Aboriginal/Indigenous Peoples - Food, Nutrition and Health

The content in this knowledge pathway has been removed. We acknowledge that the content included terminology that is now understood to be problematic, did not employ a Nation-first approach and was missing crucial systemic context known to have oppressed Indigenous peoples. Like others, we acknowledge that Western evidence-based practice has excluded Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Indigenous ways of "knowing, doing and being" (1). We recognize the importance of this impact on practicing dietetics with cultural humility.

We want to be accountable to Indigenous peoples by ensuring evidence used in updating the knowledge pathway is culturally safe and of high quality. We will explore the pluralities of worldviews and methodologies to review the evidence linking Indigenous and Western knowledge (2).

We will be consulting with individual Nations to develop a diverse network of peoples who understand the community's unique characteristics and how to best represent Indigeneity (3). PEN knowledge objects will be developed using a phased approach. In the short term, we will create content focused on dietitians' professional competence needs (self-learning). The short-term content will be used as a foundation to create nutrition-focused content that is meaningful for Indigenous peoples (client-serving).

Resources are available from Dietitians of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation resource list.

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