Webinar: Traditional Foods and Reconciliation

Source: Nourish
Year: 2017

How does reconciliation fit into the work of strengthening the connection between food, culture, and health? This webinar hears from Indigenous leaders and leaders delivering traditional food programs with and for First Nation communities.

Presenters:
Jenny Cross, Traditional Haida Knowledge Keeper
Kelly Gordon, Six Nations Health Services
Kathy Loon, Meno Ya Win Health Centre
Leslie Carson, Yukon Hospital
Laura Salmon, Yukon Hospital
Shelly Crack, Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre

Learning Objectives:

• Hear from elders and community leaders to explore the relationship between the work of reconciliation and the work to strengthen the connection between food, culture, and health.

• Begin to explore traditional food programs in healthcare through work in Haida Gwaii, Six Nations, Whitehorse, and Sioux Lookout.

• Invite more healthcare and foodservice practitioners into the work and conversation around reconnecting food, culture, and health, to advance the work of reconciliation.