ABSTRACT
The traditional economies of Aboriginal peoples in Northern Canada have changed dramatically over the past century. For too long Canada’s northern policies have been directed to “poor economic outcomes in lagging communities and regions” and have typically been undertaken in the absence of any consideration for the subsistence economies of Aboriginal communities. A comprehensive review of Aboriginal food security in Northern Canada can be found in the Canadian Council of Academies Report on the State of Aboriginal Food Security in the Canadian North. As early as the nineteenth to the early twentieth century, the Government of Canada played a significant role in shaping academic traditions. While the Government of Canada sponsored numerous studies on economic change of northern Aboriginal peoples, Canadian universities were also promoting research programs of their own to aid in the social and economic development of Aboriginal peoples.
