Whitehorse, YT – Food Secure Canada (FSC) recently announced the recipients of the 3rd Cathleen Kneen award: Norma Kassi, Co-Founder of and Director of Indigenous Collaboration at the Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research (AICBR) and Abra Brynne, Agriculture and Food Systems Consultant.
Delegates from Across the Territory Come Together to Create a Vision for a Food Secure Yukon
Yukoners Come Together to Discuss Food Security
Introducing our Healthy Living Inventory – Mapping Healthy Eating and Active Living Programs in Yukon and NWT
Aboriginal Youth secure their Traditional Foods in Partnership with University of Waterloo
This week youth from Kluane First Nation are in Waterloo testing fish samples to determine contaminant levels and nutrient values of fish from Kluane Lake as part of joint food security project with Kluane First Nation, the Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research and University of Waterloo. The project, titled, “Nourishing Our Future: Building on Kluane First Nations Community Food Strategy & Youth Engagement in traditions related to Fisheries and Fish Health in Kluane Lake”, helps to answer questions raised within the Kluane First Nation community and provides a better understanding of local perceptions about nutrients and contaminant levels in traditional food sources. It builds on community-based, participatory research and Indigenous knowledge approaches and combines scientific and traditional knowledge for a better understanding of food security issues in the region and how to secure sustainable food sources for future generations.
Preliminary analyses show mercury levels to be very low in Lake Trout and Whitefish of Kluane Lake. This is good news amidst the rising health concerns over mercury in fish in many northern communities.
This project has been generously funded through the Government of Canada's Northern Contaminants Program, Yukon Fish & Wildlife Enhancement Fund and Dän Keyi Renewable Resources Council.
"Norma's Story" wins best Canadian short at Planet in Focus
"Tread Lightly" was one of the messages of the National Film Board's new Canadian short entitled "Norma's Story". AICBR's Norma Kassi tells her story of growing up in Old Crow and the way that climate change has affected the land and the people. "Norma's Story" won best Canadian short at Planet in Focus...
Panel Discussion: Engaging First Nation communities in scientific research: lessons for successful and meaningful collaboration
Inaugural Session of the Science Communication Winter 2016 Lunch and Learn Series This winter, the Climate Change Secretariat and the Government of Yukon's Science Community of Practice (SCOPe) has organized a series of professional development sessions on science communication. This series includes six...