Reframing food as a commons in Canada: Learning from customary and contemporary Indigenous food initiatives that reflect a normative shift

By Jodi Koberinski, Jose Luis Vivero-Pol, Joseph LeBlanc

This paper interrogates the role of the dominant narrative of “food-as-commodity” in framing food systems policy in Canada. Human values shape policies, usually privileging those policies that are aligned with dominant values and neglecting others…

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Version 1.0 - published on 19 Mar 2025 doi:10.15353/cfs-rcea.v9i1.504 - cite this

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