Description:
Plundering the North provides fresh insight into Canada's colonial project, laying bare the processes behind the chronic food insecurity experienced by northern Indigenous communities by charting the social, economic, and political changes that have taken place in northern Ontario since the 1950s.
Brief description:
Dr. Kristin Burnett is a professor in the Department of Indigenous Learning at Lakehead University. A settler scholar, Burnett has published broadly on topics related to Indigenous health and well-being, and much of her current research and policy work engages with systemic barriers to health care, social services and supports, and food.
Review Quotes: "This is an engaging book that documents the history and present-day reality of food insecurity in the North. The authors impressively emphasize continuity in the predatory practices of colonialism [and] successfully demonstrate how persistent colonial and capitalistic practices worked together, both historically and in the present day. Readers with backgrounds in history, Indigenous studies, food studies, and other related disciplines will find this a compelling examination that bridges historical inquiry with contemporary urgency. This book will also appeal to Canadians wanting to know more about food history, food insecurity, and the pervasive power of settler colonialism in the North."--Lianne C. Leddy "Prairie History"