AEIS 230. Indigenous Health & Nutrition
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AEIS 230
Indigenous Health & Nutrition
Credits: 3
Offered by: Human Nutrition (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms Offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Examination of the histories impacting the contemporary nutrition, environment, and health of the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island by integrating Western and Indigenous knowledge systems with best practices in supporting Indigenous decision-making. Topics include: Indigenous knowledge systems and methodologies, Treaties and Reconciliation, Residential and Day schools, food sovereignty, environmental contamination and climate change, community-based participatory research, Indigenous access to health care, reflexivity and cultural safety, media advocacy strategies.
- Restriction: Open to undergraduate students in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, other students may enroll with permission of the instructor.
- English language instruction, Fall instruction
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