Wapekeka’s COVID-19 Response: A Local Response to a Global Pandemic
Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many nations and communities continue to grapple with waves of infection and social fallout from pandemic fatigue and frustration. While we are still years away from realizing the full impacts of COVID-19, reflecting on our collective responses has...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9d856825708c49fba3d3d8864ca0f116 2023-05-15T16:15:48+02:00 Wapekeka’s COVID-19 Response: A Local Response to a Global Pandemic Keira A. Loukes Stan Anderson Jonas Beardy Mayhève Clara Rondeau Michael A. Robidoux 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811562 https://doaj.org/article/9d856825708c49fba3d3d8864ca0f116 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/18/11562 https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827 https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601 doi:10.3390/ijerph191811562 1660-4601 1661-7827 https://doaj.org/article/9d856825708c49fba3d3d8864ca0f116 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 11562, p 11562 (2022) First Nations Indigenous health COVID-19 response food security food sovereignty First Nations governance Medicine R article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811562 2022-12-30T19:57:57Z Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many nations and communities continue to grapple with waves of infection and social fallout from pandemic fatigue and frustration. While we are still years away from realizing the full impacts of COVID-19, reflecting on our collective responses has offered some insights into the impact that various public health policies and decisions had on nations’ abilities to weather the multifaceted impacts of the pandemic. Widely believed to have the potential to be devastated by COVID-19, many Indigenous communities in Canada were extremely successful in managing outbreaks. This paper outlines one such example, Wapekeka First Nation, and the community’s formidable response to the pandemic with a specific focus on food mobilization efforts. Built on over a decade of community-based participatory action research and informed by six interviews with key pandemic leaders in the community, this paper, co-led by two community hunters and band council members, emphasizes the various decisions and initiatives that led to Wapekeka’s successful pandemic response. Proactive leadership, along with strong traditional harvesting and processing efforts, helped to take care of the community while they remained strictly isolated from virus exposure. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 18 11562 |
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Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many nations and communities continue to grapple with waves of infection and social fallout from pandemic fatigue and frustration. While we are still years away from realizing the full impacts of COVID-19, reflecting on our collective responses has offered some insights into the impact that various public health policies and decisions had on nations’ abilities to weather the multifaceted impacts of the pandemic. Widely believed to have the potential to be devastated by COVID-19, many Indigenous communities in Canada were extremely successful in managing outbreaks. This paper outlines one such example, Wapekeka First Nation, and the community’s formidable response to the pandemic with a specific focus on food mobilization efforts. Built on over a decade of community-based participatory action research and informed by six interviews with key pandemic leaders in the community, this paper, co-led by two community hunters and band council members, emphasizes the various decisions and initiatives that led to Wapekeka’s successful pandemic response. Proactive leadership, along with strong traditional harvesting and processing efforts, helped to take care of the community while they remained strictly isolated from virus exposure. |
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