Equity in Nutrition - Resources and Tools
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!
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Canada.ca
- 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
- 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.
Recordings from past events
- Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples through nutrition research - September 27, 2023
- Speakers: Noreen Willows, PhD, University of Alberta; Jody Kootenay, MEd - Director of Education, Member of Alexander Research Committee, Alexander First Nation; Ashleigh Domingo, PhD - University of Waterloo; and Jade Johnson, Climate Change Project Support Associate, Cambium Indigenous Professional Services. Member of Georgina Island First Nation. Coordinator for the Georgina Island project for the William’s Treaties First Nations Food Sovereignty and Food Security Program
- Speakers: Noreen Willows, PhD, University of Alberta; Jody Kootenay, MEd - Director of Education, Member of Alexander Research Committee, Alexander First Nation; Ashleigh Domingo, PhD - University of Waterloo; and Jade Johnson, Climate Change Project Support Associate, Cambium Indigenous Professional Services. Member of Georgina Island First Nation. Coordinator for the Georgina Island project for the William’s Treaties First Nations Food Sovereignty and Food Security Program
- Disparities in Eating Disorder Care and Research Across Race, Ethnicity and Underrepresented Populations - January 28, 2023
- “Eating Because We're Hungry or Because Something's Eating Us? Body Image Issues and Eating Disorders in Black Women" - Charlynn Small, PhD, LCP, CEDS-S - Asst. Dir. Health Promotion/Staff Psychologist, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), University of Richmond
- "Wicked Bodies: A Teaching Tool for Health Professionals working with 2SLGBTQ+ People Living with Eating Disorders" - Phillip Joy, PhD, PDt, MSc -Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University
- Household food insecurity in Canada, Part 2: public policy responses and solutions - February 17, 2022
- Speakers: Valerie Tarasuk, PhD (University of Toronto) and Herb Emery, PhD (University of New Brunswick)
- Speakers: Valerie Tarasuk, PhD (University of Toronto) and Herb Emery, PhD (University of New Brunswick)
- Household food insecurity in Canada, Part 1: food, nutrition, and health in the context of pervasive material deprivation - February 10, 2022
- Speaker: Valerie Tarasuk, PhD (University of Toronto)
- Speaker: Valerie Tarasuk, PhD (University of Toronto)
- Out of the Darkness and into the Light - September 30, 2021
- Speakers: Dr. Ian Mosby, PhD & Dr. Treena Wasonti:io Delormier
- Speakers: Dr. Ian Mosby, PhD & Dr. Treena Wasonti:io Delormier
- Strengths-based nutrition interventions in Indigenous communities - March 26, 2021
- “Syilx-led reintroduction of sockeye salmon into the Okanagan River Basin" - Rosanne Blanchet, PhD, RD – University of Alberta and Suzanne Johnson, MSc, RD - Okanagan Salmon and Our Health
- “The Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP): a Peer-led Healthy Living Afterschool Program" - Kate Storey, PhD, RD - University of Alberta
- Cultural food security in different migrant populations in Canada - March 26, 2021
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/