-day basis. Instead, factors relating to economics (particularly financial capital and the wage-based economy), social networks, and institutions are found to have a greater influence, either as standalone factors with cascading effects or when acting synchronously to augment the impacts of environmental change.

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“…The FNFNES data, however, does not include First Nation individuals living in urban areas, Inuit or Métis. The CCHS identified 28.2% of Indigenous households as food insecure [17], but locally within southwestern Ontario, prevalence rates have been found to be much higher at 55% among those living in urban areas [27]. These results demonstrate that Indigenous families and individuals are at minimum more than twice as likely to experience food insecurity compared to the national average [17,26].…”

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Exploring Indigenous Undergraduate Students’ Experiences within Urban and Institutional Food Environments

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Indigenous Peoples within Canada experience higher rates of food insecurity, as do undergraduate students attending post-secondary institutions. Few studies have investigated the determinants of food practices and preferences for Indigenous students living away from their households and local environments. An exploratory study was designed to investigate Indigenous students’ experiences accessing local food environments. Research objectives included exploring Indigenous students’ experiences within institutional and community food settings; and examining campus- and community-based supports addressing their unique needs. Semi-structured interviews took place with eight self-identified Indigenous students. Four service providers participated in a focus group that included stakeholders from the post-secondary institution and the local community. Thematic analysis was used to categorize results into individual, interpersonal, organizational and community levels, according to the socio-ecological model. Themes based on the students’ responses included food and nutrition knowledge, financial capacity, convenience, social influences, campus food environment, cultural connections, and institutional support. Those participating in the focus group discussed the importance of social supports and connections to improve Indigenous students’ food environments beyond institutional parameters. Results suggest that Indigenous students are more aware of individual and interpersonal peer environments, with limited awareness of community services and cultural connections beyond campus. Indigenous students and community members require increased organizational and community awareness to support urban Indigenous food environments and sustainably address the range of socio-ecological conditions impacting food security.

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First Nations Food Environments: Exploring the Role of Place, Income, and Social Connection

Abstract: Abstract Background In Canada, few studies have examined how place shapes Indigenous food environments, particularly among Indigenous people living in southern regions of Ontario. Objective This paper examines and compares circumstances of food insecurity that imp… Show more

Cited by 25 publications

References 42 publications

Supporting food security for Indigenous families through the restoration of Indigenous foodways

Supporting food security for Indigenous families through the restoration of Indigenous foodways

Monitoring the dynamic vulnerability of an Arctic subsistence food system to climate change: The case of Ulukhaktok, NT

Exploring Indigenous Undergraduate Students’ Experiences within Urban and Institutional Food Environments

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