The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) & Food Security in Nunavut

• Main Author: Anna Wilson MEd
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Education Policy Studies; Canada; Nunavut; First Nations; inuit
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/1bc43183-ddfc-4fbc-aa20-1a70b4ce3538; https://doi.org/10.7939/R39C6SF1J

The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Food Security The Minister of Indigenous Affairs is concerned that Canada’s adoption the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is “without qualification, as Canada’s obligations to fulfil UNDRIP include free, prior and informed consent” (Fontaine, 2016, para. 2). Many Indigenous communities cannot hunt and harvest for their traditional sources of food owing to the destruction of their eco-systems from corporate resource extraction that is sanctioned by the government. Indigenous Peoples’ food insecurity is exacerbated by the extremely high food prices in isolated grocery stores. In Marie Battiste’s Nourishing the Learning Spirit (NLS) she discusses the community spirit of Indigenous peoples is nourished through reclaiming their right to control their sources of food traditionally as promised in the UNDRIP. Indigenous research engages Indigenous persons as investigators to extend their knowledge across diverse Indigenous communities. In Marie Battiste's Nourishing the Learning Spirit text, she chronicles how the Mi'kmaq parents collectively developed Indigenous language classes in their children’s schools. Similarly, some Indigenous peoples regained their food security through First Nations Growers (FNG) which empowers Indigenous communities to harvest their own nutritious food. FNG provides First Nation and Inuit communities with affordable year-round gardens to grow produce, herbs and traditional medicines. Each community garden farm is owned by the Indigenous community and operated providing fresh foods and jobs even in the most remote communities. This empowers First Nations & Inuit communities into becoming world leaders in the holistic approach to year round, indoor, organic gardening across Canada and globally to address world hunger. FNG provides First Nation and Inuit communities with on-line workshops, and hands on growing of vegetables and fruit based on research. Unfortunately, barriers to ...