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Exploring Theme: "University Indigenous Research Practices"
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September 25, 2024
Indigenous Studies researcher awarded $2M to address Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action
Vanessa Watts will examine the experiences of Indigenous individuals sent to the Mohawk Institute Residential School and the nearby Hamilton Mountain Sanatorium, bringing together and ‘re-neighbouring’ survivors and members of two disparate communities that were affected by colonialism. At right, The Cross of Lorraine stands on the site of the tuberculosis sanatorium in Hamilton. NationTalk:...
August 19, 2024
Camosun College to host hundreds of Indigenous education leaders
NationTalk: Over 430 attendees from Canada, the United States and New Zealand, are attending the S’TEṈISTOLW̱ Conference from Aug. 20 to 23. The conference is hosted by Eyēʔ Sqȃ’lewen: The Centre for Indigenous Education & Community Connections with the theme ‘Where the Waters Meet’. This year marks the fourth S’TEṈISTOLW̱ Conference, with approximately 40 delegates...
December 5, 2023
Arctic research conference is held in the Arctic for 1st time
Holding ArcticNet conference in Iqaluit makes it more comfortable for Inuit to participate, says organizer CBC Indigenous: A national Arctic research conference is taking place in Iqaluit this week, marking the first time in the academic conference’s 19-year history that it’s being held in the North. The ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) brings researchers from...
June 26, 2023
UofA: Indigenous researchers lead process to create new guidelines for including Indigenous people in Canadian clinical trials
Community engagement is key to overcoming distrust due to historical injustices, says Inuk researcher. INUK HEALTH RESEARCHER WAYNE CLARK IS TAKING A LEAD ROLE IN A NEW NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO ENSURE THAT FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS AND INUIT COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL TRIALS — AND BENEFIT FROM THEM. (PHOTO: ATHABASCA...
April 28, 2023
York University leads $318.4M first-of-kind inclusive next-gen technology research initiative
$318-million Connected Minds initiative to bring equity and inclusion to murky waters of AI NationTalk: A massive seven-year interdisciplinary research initiative led by York University – backed by substantial federal research funding — is setting out to tame the unruly world of AI and other disruptive technologies, so humans can benefit equitably from advances in...
March 22, 2023
New autonomous ethics board a first for non-Indigenous post-secondary institutions in Canada
NationTalk: TORONTO – York University will launch an autonomous Indigenous Research Ethics Board (IREB) in July, believed to be a first for non-Indigenous post-secondary institutions in Canada, to further work in Indigenizing research and to ensure Indigenous Peoples have a greater say in proposed research projects. “There needs to be Indigenous voices and Indigenous Peoples who have a say...
March 21, 2023
Research booklet created with Inuit knowledge maps ice routes changing with the climate
Bringing data back to community will help the next generation, says researcher A team of researchers at Dalhousie University are bringing their work on Labrador’s ocean currents, sea ice and travel routes in Nunatsiavut back to the people who helped push it forward. The work began in 2019, when researchers Breanna Bishop, May Wang, Katrina Anthony and project lead Eric...
January 25, 2023
U of T research ‘collaboratory’ uses global lens to pursue community-based Indigenous research
NationTalk: University of Toronto News: Indigenous Peoples all over the world have endured a common history. And, as Uahikea Maile notes, the experience of “colonial dispossession, territorial enclosure and the subsequent creation of nation states” is not unique to North America. Global political resistance against the effects of this shared history – which continues to this day – is at...
September 28, 2022
Vancouver Island University: Using technology to support Indigenous data sovereignty
Dr. Shanna Lorenz, VIU’s 2022 Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair in Indigenous Studies, is working with Indigenous communities on a data gathering app. Dr. Shanna Lorenz’s research is supporting Indigenous data sovereignty thanks to a digital app called Our Data Indigenous, which she helped design alongside faculty and First Nations community data specialists in Canada and the United...
September 8, 2022
Yukon University: Yukon First Nations Climate Action Fellowship releases draft summary Reconnection Vision and Action Plan
NationTalk: The Yukon First Nations Climate Action Fellowship is stewarded in partnership between the Council of Yukon First Nations, Assembly of Yukon First Nations – Yukon Region, Youth climate Lab, RIVER and Yukon University. The Fellowship is co-lead by Yukon University’s Indigenous Knowledge Research Chair Jocelyn Joe-Strack and RIVER co-lead Jodi Gustafson. The Yukon First Nations Climate Action Fellowship has released a Draft Summary Reconnection Vision and Action...
August 29, 2022
University of Northern BC to create Indigenous Research Ambassador program
Prince George, B.C. – A new set of research internships and scholarships at UNBC will equip Indigenous students with the skills to introduce respectful, culturally sensitive and collaborative community-based research tools to fellow students using Indigenous and non-Indigenous research methodologies. The Indigenous Research Ambassador Program and the Mitacs Indigenous Research Award are being offered in association...
December 7, 2021
McGill University
The McGill Tribune – Gerald Rimer, BCom ’56, and his three sons, Daniel, David, and Neil Rimer, made a $13-million donation to the university that will go toward renovating the Leacock building and creating a new Institute for Indigenous Research and Knowledge (IIRK). In 2017, the Provost’s Task Force on Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education...
October 17, 2021
University of Toronto
The Varsity – Led by Dr. Suzanne Stewart, director of Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, the Indigenous Research Network (IRN) is a new Indigenous research initiative launched on September 29 and supported by the Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI). The IRN’s mission is to create a community of academically interconnected researchers in...
October 4, 2021
The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue and the Université du Québec en Outaouais
The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC), the Université du Québec en Outaouais in collaboration with DIALOG Network – announce the publication of the 3rd edition of the Toolbox of Research… this reference tool intended for First Nations and Inuit, the academic...
August 17, 2021
University of Saskatchewan
The Indigenous Strategy, ohpahotân | oohpaahotaan (“Let’s Fly Up Together”) will be gifted in a ceremony on Aug. 20 to the University of Saskatchewan (USask) on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples who informed and validated the process as a companion to the University Plan 2025. The ceremony marks a historic event for USask as it...
August 13, 2021
University of Guelph
Global News – A new Indigenous research lab to be situated in its arboretum is believed to be the first of its kind at a Canadian university. Nokom’s House will be a permanent, Indigenous land-based and community-engaged space with wellness and good relationships in its core, the university said. “Nokom” is abbreviated from “nokomis” — an...
May 31, 2021
University of Alberta: Rupertsland Centre for Métis Research
Métis Nation of Alberta and the University of Alberta renew a long-standing partnership to provide quality education, training and research to the Métis people of Alberta. The Memorandum of Understanding honours the ongoing relationship between the MNA, RLI and the U of A, while also commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Rupertsland Centre for Métis...
October 30, 2020
University of Calgary
Indigenous Research Support Team (IRST) is an advisory entity that provides guidance on Indigenous research and scholarship as well as opportunities that support culturally responsive and collaborative research. IRST will be the first point of contact for all UCalgary researchers doing any work within the broader Indigenous landscape....
October 28, 2020
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
The Canada Research Chairs Secretariat has awarded $500,000 to UQAT to fund the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Women’s Issues, which is held by Suzy Basile, a professor at UQAT’s School of Indigenous Studies. The Research Chair aims to highlight, document and map the experiences of Indigenous women from various parts of the world in...
August 31, 2020
University of British Columbia
NationTalk – On August 11, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and an Indigenous Knowledge Protocol Agreement (IK Protocol) were signed by the Tŝilhqot’in Nation and the University of British Columbia. says Chief Myers Ross. A key feature of the MOU and IK Protocol is to ensure that research is undertaken with cultural safety, an approach that...
July 28, 2020
Memorial University
The university’s Board of Regents recently approved Memorial’s “Research Impacting Indigenous Groups” policy – the first of its kind known in Canadian universities. The policy is designed to ensure Memorial University researchers are accountable to the existing research, priorities and ethics processes of Indigenous groups. It requires researchers to engage with Indigenous groups at the...
June 26, 2020
Dalhousie University
The Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous Health Research Network (WLN) will be hosted at Dalhousie University in partnership with Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Inuit and Innu communities and organizations and with academic institutions stretching across all four Atlantic provinces. WLN will receive $3.5M in operational funding for 5 years with possibility of renewal for a further 10 years. https://www.dal.ca/faculty/health/news-events/news/2020/06/26/indigenous_academic_collaboration_aims_on_transforming_health_research_in_mi_kma_ki__labrador_and_beyond.html...
April 20, 2020
University of Victoria
University of Victoria The BC Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR), based at the University of Victoria, aims to increase and accelerate Indigenous-led research through key partnerships, programs and supports. Charlotte Loppie, an internationally recognized leader in Indigenous health and professor with UVic’s School of Public Health and Social Policy, was awarded $3.5 million...
April 1, 2020
University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Caroline Tait, a USask medical anthropologist and member of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S), has been awarded $1.5 million from CIHR to lead the national centre that will co-ordinate health research and training with the leads of the eight other regional Indigenous health research networks. As well, with $3.5-million from CIHR over five years and in-kind...
March 14, 2019
University of Saskatchewan
The Indigenous Peoples’ Health Research Centre (IPHRC) and the Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research (SCPOR) have developed an in-person training module for Health researchers, ”Building Research Relationships with Indigenous Communities” (BRRIC), is the first of its kind in Canada. It seeks to provide researchers with the basic tools and knowledge to build meaningful research relationships in...