The School Food Development Project (SFDP), hosted by a team out of the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine’s Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, explored the intersection of food and culture in schools. The goal was to centre First Nations and Métis students, their families and their communities (both on and off reserve) in the co-designing and implementing of culturally appropriate, universal, curriculum-integrated school food program (SFP) interventions.
The final report from Exploring School Food Programs with Indigenous Communities (aka the School Food Development Project) has now been released. The Lunch Lessons Learned report outlines the major components of the project and explores the challenges and successes school partners faced in their journey towards more culturally appropriate school food programming for their students. It includes links to practical school food resources for schools, teachers and interested agencies.
The School Food Development Project partnered with Canadian Feed the Children and the Coalition for Healthy School Food as well as Meadow Lake Tribal Council Education and Saskatoon Public Schools.
