This program discusses the Legacy of Nutrition Experimentation and the Residential School System (RSS) on the Indigenous Peoples of Canada.
As a Canadian healthcare practitioner it is your duty to learn more about Indigenous Peoples lived experience and reflect on how your practice supports the Calls to Action of the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. If you are a settler in Canada, you have a professional and moral duty to work towards improving the lives of all Indigenous Peoples of Canada, including the person in front of you, the communities you work in and serve, and within the broader Canadian systems.
My hope is that this session will inspire you to break down systemic barriers that continue to face the Indigenous Peoples of Canada to this day.
Registered Dietitian Participant “I already practice with a weight-inclusive lense, but it was amazing to see how malnutrition can manifest itself generations later as obesity and chronic disease and the implications that weight-bias and the eat less move more messaging can have on causing further trauma. If someone has developed abdominal adiposity as a result of generations of malnutrition and stunting, I can’t even imagine what it would do to their mental state to be told to go on a diet. It’s basically perpetuating a cycle of trauma.”
University of Saskatchewan Student Participant: “Please extend my thanks to Michelle for taking the time to give us the presentation today. I learnt a lot about how residential schools continue to impact food and nutrition for Indigenous people in Saskatchewan. I especially appreciated making connections between how food (or lack there of) contributes to a person’s psychological state and how continuing generations are also affected. The presentation contained useful information, but ran a little long. I had difficulty keeping focused for the last 10 minutes or so. I also appreciate the resources shared at the end for further learning, as sometimes it can be difficult to find accessible learning opportunities which don’t involve 100 page documents.”
University of Saskatchewan Student Participant:
“The session on residential schools was quite shocking and hard hitting to what I expected. Growing up I always compared myself to others and sometimes felt under privileged. Listening to the statistics Michelle shared, it once again helped me see from another perspective and realize that as a white male I am VERY much privileged.”
RN Chronic Disease Nurse Educator:
“Wow, I was really shocked by some of the info I learned today. It makes me think differently of what all this means when I hear terms like Truth and Reconciliation. Well done Michelle.”
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