Week 12 Flashcards
What happened with the muskrat falls project
-site was developed despite concerns of methylmercury poisoning by researchers and local inuit people
What is wetland capping
-covering areas where soil is saturated or covered in water is capped with materials like clay to mitigate risk of contaminants like methylmercury poisoning
What is food sovereignty
-the right for indigenous people and communities to control their own food systems
-emphasizes right to access healthy, sustainable food sources
What has lack of food sovereignty been caused by
-climate change
-capitalism and industrial development
-legal restrictions on hunting, fishing, and other ways of life
-residential schools broke the intergenerational transfer of traditional knowledge
What is the significance of food for indigenous peoples
-major connections to culture and also acts as medicine
-feeds not only the body but also the spirit and the mind
-gaining culinary autonomy is a form of cultural resistance
-food will be in its peak state when harvested from original location
-traditional foods lower risks of many chronic diseases
-traditional foods possess far superior nutritional value
What was the canadian food guide based of research of
-founded on food experiments in children in residential schools
What is an ally
-about disrupting oppressive spaces by educating others on the realities and histories of marginalized people
What is an accomplice
-works within a system and directly challenges racism
What is a co-resistor
-about standing together in resistance against oppressive forces and requires constant learning
What are the anishinaabeg people
-what the algonquin people refer to themselves as
Fish refraction
-indigenous communities care toward fish as more-than-human beings, urge to recognize agency of fish and other non-human entities in political and legal contexts
