Indigenous perspective of evaluation of a community based food sovereignty initiative: the case study of O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation’s Ithinto Mechisowin Program

In northern Manitoba successful community based programs are recognized for being culturally sensitive and participatory. However, not much work has been done to explore the affectivity of culturally sensitive evaluation. This project will look at the evaluation of a community based food program called Ithinto Mechisowin Program (IMP) (food from the land) at the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (OPCN) First Nation reserve in northern Manitoba. IMP was started as a community-University collaboration in 2012 and has seen its challenges and successes. In April 2016, IMP members including the research intern attended in a workshop to get training in indigenous perspective of program evaluation. Based on the workshop learning method, this project is designed to assess the implication of Indigenous evaluation method and to provide a tool useful both for OPCN and the partner organization involved in community based program.

Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Kulchyski

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Partner:

Tides Canada (MB)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Manitoba

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