From subsistence to commercial fishing in Northern Canada
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that, until the 1960s, subsistence hunting, fishing, and gathering were the mainstay of the economy for Inuit in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. This economy was sustained by the moral imperative that food should be shared with others whenever possible. The...
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cremerald:10.1108/00070700610676343 2024-06-23T07:50:28+00:00 From subsistence to commercial fishing in Northern Canada The experience of an Inuk entrepreneur Gombay, Nicole Vignali, Claudio 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00070700610676343 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full-xml/10.1108/00070700610676343 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00070700610676343/full/xml https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00070700610676343/full/html en eng Emerald https://www.emerald.com/insight/site-policies British Food Journal volume 108, issue 7, page 502-521 ISSN 0007-070X journal-article 2006 cremerald https://doi.org/10.1108/00070700610676343 2024-06-05T04:05:33Z Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that, until the 1960s, subsistence hunting, fishing, and gathering were the mainstay of the economy for Inuit in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. This economy was sustained by the moral imperative that food should be shared with others whenever possible. The article explores the experience of one man in Nunavik (Northern Québec) who has started a business selling food. Design/methodology/approach The paper shows that regulatory challenges facing the industry are considered in relation to the moral dilemmas that need to be confronted in moving from an economy based on sharing food to an economy predicated on market exchange. Practical implications The paper concludes with a discussion about how this businessman has come to terms with his breaking of social norms about the sharing of food and his understanding of how, in doing so, he is representative of a new economic order amongst Inuit in Nunavik. Originality/value The paper shows that this is an original and novel subject for study. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit Nunavik Emerald Arctic Canada Nunavik British Food Journal 108 7 502 521 |
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that, until the 1960s, subsistence hunting, fishing, and gathering were the mainstay of the economy for Inuit in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. This economy was sustained by the moral imperative that food should be shared with others whenever possible. The article explores the experience of one man in Nunavik (Northern Québec) who has started a business selling food. Design/methodology/approach The paper shows that regulatory challenges facing the industry are considered in relation to the moral dilemmas that need to be confronted in moving from an economy based on sharing food to an economy predicated on market exchange. Practical implications The paper concludes with a discussion about how this businessman has come to terms with his breaking of social norms about the sharing of food and his understanding of how, in doing so, he is representative of a new economic order amongst Inuit in Nunavik. Originality/value The paper shows that this is an original and novel subject for study. |
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