Organ Jennifer, Castleden Heather, Furgal Chris, Sheldon Tom, Hart Catherine
School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Bldg, 6100 University Avenue, Suite 5010, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2.
School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Bldg, 6100 University Avenue, Suite 5010, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2; Departments of Geography and Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D201, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6.
Health Place. 2014 Nov;30:251-9. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.09.012. Epub 2014 Oct 29.
Rapid socio-cultural, economic, and environmental changes are challenging wild food access and thus food security for Inuit in the Canadian Arctic. In response to the continued value and practice of harvesting wild foods, communities are establishing "wild food support" initiatives. This study evaluated how one such initiative, a community freezer, in Nain, Nunatsiavut supported wild food access for community members. Data were collected through: interviews and focus groups with users, freezer managers, and active harvesters; participant observation; and document analysis. Results indicated that the community freezer supported socio-cultural, economic and local access to wild foods. However, there were issues associated with supply, dependency, social exclusion, and tension between feasibility and traditional values and practices. Communities, governments, and policymakers are urged to consider social and physical location as factors when investing in and monitoring such initiatives. The Nunatsiavut Government and the Nain Inuit Community Government have since worked together to modify this early freezer initiative due, in part, to this study's findings.
迅速的社会文化、经济和环境变化正对加拿大北极地区因纽特人的野生食物获取乃至粮食安全构成挑战。为应对野生食物采集的持续价值和实践，各社区正在开展“野生食物支持”倡议。本研究评估了努纳武特地区奈恩的一项此类倡议——社区冰柜，是如何支持社区成员获取野生食物的。数据通过以下方式收集：与使用者、冰柜管理人员和活跃采集者进行访谈和焦点小组讨论；参与观察；以及文件分析。结果表明，社区冰柜支持了野生食物的社会文化、经济及本地获取。然而，存在与供应、依赖、社会排斥以及可行性与传统价值观和实践之间的矛盾相关的问题。敦促社区、政府和政策制定者在投资和监督此类倡议时将社会和地理位置作为因素加以考虑。此后，努纳武特政府和奈恩因纽特社区政府共同努力，部分基于本研究的结果对这一早期冰柜倡议进行了调整。
