Cadmium exposure in First Nations communities of the Northwest Territories, Canada: smoking is a greater contributor than consumption of cadmium-accumulating organ meats

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 1441-1453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mylene Ratelle ◽  
Xinci Li ◽  
Brian D. Laird
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Cadmium Exposure ◽  
Traditional Food

Study of cadmium exposure sources in First Nations communities promotes traditional food consumption and supports the prioritization of environmental issues.

Consumption, Health, and Disposability inSpongeBob SquarePants

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-145
Author(s):  
Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Educational Structures ◽  
Pedagogical Philosophies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Specific Food

AbstractIn recent years, food scholarship has extended its preoccupation with consumption to interrogating the relationship between eating, culture and waste, and their effects on the environment. Simultaneously, food-related concerns have also become a recurrent part of popular culture, where examples from children's television provide fertile ground for discussion. This article analyses the multiple representations of food, consumption, and waste in Stephen Hillenburg's animated seriesSpongeBob SquarePants. Focusing on the specific food-related pedagogical philosophies that seem recurrent in the series, and following in Henry Giroux's footsteps by seeing a link between popular culture and educational structures, my discussion unravels the show's engagement with the over-consumption of fast food, the acculturation of the burger as the American meal par excellence, and environmental issues of ‘over-production’. I aim to show how, ultimately,SpongeBob SquarePantsoffers an evaluation of the connection between consumption, health, and disposability in contemporary Western societies.

Facilitators and Barriers to Traditional Food Consumption in the Cree Community of Mistissini, Northern Quebec

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 663-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Véronique Laberge Gaudin ◽  
Olivier Receveur ◽  
Félix Girard ◽  
Louise Potvin
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Facilitators And Barriers

scholarly journals Social Work Education Canada’s North

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Douglas Durst ◽  
Nicole Ives
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Social Work Programs ◽  
Work Education ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Work Program

The Faculty of Social Work program at the University of Regina is a broker for two social work programs north of the 60th parallel reaching the northern residents of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestry. In addition, for over 30 years, the University of Regina partners with the First Nations University of Canada where a specialized Bachelor of Indian Social Work is offered and now a Master of Aboriginal Social Work. This paper presents the background to the Northern Human Service/BSW program at Yukon College in Whitehorse, Yukon and the Certificate of Social Work at the Aurora College in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

scholarly journals Levels of metals and persistent organic pollutants in traditional foods consumed by First Nations living on-reserve in Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 112 (S1) ◽  
pp. 81-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hing Man Chan ◽  
Kavita Singh ◽  
Malek Batal ◽  
Lesya Maruska ◽  
Constantine Tikhonov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Dietary Exposure ◽  
Food Samples ◽  
Harp Seal ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
Contaminant Exposure ◽  
Significant Contributor ◽  
Environment Study

Abstract Objectives First Nations may have a higher risk of contaminant exposure from the consumption of traditional foods. The objective of this study was to measure concentrations of metals and organochlorines in traditional foods commonly consumed by First Nations in Canada and estimate the risk from dietary exposure. Methods Data were collected from the participatory First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (2008–2018). Traditional food samples were collected by community members and concentrations of metals and organochlorines were measured. The population-weighted mean daily contaminant intake from traditional food items was estimated. Hazard quotients (HQs) were calculated by dividing contaminant intake with the toxicological reference values (TRVs). Results A total of 2061 food samples (different parts and organs) from 221 species were collected. The highest concentrations of cadmium were found in the kidneys of land mammals: moose kidney was the most significant contributor to intake. The meat of land mammals and birds had the highest lead concentrations and were the most significant contributors to intake. Arsenic was highest in seaweed, and prawn was the most significant contributor. Mercury and methyl mercury were highest in harp seal meat, with walleye/pickerel contributing most to intake. Harp seal meat also had the highest p,p′-DDE and PCB concentrations, and ooligan grease and salmon were the most significant contributors to intake. The percentage of adults eating traditional food who exceeded the TRVs was 1.9% for cadmium, 3.7% for lead, 13.6% for arsenic, 0.7% for mercury, and 0% for p,p′-DDE and PCBs. All median HQs, and most 95th percentile HQs, were less than 1. Conclusion These results can be used as a baseline of contaminant levels and exposure in traditional foods for future monitoring programs and to support risk assessment programs.

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