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Record Nr.

UNINA9910279581803321

Titolo

Aboriginal food security in Northern Canada : an assessment of the state of knowledge / / the Expert Panel on the State of Knowledge of Food Security in Northern Canada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, Ontario : , : Council of Canadian Academies, , 2014

Beaconsfield, Quebec : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2014

ISBN

1-926558-74-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiii, 256 pages) : colour illustrations, colour maps

Disciplina

613.2089/97071

Soggetti

Food security - Canada, Northern

Indians of North America - Nutrition - Canada, Northern

Inuit - Nutrition - Canada, Northern

Indigenous peoples - Nutrition - Canada, Northern

Nutrition Policy - Canada

Food Supply - Canada

Inuits - Canada

Indians, North American - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library, Documents collection, Canadian health research collection, and Canadian public policy collection.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology and conceptual framework -- 3. Food insecurity: the scope of the problem -- 4. People, place, and culture as factors affecting -- 5. The traditional food system -- 6. The market food system -- 7. The nutrition transition in a mixed economic system -- 8. Environmental change -- 9. Northern governance and food security -- 10. Programs and practices addressing northern food security and food sovereignty: Canadian efforts, international approaches -- 11. Conclusions -- References.