| Summary: | National audience Study of the process of preserving food sovereigntyIn the Arctic, the drastic change in lifestyle has led to a change in the food system. The present project therefore aimed to reflect with the Inuit community on the impacts and challenges associated with the implementation of this new food supply and the possible levers to preserve food sovereignty on the territory, and thus the health and well-being of indigenous populations. The project continued in the continuity of the work already undertaken in Kuujjuaq and Kangiqsujuaq and was part of the approach structured around three objectives:(i) Study of the determinants of food consumption and the resilience of populations and their impact on nutritional quality.(ii) Evolution of food landscapes and impact on food security and sovereignty.(iii) Proposal of appropriate and culturally acceptable strategies.Our work, based on interactive mapping and analysis of cognitive maps, has enabled to further investigate the social and spatial representations of the food system and to reveal that the ideal food patterns imagined by Nunavimmiut remain rooted in a traditional vision that allows them to maintain their close relationship with nature as a nourishing land. In contrast, commercial foods, although widely consumed, are less valued socially and culturally. Finally, greenhouse and gardening projects remain marginal in representations and imaginations. This research was complemented by the resilience approach (strategies put in place to adapt practices to the new context), environmental repossession (access to territory, traditional foods and knowledge) and emancipation (control over the different dimensions of the food system) via semi-directed questionnaires with stakeholders (local initiative bearers, scientific experts, health and political professionals and decision-makers). The results show that the expected harmful effects linked to current consumption habits are mainly the result of an impoverishment of nutritional density due to a high ...
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