Righting Our Relations with Food - Food, Language, and the Land
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In this episode of Righting Our Relations with Food, host Miriam Sainnawap talks with Director of the Aboriginal Nursing Initiative at the University of New Brunswick and long-time Indigenous health advocate, Lisa Perley-Dutcher about the relationship between land-based language revitalization and food sovereignty. Looking for a transcript? Click here!
Lisa is a Maliseet/Wolastoqi woman from the Tobique First Nation; a registered nurse for 30 years with a Masters in nursing, her work has focused on the improvement of health outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Canada. Lisa also served as President of the Indigenous Nurses Association of Canada and recently, she has been conducting land-based work connecting food harvesting and preparation with the revitalization of Indigenous languages.
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Join us again next month, when we will be speaking with jade guthrie, Community Food Programs Curriculum Lead and Educator at FoodShare Toronto!
*Music by Will Hydorn
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