Close to the land: Connecting northern Indigenous communities and southern farming communities through food sovereignty
| dc.contributor.author | Rudolph, Karlah Rae | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Thompson, Shirley (Natural Resources Institute) Kulchyski, Peter (Native Studies) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | McLachlan, Stephane (Environment and Geography) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-03T13:15:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-04-03T13:15:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-04-03 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Environment and Geography | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Environment (M.Env.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Southern rural farming communities and northern Indigenous communities in the Prairie Provinces of Canada each experience the Globalized Agri-Food System (GAFS) as detrimental to their food sovereignty. This study explores the Northern food crisis from an Indigenous perspective. It examines the degree to which rural-settler and Indigenous food sovereignty initiatives can benefit by combining their resistance to the GAFS through North-South collaborative networks, and the pivotal role that youth and youth learning might play in achieving these ends. Insights derived from a youth-focused garden project in the South were complemented by interviews with youth and adults in both locations. The outcomes of this research position the Northern food crisis as a justice issue with connections to culture, environment and food, which in turn reflect a historic and ongoing colonization of Indigenous territories and communities. Successful intercultural alliances towards Alternative Food Systems (AFS) must work towards Indigenous food sovereignty in addressing these issues. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | May 2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/5231 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Indigenous food sovereignty | en_US |
| dc.subject | environmental justice | en_US |
| dc.title | Close to the land: Connecting northern Indigenous communities and southern farming communities through food sovereignty | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | yes | en_US |