Food is Our Medicine
Food profoundly impacts health and well-being, while also holding the potential to improve health equity. Nourish’s Food is Our Medicine guides health care providers on the importance of including culturally mindful food choices and Indigenous foodways into health care menus as a comforting way of advancing Reconciliation.
Learn about the complex relationships between Indigenous foodways, Reconciliation, healing, and health care.
Nourish envisions a future in which the full potential of food as medicine is honoured and realized in our health and food systems. Food is Our Medicine showcases the importance of weaving Indigenous foodways into health care as a means of supporting Reconciliation and improved healing for all.
Start your Food is Our Medicine Learning Journey
By embracing traditional practices and integrating culturally appropriate food into hospital meals, this program guides health care professionals in decolonizing food and health care systems. Join us in this transformative learning journey to create a more equitable and nourishing world.
“As a student, this learning journey means the absolute world to me. It has taught me more about Indigenous foodways, practices, and culture in the last six months than any class I have taken in my 17 years of education. I loved how it was interactive and had a good mix of reading tools and videos. I also appreciated how there were reflection pieces to go along with each season and topic of discussion.”
~ Food is Our Medicine learner
Program Acknowledgements
Shelly Crack, Northern Health
Jenny Cross, Haida Knowledge Keeper
Margaret Edgars, Haida Elder
Kelly Gordon, Kanyen’keha (Mohawk) Six Nations Health Services
May Henderson, Métis Elder
Kathy Loon, Slate Falls First Nation, Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre
Maurice Mathieu, Métis, Saskatchewan Health Authority
Meeka Otway, Inuk Knowledge Keeper
Charlotte Pilat Burns, Métis, Nourish Indigenous & Allies Advisory
Laura Salmon, Nak’azdli First Nation, Yukon Hospitals
Briteweb, Digital Agency
Dimitra Chronopoulos, Editor
Brittnay Gauthier, Michipicoten First Nation, Beadwork Artist
RallyRally, Design Studio
Mariah Meawasige, Anishinaabekwe/settler from the northern shores of Lake Huron (Genaabajing (Serpent River First Nation) and Elliot Lake, Designer/Illustrator
The Frontline Fund
The McConnell Family Foundation
The Arrell Family Foundation
Register your team for Nourish’s Food is Our Medicine animated learning offering
Nourish invites health care providers to make an organizational commitment to decolonizing menus and health care operations by enrolling your staff in the Food is Our Medicine animated learning journey.
