Understanding Our Food Systems is a participatory, community-engaged and action focused project led by fourteen First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario.

We’re a passionate team of researchers, facilitators and community development professionals that work to build a deeper understanding of Indigenous food security and sovereignty. We support the communities and people we work with to determine their own food systems through community-led initiatives and projects.

Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is one of over 30 public health units in Ontario. We are a non-profit agency funded jointly by the provincial government and the municipalities we serve.

As a progressive public health agency, TBDHU is committed to improving health and reducing health inequities through evidence-informed practice.

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We will continue work to become a culturally safer organization.

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Goals:

Strive for culturally safer spaces and practices across the organization
Develop a strategy to acknowledge and support truth and reconciliation
Strengthen engagement with Indigenous communities and organizations

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Food for Thought

The food we eat is more than just fuel. It’s a part of our identities, cultures and it connects us to the natural world.

When thinking about food, it is imperative that we also consider the social, political, economic, and spiritual contexts of land within our communities.

Photo: https://foodsystems.lakeheadu.ca/indigenous-circle/

Understanding Our Food Systems is a participatory, community-engaged and action focused project led by fourteen First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario.

This project is a collaboration between...

14 First Nation Communities

...with close support from our partnering organization:

Goals:

Food for Thought