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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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/1660-4601/19/18/11562/ 2023-08-20T04:06:32+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 agris 2022-09-14 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811562 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811562 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 18; Pages: 11562 First Nations Indigenous health COVID-19 response food security food sovereignty First Nations governance subarctic Ontario traditional food Text 2022 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811562 2023-08-01T06:28:27Z 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. Text First Nations Subarctic MDPI Open Access Publishing 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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