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By, For, With Indigenous People, Communities & Organizations
Jessica MclaughlinIndigenous Food Circle Coordinator
Dr. Charles LevkoeCanada Research Chair
in Sustainable Food [email protected]
Indigenous Food Circle Key Priorities
Establish meaningful relationship with settlers through food
Develop a regional, intergenerational networks to support connections through food systems
Improve Indigenous food security
Support Indigenous food sovereignty
Support the resurgence of Indigenous food networks across the region
Indigenous Food Circle Members
Health Anisnawbe Mushkiki
Ka-Na-Chi-HihWequedong Lodge
Thunder Bay District Health UnitThunder Bay Regional Health Sciences
Centre
Political Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Anishnabek Nation Ontario Native Woman’s Association
Fort William First NationMetis Nation of Ontario
Education Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
Shkoday Abinojiiwak ObimiwedoonKeewaytinook Okimakanik
Matawa KKETSDenis Franklin Cromarty
Lakehead University Food Council Lakehead University
Confederation College
Social Service Shelter House
Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre
Regional Food Distribution Thunder Bay and Area Food Strategy
Eco Superior
Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.
~ La Via Campesina
The Thunder Bay and Area Food Strategy is committed to creating a healthy, equitable, and sustainable food system that contributes to the economic, ecological, and social well-being
and health of the city of Thunder Bay and Area.
Indigenous Food Circle Projects
Understanding Our Food Systems Phase I
(Dec-March 2018)
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase I
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase I
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase I
Community Food Planning begins…
Understanding Our Food Systems -Phase I
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase II (Sept-March 2019)
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase II
Community Visits (Findings)Food Production• Gardens• Greenhouses• Community Engagement
Community Store• Business Plan• Regional Food Sourcing• Cooperative Model
Community Food Hub• Retrofitting/Infrastructure • Programming• Workshops• Food Storage
Food-Security• Good Food Box• Food Bank• Local Food Connection• Distribution &
Transportation
Food Literacy Workshops• Community Nutrition• Cooking from Scratch• Using Food Production
Land-Based Initiatives• Wild Game Restrictions• Land Based Gatherings• Traditional Harvesting Skills
Environmental• Waste & Composting• Recycling• Management of Fisheries, Aerial Spraying,
Moose
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase II
January Gathering
https://vimeo.com/327324485/613d8471ca
https://vimeo.com/327324793/f96669283d
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase II
1. Engagement – Working for, and taking leadership from First Nations
2. Support – Identifying and providing knowledge and skills activities
3. Connection – Building and fostering relationships
4. Action/Knowledge Co-creation –Sharing experiences to develop new activities
5. Systems Lens – Contextualizing food systems work within larger political and socio-economic structures of oppression and colonization
Approach
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase II
Short Term
Action Planning
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase II
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase II
Community FoodSovereignty Visions
Understanding Our Food Systems - Phase II
Actions in Communities
• Control of all research and projects by, for, and with Indigenous People, Communities & Organizations in the North
• Establishment of a funding collaborative• Expand partnerships and collaborations • Develop new collaborative projects• Respond to organizational and community needs • Research on key issues • Support organizations and communities in their sovereignty
visions
Next Steps . . .
Self Determination
The process by which a country/nation determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
Self-determination in Food Systems: The ability to respond to a community’s own needs for healthy, culturally adapted Indigenous foods. The ability to make decisions over the amount and quality of food that is hunted, fished, gathered, grown and eaten.
Autonomy
Indigenous peoples have control over their own development if they do not control their territory and its resources.
Place Based Education or development that is rooted in what is local—the unique history, environment, culture, economy, literature, and art of a particular place—that is, in students' own "place" or immediate schoolyard, neighborhood, town or community.
Key Things to Remember
• Settler Colonialism
• Cultural Genocide
• Land Acquisition
• Resurgence
Chi Miigwech