Community-led food resilience:A decolonizing autographic learning from an Inuit community

Abstract

Food insecurity among Indigenous peoples of northern Canada is a significant public health challenge. To address this challenge, this paper is responding to community-led food sovereignty in Inuit communities in Canada. Drawing from a decolonial auto-ethnography research framework, I shared my learning experience regarding why the current food system became challenging to the community people; how the community explained the meanings of food security from the Indigenous food sovereignty; and community perspectives on how to develop community-led food security. This article aims to learn, practice, and support community perspectives that positively influence community vision and allow them to create new ways of food sovereignty. Through my decolonial auto-ethnography, I have learned that Inuit knowledge-ways have much to offer in support of resilience of food insecurity in Inuit communities, an intercultural reconceptualization of research methodologies, and educational programs, which support Indigenous communities. Significantly, this study highlights the importance of engaging the local community in the development of coordinated approaches to address Inuit food insecurity.