Indigenous Food Systems Network

A special thank you goes out to the Siska Traditions Society and the B.C. Food Systems Network for all of their generation support and in-kind contributions to the adminstration and technical hosting of the website.

The following individuals and organizations contributed to the planning and content guidelines for this website.

• Charla Beaulieu, Instructor Website Design and Development, Selkirk College
• Vanessa Bob, Snaw naw as
• Abra Brynne, Communications Coordinator B.C. Food Systems Network
• Jessica Chenery, Community Development Leader B.C. Healthy Living Alliance
• Corryn Dixon, Siska Traditions Society
• Dr. Tirso Gonzales, Indigenous Studies University of British Columbia Okanagan
• Georgia Kyba, Naturopathic Physician, First Nations Health Council
• Nancy MacPherson, Siska Traditions and UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems
• Neskie Manuel, Neskonlith Indian Band
• Dawn Marsden, Independent Researcher
• Dawn Morrison, Coordinator, BCFSN Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
• Raymond Obomsawin, First Nations Centre, National Aboriginal Health Organization
• Dr. Jay Wortman, Health Canada, First Nations Inuit Health Branch

Thank you to the following individuals/organizations who graciously hosted the community content creation in kind for this website.

• Vanessa Bob, Snaw naw as First Nations, Nanaimo, B.C.
• Ellen Duncan, Community Nutritionist, Qwemtsin Health Society, Kamloops Indian Band
• Cease Wyss, Urban Aboriginal Food Enhancement Program, Vancouver Native Health Society
• Jenna LaFrance, First Nations Student Centre, Simon Fraser University

Photographs were contributed by:

• Sharon Niscak, LUSH Valley, Comox, B.C.
• Nitanis Desjairlais, Vancouver Island Coastal Communities Indigenous Foods Network
• Fiona Devereaux, Vancouver Island Health Authority
• Dawn Morrison, B.C. Food Systems Network Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
• Caroline Cummins