Health unit launches new Indigenous food sovereignty curriculum – TBNewsWatch.com
February 12, 2025
Youth can receive a colouring book as part of the curriculum.
THUNDER BAY — The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) has launched a new curriculum for 14 First Nations around Indigenous food sovereignty aligning with the traditional harvesting resource put together by knowledge keepers, elders and some of the unit’s advisory circle members.
Based on a 2022 Food Sovereignty Assessment done this year with the communities, the curriculum will run for kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2 through the TBDHU’s Understanding Our Food Systems project.
“Shy-Anne Bartlett, who is an educator and a member of the Red Rock Indian Band… put together this beautiful curriculum that was then designed locally and is now available online for teachers and daycare providers or parents to use at home,” said Kim McGibbon, a public health nutritionist at the health unit.
