Later this month, youth will take to the land with experienced harvesters for a wintertime fish camp, where they will have the chance to learn about food security issues and how to address them in the long term, using traditional harvesting methods. This will be the second camp organized through the project, the first held last fall.

The camp is part of a Health Canada funded study on climate change its impact on the land and the people who live there.

“Through some of this funding we’re able to provide money for community harvests so we’re up here trying to plan the next harvest where we get elders and youth and as many people as we can,” said Andrew Spring, the head researcher on the project, in from Wilfrid Laurier University. “It’s great because the elders get on the land and they’re able to teach the younger harvesters the skills they need.”

The participatory action research – which sees researchers work with the community to identify and solve issues – was initiated by the Deline Renewable Resources Council, and is also supported by the Northern Farm Training Institute and Ecology North. Read more…..