SOC 808 Study Guide - Final Guide: Traditional Food, Food Security, Inuit

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 808
• Professor: Donna Appavoo

Document Summary

Include processes: colonialism and environmental dispossession, economic transitions and poverty, changing demographics, logistical challenges. Food sovereignty as a way to achieve food security. Involves providing increased involvement in and therefore, control over the means through which food is procured. The increased involvement of indigenous peoples in their food systems promotes healthier communities by decreasing dependency on globalized food systems and promoting traditional methods of harvesting and gathering foods that are sustainable and healthy. For many indigenous peoples, increased involvement in the food system also means a decreased reliance on market foods + increased ability to procure and prepare traditional methods. Local and traditional foods= alternatives to market foods: sustainably sourced, culturally appropriate, helping to combat food insecurity. Indigenous people experience barriers that prevent them from accessing traditional foods ( even when there are sufficient amounts available: too expensive, often unavailable when needed, full time employment, child care, urban living.