CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 29, July 23, 2018, p. E893
Description
Reports on statements made by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) representatives which stress the need for using OCAP (ownership, control, access and possession) principles in the field of health research.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, 2018, pp. 249-279
Description
Uses the example of a university course about the Indigenous and settler histories to illustrate how critical teaching methods can help students to take up the responsibility to work towards understanding treaty relations and ongoing practices of colonialism.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 37-59
Description
Article examines 13 different collaborative partnerships in which communities participated in collaborative curation with large museums. Discusses some of the controversial ethical and ownership issues that are related to mounting an exhibit, and to decolonizing museum practice.
In Education, vol. 24, no. 2, Autumn, 2018, pp. 3-23
Description
Study works from a position of trauma informed education principles to engage 16 Indigenous students, 10 instructors, and 9 administrators in semi-structured interviews; findings explore the participants’ perceptions of the relationship between Intergenerational Trauma (IGT) and educational experience. Considers potential strategies for improving outcomes by addressing the resulting issues of IGT.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 256-265
Description
Uses two vignettes reflecting Maori students composite experiences where perceived or actual power imbalances took place. Includes nine strategies to use when supervising Indigenous students researching Indigenous peoples.
Speaker discusses her curatorial practices with special reference to developing the exhibition Through Their Eyes: Paintings from the Santa Fe Indian School.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Description
Report draws on the findings of 28 knowledge synthesis reports, and insights from exchanges between researchers and leaders from Indigenous communities and the public, private and non-profit sectors. Results are listed under six themes: Indigenous research; arts, language and culture; teaching and learning; community and social well-being; economic self-determination and business; self-governance, Indigenous law and resource rights.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 33, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 38-69
Description
Article puts forward the Transformational Indigenous Praxis Model (TIPM) as a support to teachers and other educators in decolonizing and indigenizing their practices; author provides a step-by-step framework which challenges Eurocentric knowledge bases and current Western educational models.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. 2, 2009, pp. 3-23, 116
Description
Looks at a community participation model of research and teaching which draws on the strengths of Indigenous and Western knowledges in efforts to revitalize language and restore relationships with each other and with the land.
Can an Ecohealth Research Approach Contribute to the Resolution of Dog-Related Issues in Kuujjuaq?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audrey Simon
Johanne Saint-Charles
Francis Lévesque
André Ravel
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 307-325
Description
Authors of this study examine the tensions, concerns, and cultural factors around dog management in a community in Nunavik, Quebec; following this community assessment they work to articulate an EcoHealth approach to this issue that will engage the myriad of factors surround the controversy.
Text in French.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. [20]-36
Description
Author reflects on the role of non-Indigenous peoples in decolonizing research methods and cultural participation using the core themes of identity and belonging, accountability and consent, and responsibility and appropriation.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 276-293
Description
Discusses “shame” in different contexts and explores the experience of shame for individuals and groups. Describes how shame was used as a tool of colonization in Indian Residential Schools and how it might be a transformative influence in the process of reconciliation following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 10-17
Description
Discussion of how narratives of frontline child protection social workers with Cree First Nation worldviews and Western perspectives can be used to help improve child welfare services.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Discusses experience of researchers that apply community based research practices (CBPR) with First Nations people in a Canadian community.
Scoping review investigated academic, government and community knowledge about the role of institutional Research Ethics Boards in advising researchers working with Indigenous individuals and communities.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-based HIV/AIDS Research , vol. 8, Winter, 2017, pp. 44-59
Description
Details the methods used by project's research team for engaging communities and individuals affected by Hepatitis C in the development of leadership and health management strategies.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 2018, p. Article 3
Description
Using talking circles, study explored the experiences of people living in a highly-researched inner-city neighbourhood of the Downtown Eastside. Participants expressed distrust towards researchers, noted a lack of transparency in research and believed that research holds little benefit for their community. Authors advocate for increased support for Indigenous-led approaches which stress community concerns and meaningful community engagement.
Opinion piece in which the author discusses their concerns about “Welcome to Country Speeches” or “Land Acknowledgements.” Offers suggestions as to how the recently adopted practice of acknowledging Indigenous peoples and their territories can be approached as an exchange and an opportunity to educate event attendees.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 85-92
Description
Compares the educational levels, labour levels, and the income and housing quality and quantity levels in Métis communities to other aboriginal communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 85.
PLoS One, vol. 13, no. 5, May 24, 2018, p. article e0196090
Description
Search of PubMed, CAB Direct and Web of Science for peer-reviewed articles published between 2000 and 2015 produced 201 results which were then analyzed in terms of community-engagement, whether results were utilized by Indigenous communities, governments, or organizations, and whether the study results were accessible (open-access).
Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics, vol. 6, no. 3, Fall, 2009
Description
Looks at the longstanding over-representation of First Nations children in care, and discusses a new social work theory rooted in First Nations ontology.
Humanities Research , vol. 15, no. 2, Compelling Cultures: Representing Cultural Diversity and Cohesion in Multicultural Australia, 2009, pp. 133-151
Description
Discusses problematic methodological approaches to Aboriginal art that have become a standard for use by historians and anthropologists and suggests how to write about art in the future.