Food Studies 10, 20, 30
FOOD41
Module 41: Canadian Food Culture (Core)
Outcome
Explore Canadian food culture.
Indicators
(a) | Identify foods that are considered uniquely “Canadian” (e.g., butter tarts, Nanaimo bars, poutine, ketchup chips, Saskatoon berries). |
(b) |
Analyze influences on Canadian foods such as:
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(c) | Research influences (e.g., seasonal changes, geography, types of vegetation, fish and game) on historical Inuit, Métis and First Nations food choices. |
(d) | Investigate the influences that traditional Indigenous food has on contemporary Canadian food. |
(e) | Explore contemporary adaptations (e.g., growing, gathering, preparing, grocery shopping) to food made by newcomers upon arrival in Canada. |
(f) | Discuss similarities and differences in food among the regions in Canada. |
(g) | Examine how geography and climate of a region have contributed to the creation of Canadian regional foods. |
(h) | Explore how different food environments (e.g., far North, urban, rural, prairie, coastal) in Canada impact the food choices we make (e.g., food deserts, food swamps, regional foods). |
(i) | Analyze a variety of cultural and regional foods to determine where they fit within Canada’s Food Guide. |
(j) | Prepare or describe the process of preparing foods representative of various Canadian regions. |
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