Indigenous families are overrepresented among those within Canada who experience food insecurity. Studies have largely focused on northern populations, with less attention paid to southern and urban communities, including the social, cultural, and geographic processes that challenge food security. In this study, we present findings from a decade‐long community‐based study with the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (London, Ontario) to examine family perspectives related to the social determinants of food security. These topics were explored through qualitative interviews (n = 25) and focus groups (n = 2) with First Nation mothers with young children from the city of London, and a nearby reserve community. Interviewees from both geographies identified a number of socio‐economic challenges including household income and transportation. However, some interviewees also shed light on barriers to healthy eating unique to these Indigenous contexts including access issues such as a lack of grocery stores on‐reserve; loss of knowledge related to the utilization of traditional foods; and the erosion of community, familial, and social supports. Resolving these unique determinants of food security for urban and reserve‐based First Nation families will require a range of economic and culturally specific interventions, particularly those that support development and uptake of Indigenous foodways.

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通过恢复原住民食物道来支持原住民家庭的粮食安全

在加拿大境内经历粮食不安全状况的家庭中，土著家庭的人数过多。研究主要集中在北部人口，而对南部和城市社区的关注较少，包括挑战粮食安全的社会，文化和地理进程。在本研究中，我们提供了一项与西南安大略省土著居民健康访问中心（安大略省伦敦）进行的长达十年的社区研究得出的结论，以研究与粮食安全的社会决定因素有关的家庭观点。这些主题是通过定性访谈（n =  25）和焦点小组（n  = 2）与原住民的母亲一起，他们带着来自伦敦市的小孩以及附近的后备社区。来自两个地区的受访者都发现了许多社会经济挑战，包括家庭收入和交通运输。但是，一些受访者还揭示了这些土著环境特有的健康饮食障碍，包括获取问题，例如储备中缺少杂货店；失去与利用传统食品有关的知识；以及社区，家庭和社会支持的侵蚀。要解决城市和以储备为基础的原住民家庭粮食安全的独特决定因素，将需要采取一系列针对经济和文化的干预措施，特别是那些支持发展和吸收土著居民饮食方式的措施。