Using Participatory Action Research to Support Civil Society Action for a Sustainable Food System in Yellowknife
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This thesis examines the opportunities and challenges when encouraging collaborative governance for just and sustainable food system for Yellowknife, NWT. In partnership, the researcher and research partners identified the following research question: How can community members and organizations, local businesses, and decision-makers from the City of Yellowknife collaboratively engage around the vision and principles of the Yellowknife Food Charter to improve the policy arena for a just and sustainable food system for Yellowknife? Using political ecology theories of sustainable food systems and governance, this thesis addresses this question through praxis - the cycle of reflection and action. To reflect, this thesis makes recommendations for building trust in research with local research partners As action, the Coalition collaboratively identified the need for a municipal food strategy and this thesis includes a set of policy briefs on this topic. These briefs are contextualized by a historicized account of the Yellowknife food system.
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Copyright © 2018 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
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