TY - JOUR AU - Hiebert, Bradley AU - Power, Elaine PY - 2016/12/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Heroes for the helpless: A critical discourse analysis of Canadian national print media’s coverage of the food insecurity crisis in Nunavut JF - Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation JA - CanFoodStudies VL - 3 IS - 2 SE - Research Article DO - 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i2.149 UR - https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/149 SP - 104-126 AB - <p>In northern Canada, the Inuit’s transition from a culturally traditional to a Western diet has been accompanied by chronic poverty and provoked high levels of food insecurity, resulting in numerous negative health outcomes. This study examines national coverage of Nunavut food insecurity as presented in two of Canada’s most widely read newspapers: <em>The Globe and Mail</em> and <em>National Post</em>. A critical discourse analysis (CDA) was employed to analyze 24 articles, 19 from <em>The Globe and Mail</em> and 5 from <em>National Post</em>. Analysis suggests national print media propagates the Inuit’s position as The Other by selectively reporting on social issues such as hunger, poverty and income. Terms such as “Northerners” and “Southerners” are frequently used to categorically separate Nunavut from the rest of Canada and Inuit-driven efforts to resolve their own issues are widely ignored. This effectively portrays the Inuit as helpless and the territory as a failure, and allows Canadians to maintain colonialist views of Inuit inferiority and erroneously assume Federal initiatives effectively address Northern food insecurity.</p> ER -