Resources and Tools that may be of interest
The following is a list of resources, tools, organizations that may be of interest. If there are links that you believe may be helfpul to our network, please share them with us. Thank you!
- Nutrition and Indigenous Health
- Nourish: Food is Our Medicine is designed to introduce health care professionals and leaders to new and different ways of understanding the complex relationships between Indigenous foodways, reconciliation, healing and health care. This Action Learning Series includes a Learning Journey online course, interactive webinar series (available on YouTube) and a digital resource library. More information
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (FR: Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada : Appels à l’action)
- Bioethicists call for investigation into nutritional experiments on Aboriginal people
- The Legacy of Nutritional Experiments in Residential Schools
- Indian Residential School Survivor Society
- Legacy of Hope Foundation (FR: https://legacyofhope.ca/fr/)
- Native Women’s Association of Canada
- Sign the petition calling for a National Day of Mourning (FR: https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-appel-au-jour-de-deuil-national-pour-les-enfants-disparus-dans-les-pensionnats-autochtones)
- Sign the Petition calling for additional searches of Canadian Residential School grounds and surrounding areas
Publications of Interest
- Are professors of human nutrition faculty at Canadian universities representative with respect to common social constructs of gender and race? Read Dr. Michael McBurney’s recently published article: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/apnm-2021-0771
- Have you ever thought about the way we use language in research and practice? The way we use language in public health is important. Read this thought-provoking paper on the use (and misuse) of the word “vulnerability”: https://link.springer.com/article/10.17269/s41997-019-00288-z
- Racial/ethnic disparities in food insecurity have continued for more than a decade. Missed the inspiring talk by Dr. Angela Odoms-Young at our Nutrition Equity Professional Development Workshop Series? Read one of her papers here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823283/
Land Acknowledgment Resources
https://native-land.ca/resources/territory-acknowledgement/
- Reference this site (https://native-land.ca/) as a starting point for research as well as to determine which lands you are on
https://nativegov.org/news/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/