Unique Get Together Society (UGTS) and Urban Indigenous Food Insecurity in British Columbia : A systematic analysis of the disproportionate rates of food insecurity experienced by Indigenous communities in British Columbia

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Unique Get Together Society (UGTS) and Urban Indigenous Food Insecurity in British Columbia : A systematic analysis of the disproportionate rates of food insecurity experienced by Indigenous communities in British Columbia Cheng, Anika; Zhu, Cathy; Chau, Emily

Abstract

British Columbia (BC) has the second-highest Indigenous population in all of Canada with over 60,000 Urban Indigenous Peoples (UIP) in Vancouver (Statistics Canada, 2017). In BC, off-reserve Indigenous households experience one of the highest rates of household food insecurity compared to other ethnicities, which equates to 1 in 3 off-reserve Indigenous households (Li et al., 2016). We can only assume that with COVID-19 this number has increased. Despite the high prevalence, urban Indigenous food insecurity is often underrepresented in food insecurity discourse. The aim of our research is to investigate the complex interplay between oppressive systems that firmly hold urban Indigenous food insecurity in place.

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Title	Unique Get Together Society (UGTS) and Urban Indigenous Food Insecurity in British Columbia : A systematic analysis of the disproportionate rates of food insecurity experienced by Indigenous communities in British Columbia
Creator	Cheng, Anika; Zhu, Cathy; Chau, Emily
Date Issued	2021-06
Description	British Columbia (BC) has the second-highest Indigenous population in all of Canada with over 60,000 Urban Indigenous Peoples (UIP) in Vancouver (Statistics Canada, 2017). In BC, off-reserve Indigenous households experience one of the highest rates of household food insecurity compared to other ethnicities, which equates to 1 in 3 off-reserve Indigenous households (Li et al., 2016). We can only assume that with COVID-19 this number has increased. Despite the high prevalence, urban Indigenous food insecurity is often underrepresented in food insecurity discourse. The aim of our research is to investigate the complex interplay between oppressive systems that firmly hold urban Indigenous food insecurity in place.
Genre	Report
Type	Text
Language	eng
Series	University of British Columbia. FNH 473
Date Available	2021-07-28
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0400930
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/79128
Affiliation	Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Undergraduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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