Community-led initiatives as innovative response: Shaping the future of food security and food sovereignty in the Canadian North

• Main Authors: Herrmann, Thora Martina, Loring, Philip, Fleming, Tricia, Thompson, Shirley, Lamalice, Annie, Macé, Marion, Coxam, Véronique, Laurendeau, Geraldine, Blangy, Sylvie
• Other Authors: University of Guelph, Concordia University Montreal, Unité de Nutrition Humaine (UNH), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Kamrul Hossain, Lena Maria Nilsson, Thora Martina Herrmann
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: [SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition; inuit
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03784612; https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03784612/document; https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03784612/file/10.4324_9781003057758-18_chapterpdf.pdf; https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003057758-18

International audience To tackle food security and food sovereignty in Inuit and First Nation communities, an array of community-based food initiatives are occurring all over Northern Canada. These initiatives promote better access to and knowledge of subsistence activities, encourage local food production, and seek to reduce inequality in access to a healthy diet. This chapter presents and analyses three case studies from across Canada of community-led approaches to addressing food insecurity and sovereignty. We examine how these initiatives have improved access to affordable, nutritious food in remote communities while at the same time improving food sovereignty and wellbeing and preventing diet-related chronic diseases.