August 12, 2021
By Jordan Cryderman
August 12 is International Youth Day – a day to celebrate the accomplishments of today’s youth, as well as recognize the challenges that they face. Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) would like to extend our warmest wishes to today’s youth, and look to you for your leadership in helping to restore the health of the planet.
Each year, the United Nations decides on a theme for International Youth Day. For 2021, the theme is “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health.” With the world’s population continuing to grow, professionals have speculated that “simply producing a larger volume of healthier food more sustainably will not ensure human and planetary wellbeing.”
Indigenous peoples have always been leaders in land stewardship and using what the land has given to us. Indigenous youth will carry on the work of their elders, and lead us to a healthier future by addressing the challenges we are facing of our food systems by selecting natural and traditional foods of our people.
CSFS’s youth services has a number of exciting initiatives that help teach youth about the importance of natural and traditional foods, including outdoor cooking and fish processing workshops. With the new skills and knowledge learned, youth will be able to make more informed decisions on what they eat.
If you’d like to read more about traditional foods, check out this resource from First Nations Health Authority (FNHA): https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/Traditional_Food_Fact_Sheets.pdf
To learn more about youth services’ food initiatives at CSFS, check out the video below!
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