Using Participatory Action Research to Support Civil Society Action for a Sustainable Food System in Yellowknife

Johnston, Carla

doi:10.22215/etd/2018-12911

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“…I realize I am not alone in questioning whether a research project was participatory or collaborative enough. I took a lot of influence from Johnston's (2018) master's thesis in political economy using Participatory Action Research (PAR) with FLEdGE. She offers critical insights on this methodology as she examines the question whether she did in fact 'do PAR?'…”

Section: My Interest In Pursuing Cbpr Methodologies Is What Brought Me To Fledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…While the circumstances leading to agricultural pursuits in the present do not necessarily mirror those of the past, the emergent agriculture narrative erases the colonial histories through which agriculture has been introduced in these regions. Though it is hard to find examples that do not mention colonialism at all, few draw the link between agriculture and colonization or other histories of gardening in the North (cf: Johnston, 2018;Simba & Spring, 2017). A settler colonial lens would also ask researchers to reckon with ongoing dispossession as they respond to the State's interest in northern agricultural production.…”

Section: Emergent Agricultural Narrativementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ecological constraints (such as fluctuating number of frost-free days, soil nutrient deficiencies and so on) account for the demise of the "agricultural colonization of the region," (Piper & Sandlos, 2007, p. 780) but dwindling support by the territorial government in pursuit of resource development played a major role (Johnston, 2018).…”

Section: The Postwar Period and Settler Colonial Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a historical element to my third, fourth and sixth chapters, so I consult the work of historians or other scholars writing historical materialisms, environmental, political and cultural history. These include histories of extractivism (Keeling & Sandlos, 2012;Kuyek, 2019;Peyton & Keeling, 2017), treaty-making (Abel, 1993;Fumoleau, 2004), conservationism (Johnson, 2018;Kuokkanen, 2020;Parlee, Sandlos, et al, 2018;Sandlos, 2008), food (Burnett et al, 2016;Mosby, 2012;Walters, 2012), agrarianism (Johnston, 2018;Piper & Sandlos, 2007); and Indigenous-State relations (Abele, 2009;Kulchyski & Bernauer, 2014;Nahanni, 1977). I consult these as secondary sources in historizing food issues, alongside complementary grey literature from sources including the GNWT, the Dene Nation, YKDFN, the TRC and the Berger Inquiry.…”

Section: Introduction To Four Academic Literaturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…I draw from practitioners and researchers' critical engagements with CBPR methodologies in my reflexive analysis in the fifth chapter. While many more literatures shape my understanding of this methodology (Brown & Strega, 2015;Castleden et al, 2012;Gaudry, 2015;Kirby et al, 2017;Ochocka & Janzen, 2014;Strand et al, 2003;Whetung & Wakefield, 2019), I am able to make sense of my own challenges in research through the reflexive work on community-based, participatory action, and other forms of community-engaged research (Gallagher, 2018;Johnston, 2018;Kennelly, 2018;Kepkiewicz et al, 2019;Tuck & Del Vecchio, 2018). These reflections, along with other critiques (de Leeuw et al, 2012(de Leeuw et al, , 2013 informed my criticisms of CBPR methodologies and guided me through my discomforts in these research engagements.…”

Section: Introduction To Four Academic Literaturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Tensions in Fostering ‘local food’ in the Northwest Territories: Contending with Settler Colonialism in Northern Research

Stollmeyer¹

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Most food systems challenges in the Northwest Territories (NWT), including extractivism, climate change, and restrictive policies, are bound to processes of settler colonialism.Researchers working in northern contexts typically recognize the disruptive role colonialism had in shaping foodways, but often fail to contend with the ongoing realities of colonial forces and the role research has in upholding them. This thesis is situated in tensions I encountered in two research engagements working to support "local" food systems in the NWT: a community-academic partnership through FLEdGE Research and a traditional research project supported through a Mitacs fellowship. My aspirations to develop these engagements into a community-based participatory research (CBPR) thesis project brought me to the realization that settler colonialism had been insufficiently attended to. This thesis is the result of a reflexive analysis of my engagements as a southern-based settler researcher working in the North. It involves critically revisiting my preliminary fieldwork, interviews and observations, as well as literatures read, and writings formulated throughout my journey as a graduate student. It argues that southern-based researchers must attend to the ways our research reinforces harmful colonial narratives about the North and actively work to disrupt colonial continuities.My first thanks are to those who participated in the examination of my thesis. To my thesis supervisor, Peter Andrée, thank you for the guidance you have offered me through my graduate studies -beginning with the gentle push to apply to the Institute in Political Economy, for which I am eternally grateful! I appreciate the careful advice and feedback you have provided on my research and writing. To my committee member, Andrew Spring, thank you for welcoming me to a wonderful community of researchers, for providing me with the opportunity to work on exciting food projects in Yellowknife and for being so generous with your time through my research process. To my external x

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Section: My Interest In Pursuing Cbpr Methodologies Is What Brought Me To Fledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Emergent Agricultural Narrativementioning

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Section: The Postwar Period and Settler Colonial Governancementioning

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Section: Introduction To Four Academic Literaturesmentioning

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Section: Introduction To Four Academic Literaturesmentioning

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Tensions in Fostering ‘local food’ in the Northwest Territories: Contending with Settler Colonialism in Northern Research

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Northern Food Systems in Transition: The Role of the Emerging Agri-Food Industry in the Northwest Territories (Canada) Food System

Lemay¹,

Radcliffe²,

Bysouth³

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Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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This paper reports the findings of an ethnographic study that involved working with local organizations, food advocates, and communities to develop strategies for expanding the nascent Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada agri-food industry. The NWT represents a unique case study in that the fledging agri-food industry has been recognized for its promise in contributing to the core goals of the transitioning NWT food system. The study is guided by two research questions: (1) How is the promise of the emerging NWT agri-food industry framed within the context of the broader food system? (2) Given this framing of the NWT agri-food industry, how can it contribute to the sustainability of the NWT food system and to the goals of food security, poverty reduction, nutrition, and economic development? Grounded in a food systems approach, we used a correlative, evolutionary SWOT analysis to profile the nascent NWT agri-food industry within the context of the existing NWT food system. Through further thematic analysis, we identify and describe two dominant narratives (agri-food industry business case narrative and agri-food industry implications narrative) and key themes within the narratives based on an adapted food systems framework. The agri-food business case narrative highlights discourse articulating the business or commercial viability for a local agri-food value chain to function, evolve, and expand. The agri-food industry implications narrative envisions the ways in which the emerging NWT agri-food industry may interact within the existing NWT food system, highlighting potential environmental, social, cultural, and political implications of an expanding commercial-based agri-food value chain. Within the two narratives, certain subcomponents of the NWT agri-food system appear to be more prevalent, including climate, soil, and ecosystems, policy/regulations/governance, socio-cultural norms, knowledge, inputs, finance, production, and consumption. We make policy and practice recommendations for co-designing an agri-food industry that serves the multiple goals of the NWT food system. As an exploratory, descriptive-structural analysis the study provides a critical empirical basis for future in-depth, fully integrated synthesis of the complex social, cultural, economic, political, and ecological dynamics shaping Northern food systems in transition.

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Using Participatory Action Research to Support Civil Society Action for a Sustainable Food System in Yellowknife

Cited by 2 publications

References 71 publications

Tensions in Fostering ‘local food’ in the Northwest Territories: Contending with Settler Colonialism in Northern Research

Tensions in Fostering ‘local food’ in the Northwest Territories: Contending with Settler Colonialism in Northern Research

Northern Food Systems in Transition: The Role of the Emerging Agri-Food Industry in the Northwest Territories (Canada) Food System

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