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Food, Health and Well-being in British Columbia

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Added: July 23rd, 2010
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Provincial Health Officer's Annual Report for 2005 (174 pages). Note of interest: The PHO recommends mandatory labeling of GE foods. Also comments on intensive livestock operations, aquaculture, and industrial contaminants in food.
 

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Pauquachin Hosts Pitcook and Celebratory Feast

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Added: July 21st, 2010
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Short photo essay with interpretive text (6 pages). Documents a visit by a
University of Victoria ethnoecology class to the Pauquachin territory for a pitcook and celebratory feast with the Pauquachin and Songhees Nations.
 

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Healing History

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Added: July 21st, 2010
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Article about Paul Smith and his work among the Oneida to raise awareness of the value of traditional Native American foods, lifestyles and teachings, and how these may help prevent diabetes. By Lauren Wilcox, published in "World Ark", May-June 2008 (6 pages)

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Ckultn: "How We Grew Up"

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Added: July 21st, 2010
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Documenting Traditional Food Systems of Indian Peoples: International Case Studies

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Added: July 21st, 2010
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Procedures manual produced by the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and the Environment (CINE), McGill University, 2006 (25 pages).
 

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An Invited Threat

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Added: July 21st, 2010
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Comic book, by The Healthy Aboriginal Network, Jan 2008 (44 pages)
 

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Food Insecurity in Aboriginal Urban Households

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Added: July 21st, 2010
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Academic paper by Emily Lecompte, James McKinnon, and Elizabeth Kristjansson, PhD, University of Ottawa.

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Canada's Food Guide for First Nations, Inuit and Metis

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Added: July 21st, 2010
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Full-colour food wheel, food chart and supplementary information tailored to Aboriginal diets and lifestyles.  Health Canada, 2007 (3 pages).
 

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