Moving towards a shared understanding of responsibility for the land among community-based food initiatives across Waterloo-Wellington region

This research project will engage 10-20 participants from community-based food initiatives across Waterloo-Wellington region to explore how groups access land to grow food. Access to land within urban environments is important for urban Indigenous peoples whose relationships with land have been disrupted by colonization. Indigenous Peoples honour relationships and responsibilities to land, which stands in contrast to a rights-based perspective recognized in the current system. This research aims to shift this narrative and explore how community-based food initiatives can foster relationships and responsibilities to the land. This research will benefit the partner organization, Wisahkotewinowak, an urban Indigenous garden collective with four sites across the Waterloo-Wellington region, by producing recommendations the broader community can implement and move towards a shared understanding of responsibility for the land.

Faculty Supervisor:

Hannah Tait Neufeld

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Partner:

Wisahkotewinowak

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Waterloo

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