Community Freezers Supporting Food Security: Perspectives from Residents of Nain, Nunatsiavut
Changing environments are challenging access to wild foods; resources, which are valued by Inuit for health benefits, often surpass that of available market foods. Community freezer initiatives are gaining popularity as one option to help support wild food access, and thus food security, in northern...
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ftdalhouse:oai:DalSpace.library.dal.ca:10222/15850 2023-05-15T16:54:55+02:00 Community Freezers Supporting Food Security: Perspectives from Residents of Nain, Nunatsiavut Organ, Jennifer Florence School of Resource & Environmental Studies Master of Environmental Studies Dr. Gita Ljubicic Dr. Karen Beazley Dr. Heather Castleden and Dr. Chris Furgal Received Yes No 2012-12-17T15:06:20Z http://hdl.handle.net/10222/15850 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/10222/15850 Food security Inuit wild foods community freezers Nunatsiavut 2012 ftdalhouse 2021-12-29T18:08:16Z Changing environments are challenging access to wild foods; resources, which are valued by Inuit for health benefits, often surpass that of available market foods. Community freezer initiatives are gaining popularity as one option to help support wild food access, and thus food security, in northern Canada. Little information exists, however, about how these initiatives help facilitate wild food access for residents. A case study was undertaken in Nain, Nunatsiavut to understand: (1) how the Nain community freezer influences access to wild foods; and (2) key factors that community freezer management could consider to better support food security in their communities. Results indicate characteristics of the socio-cultural, economic, and natural environment are challenging wild food access for Nain community freezer users. Factors for consideration in future management include: issues of supply, dependency, social exclusion, and tensions between the feasibility of operations and the representation of traditional values. Other/Unknown Material inuit Dalhousie University: DalSpace Institutional Repository Canada Nain ENVELOPE(-61.695,-61.695,56.542,56.542) |
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Changing environments are challenging access to wild foods; resources, which are valued by Inuit for health benefits, often surpass that of available market foods. Community freezer initiatives are gaining popularity as one option to help support wild food access, and thus food security, in northern Canada. Little information exists, however, about how these initiatives help facilitate wild food access for residents. A case study was undertaken in Nain, Nunatsiavut to understand: (1) how the Nain community freezer influences access to wild foods; and (2) key factors that community freezer management could consider to better support food security in their communities. Results indicate characteristics of the socio-cultural, economic, and natural environment are challenging wild food access for Nain community freezer users. Factors for consideration in future management include: issues of supply, dependency, social exclusion, and tensions between the feasibility of operations and the representation of traditional values. |
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Community Freezers Supporting Food Security: Perspectives from Residents of Nain, Nunatsiavut |
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