Sappho Gilbert

Seasonal and Community Size-Related Patterns of Population Dietary Energy, Macronutrients, and Fiber Purchased in Grocery Stores across Nunavut, Canada Food composition-linked grocery sales data provide time- and resource-efficient, low-bias population nutrition insights. This is particularly valuable in the Inuit-majority territory of Nunavut, Canad...

New article (my last PhD publication) now out in Current Developments in Nutrition! 🎉

"Seasonal & Community Size-Related Patterns of Population Dietary Energy, Macronutrients, & Fiber Purchased in Grocery Stores across Nunavut, Canada"

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09.12.2025 01:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Centre in Iqaluit says territory is in a food ‘crisis’ Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre and Arctic Youth and Child Foundation in Iqaluit say territory is in a food ‘crisis’

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"In a town of 8,000 people, [639 meals in a single day] represents eight per cent of the population and that’s just for lunch,' [Qajuqturvik's director Joseph Murdoch-Flowers] said. "We know that our numbers have steadily increased over the years."

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30.09.2025 02:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This past Friday, I presented data with Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre at their press conference on the alarming state of food insecurity in Iqaluit: "a crisis within a crisis." 🚨

Article in ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ (Nunatsiaq News): nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...

29.09.2025 21:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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Grocery & meat/meat product sales in 13 NU communities didn’t rise during short-term stretches of trail inaccessibility.

GN payday & Canada Child Benefit day? Sales soared, pointing to the immediacy of 💲 being spent on food. 🛒

Our paper is out now in ERFS: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

25.09.2025 20:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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See our new study modeling the relationship between weather-dependent trail access and store-bought food sales in Nunavut, further developing our ethnoclimatology approach iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... @priestleycentre.bsky.social

25.09.2025 14:15 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

2025 NNA Annual Meeting attendees: we hope you're excited for the plenary panel on the connections between Arctic research and community health and well-being! Our panel of experts include Dr. Alisa Alexander (One Health, UAF), Asisaun Toovak (City of Utqiagvik), and Dr. Sappho Gilbert (Harvard).

11.03.2025 16:24 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0