Enhancing Harvester Safety and Traditional Food Access through Participatory Mapping with the Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation of Kakisa, Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Jayaratne, Neomi
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholars Commons @ Laurier 2021
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Harvester Safety; Dene; First Nation; Kakisa; Indigenous food security; Participatory Mapping; Environmental Studies; Food Studies; Human Geography; Nature and Society Relations; Canada; inuit
• Online Access: https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2345; https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/3474/viewcontent/26_Final_Thesis_Draft_Dec_17.pdf

Northern Canada has struggled with various systemic challenges based on Eurocentric ideologies, policies, and practices. A major challenge Indigenous communities face North of the 60th parallel is their food security and sovereignty. Inuit, First Nation and Métis populations across the North experie...