Family physician Dr. Rebekah Eatmon sees parents in tears, frustrated that they can't provide enough healthy food for their children.
"I've never met an Indigenous parent that doesn't want to do the best for their kids," said Eatmon, who works at an Indigenous clinic in Vancouver and in two remote First Nations in B.C.
Banerji and her co-authors looked at dozens of peer-reviewed research studies, as well as reports from First Nations, Métis and Inuit organizations, to determine the extent of food insecurity among Indigenous children in Canada. "It's incomprehensible that in a country as rich as Canada that we have kids who are stunted and children who are starving,” she said.
Those types of food are also out of reach for many Indigenous people because they can't afford to buy them. "Over thousands of years, Indigenous populations have adapted to a diet suitable to their environment," the study said. That diet included animals and plants harvested locally. Morrow, who was not involved in the study, pointed to food shortages in grocery stores during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdownas an example of how her First Nation was able to create their own food security.
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