Community-Based Participatory Research

CIHRP projects are driven by the principles of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), which is “an approach that equitably involves all partners in the research process.” and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings” (Minkler and Wallerstein, 2003).

CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community with the aim of combining knowledge and action for social change to improve community health and eliminate health disparities.

Community-Based Participatory Research

CIHRP projects are driven by the principles of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), which is “an approach that equitably involves all partners in the research process.” and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings” (Minkler and Wallerstein, 2003).

CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community with the aim of combining knowledge and action for social change to improve community health and eliminate health disparities.

Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Food sovereignty is regularly expressed using the 1996 definition from La Via Campesina, a global activist group focused on the rights of Indigenous farmers, as “the right of people to have access to healthy and culturally appropriate foods, while defining their own food systems” (Global Small-Scale Farmers’ Movement Developing New Trade Regimes, 2005).

Similar to food sovereignty is the concept of Indigenous food sovereignty, which extends the focus of food sovereignty in a number of ways, including primarily by emphasizing not only a community’s right but also their relational responsibilities to care for their food systems according to their traditional practices and beliefs (Morrison, 2011; Cote, 2016).

CIHRP identifies and partners with grassroots Indigenous communities to highlight and uplift their efforts regarding creating healthier food systems and food sovereignty.

Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Food sovereignty is regularly expressed using the 1996 definition from La Via Campesina, a global activist group focused on the rights of Indigenous farmers, as “the right of people to have access to healthy and culturally appropriate foods, while defining their own food systems” (Global Small-Scale Farmers’ Movement Developing New Trade Regimes, 2005).

Similar to food sovereignty is the concept of Indigenous food sovereignty, which extends the focus of food sovereignty in a number of ways, including primarily by emphasizing not only a community’s right but also their relational responsibilities to care for their food systems according to their traditional practices and beliefs (Morrison, 2011; Cote, 2016).

CIHRP identifies and partners with grassroots Indigenous communities to highlight and uplift their efforts regarding creating healthier food systems and food sovereignty.