Indigenous Community-Based Research in Academia
Indigenous Community-Based Research in Academia
Tuesday, 8 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: SJES029 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC03 Community Research (host committee) RC05 Racism, Nationalism, Indigeneity and Ethnicity
Language: English
Through Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization (EDID), Canadian universities attempt to prioritize Indigenous scholars and knowledge systems through calls of reconciliation aimed at supporting Indigenous Community-Based Knowledge. However, key problems tied to incommensurability and mistranslation through colonial languages limit the integration of Indigenous methodologies and research practices within universities. By acknowledging Indigenous ways of knowing, teachings, and philosophies we can support anti-colonial educational process rooted in ceremony and community that are foundational to Indigenous pedagogies and worldviews. This regular session prioritizes Indigenous Nation-specific approaches for cross-cultural knowledge sharing to the broader public to dismantle mechanisms of superiority and dominance while allowing Indigenous ways of learning to inform. Therefore, highlighting relationships with other world beings, connection to land and place, and uplifting worldviews that have been overlooked as not “scholarly enough.” This session will share the breadth of Indigenous knowledge through Indigenous communities in Canada, specifically the Nehiyawak (Four-Spirit) by defining accountability, authenticity, intentionality, relationality, and reciprocity to better understand the impact that Indigenous Community-Based Research should have in Academia.
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