Country Foods in Community Programming: Supporting Schools, Daycares and Cooking Circles in Tuktoyaktuk and Paulatuk, NWT

Funded by the CanNor Northern Food Innovation Challenge Grant, this project worked with community partners to conduct a scan of existing food programs and relevant community infrastructure, and then working together to co-create and develop program goals and implementation plans for incorporating more country food into programs. Documentation of lessons learned and mechanisms from the pilot projects will contribute to the development of communication materials and resources that will be shared between the communities, and more broadly in the region. This project engages members of all ages in the communities (e.g., preschoolers at daycares, school-aged children, parents, and Elders). Schools and youth have led the creation of cookbooks that celebrate country food).