Obedjiwan (Opitciwan), an Atikamekw community in Upper Mauricie, is working to lay the foundations for a territorialized food system through agriculture. A collaboration between the Obedjiwan community and CISA has been established to develop a model of food sovereignty based on the cultural traits of the Atikamekw. Seven gardening experimentation spaces were co-created with the community and research on agri-food needs was carried out. The collaboration between the community and CISA has enabled the consolidation of projects despite the global crisis of COVID-19. The expertise has grown over the months. Our findings are that seasonality, the relationship to the territory and the sense of well-being greatly influence participation in projects. At the same time, the success of the project was fostered by a set of positive relationships between the participants themselves and the CISA researchers.
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Parent, É., Beaulieu, G., Charbonneau, A., Courchesne, S., Roy, A., Touchette, I., & Laniel, S. (2022). An agricultural approach to food sovereignty in Opitciwan. Revue d’études autochtones, 52(1–2), 97–111. https://doi.org/10.7202/1105918ar
© Émilie Parent, Geneviève Beaulieu, Augustine Charbonneau, Sylvie Courchesne, Audrey Roy, Isabelle Touchette et Sophie Laniel, 2023
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