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An Inuit girl is carried by her mother at a grocery store in Baker Lake, Nvt., in March 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Inuit children in Nunavut face a preventable food security crisis

Vandna Sinha, McGill University; David Wheatley, Wilfrid Laurier University; Jessica Penney, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Nicholas Li, Toronto Metropolitan University

With funding for a government food voucher program ending and Parliament prorogued, many Inuit children in Nunavut may soon go hungry.
Carol Tiger, a member of Muscogee Nation and an elder in Okemah, Okla., lets the oil drip off a freshly-cooked piece of frybread. Although beloved by many, it is a far cry from the pre-colonial foods that nourished Indigenous people for centuries. (AP Photo/Brittany Bendabout)

Frybread: Comfort food or colonial byproduct?

Andrea Freeman, Southwestern Law School

Frybread — a simple, versatile “comfort food” for many Indigenous communities — embodies the contradictions that have dictated Indigenous food and health in North America since colonization.
Canned products sit on shelves at the Kanata Food Cupboard, a food bank in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Tackling food insecurity needs more than charity — governments must also act

Myriam Durocher, Carleton University; Annika Walsh, University of British Columbia; Irena Knezevic, Carleton University, and Madison Hynes, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Tackling food insecurity in Canada needs a more systemic, structural approach that moves beyond relying on reactive, short-term solutions like food banks.
A change in food prices might immediately address the lack of economic access to food but will not address the root causes of food insecurity. (Shutterstock)

Food prices are not the only obstacle to achieving food security: Root causes include systemic barriers

Farzaneh Barak, McGill University and Monika Korzun, St. Thomas University (Canada)

A drop in food prices might immediately address the lack of economic access to food but will not address the root causes of food insecurity.
Smoke and dust as food is prepared for a traditional Māori feast or Hangi, Rotorua New Zealand. Shutterstock

Restrictions on cultural hunting practices are limiting Indigenous people’s access to food during the pandemic

Stewart Sutherland, Australian National University; Amanda Wingett, Australian National University, and Dione Payne, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Many Indigenous people in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are lacking food security due to public health orders preventing them from traditional food sourcing.
A water bottle sits on the table in front of Chief and NDP candidate Rudy Turtle during a visit by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Oct. 5, 2019 on the Grassy Narrows First Nation, where industrial mercury poisoning in its water system has seriously affected the health of the community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

A sin tax on sugary drinks unfairly targets Indigenous communities instead of improving health

Myra J Tait, Athabasca University and Natalie Diane Riediger, University of Manitoba

A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages may be intended to improve health, but for Indigenous consumers, such a tax would be unethical, contravene tax law and undermine Indigenous rights.

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