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2020-11-10

Parlee, Brenda

NFRF-T LOI awarded in 2020: The scope of the project is novel in its combined concern with the well-being of Indigenous Peoples and the conservation of biodiversity; it is also unique in its intention to build capacity within Indigenous communities to document and mobilize knowledge about

biodiversity-well-being in ways that are recognized by regional-national-global institutions of biodiversity conservation. The research project was defined in collaboration with Indigenous organizations and partners in Canada and globally. We propose a place-based participatory approach that allows for

capacity-building, evidence-based research, knowledge mobilization and action in key regions globally. Led by Indigenous scholars and an Indigenous Advisory Council, the research team will engage in collaborative community-based research within Canada and five other global hubs. Building from the successes

2018-10-29

Arppe, Antti

SSHRC PG awarded 2019: In response to the well-documented threats to Indigenous cultures and languages, this Partnership project will support the revitalization and sustained daily use of multiple Indigenous languages by developing modern technological tools and resources for these languages in

collaboration with their respective communities; namely, Plains Cree and Tsuut'ina. Partnerships are with the Maskwacîs Education and Schools Commission (MESC) and the Tsuut'ina Office of the Language Commissioner (TOLC). Our team of documentary and computational linguists, as well as Indigenous communities

2022-10-27

Donald, Dwayne

SSHRC IG awarded 2023: Canadians have recently been engaged in an intensified confrontation with colonial history and the systemic oppression of Indigenous peoples. Growing awareness of this troubling history has resulted in the creation of required Indigenous content courses in teacher education

programs across the country. These courses usually conform to conventional understandings of teaching and learning that share information 'about' Indigenous peoples, but often fail to provide meaningful and transformational contributions to teacher education programs. The fundamental problem is that

educational practices continue to be dominated by colonial worldview that blocks opportunities to learn 'from' Indigenous peoples. Colonial worldview is founded on relationship denial and proclaims Euroheritage knowledge insights to be of most worth. In light of this persistent and ongoing problem, the

2017-10-13

McHugh, Tara-Leigh

SSHRC Awarded IG 2018: This Aboriginal and community-based, participatory research project aims to co-create knowledge about the holistic (emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual) benefits to Indigenous youth of participating in northern games, and to identify factors that might be modified to

maximize positive holistic outcomes for Indigenous youth. We will recruit a purposeful and convenient sample (as described by Patton, 2002) of 50 participants: 30 Indigenous youth between the ages of 15 and 24 years (consistent with Statistics Canada’s definition of youth), 10 parents/guardians, 5 coaches

, and 5 Elders living in Inuvik, NT with experience of northern games. The perspectives of Indigenous peoples are underrepresented in the sport research literature, and it is critical to ensure that sport research more readily acknowledges the encompassing view of sport held by many Indigenous peoples

2023-04-25

Piper, Elizabeth F.L.

SSHRC CG awarded 2023: Mine legacies are scattered across Canadian and Australian landscapes in the form of million-to-billion dollar public liabilities, land contamination and degradation, social disruption, and alienation of Indigenous people from their traditional lands. In the northern

as a technical, scientific practice and marginalizes the social and political dimensions. Our team will assert how restoration is inextricably intertwined with issues of social and environmental justice through a two-hour symposium consisting of six presentations from representatives of Indigenous

Nations, restoration practitioners and graduate students on Indigenous-led, anti-colonial mine reclamation. The symposium will showcase various strategies that northern Canadian and Australian Indigenous Nations are using to confront the colonial structures of mineral development and create opportunities

2024-05-14

Gillies, Christina

SSHRC PEG awarded 2024: This project supports research by, with, and for Cree First Nations people and prioritizes Indigenous guidance, leadership, and participation during every step of the research process. AFNE partners were involved in the decision to apply for this SSHRC PEG and contributed to

and approved the final application. The goal, objectives, and methods -- including hiring an Indigenous research assistant -- have all been determined through mutual agreement with partners. AFNE will inform and participate in data collection, analysis, and interpretation to ensure that activities are

grounded in and reinforce community knowledge. Partners will also take part in knowledge mobilization activities, including co-writing a publication and co-presenting at a conference, to build upon and strengthen capacity. In addition to meeting the immediate needs of AFNE, this project supports Indigenous

2022-01-02

Lugosi-Schimpf, Nicole Vanessa Theresa

SSHRC IDG awarded 2022: This research responds directly to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action #93, which recognizes that racism between Indigenous and immigrant communities is a problem in Canada and needs to be addressed (2015a, 2015b). The goal of our research is to build

new and rich knowledge about what newcomers think about Indigenous Peoples and issues through a systematic, comparative case study in Edmonton and Montréal. We will conduct focus groups and interviews as a novel and practical way to study how settler colonialism as an ideological project might

reproduce itself with newcomers, who arrive looking for signals on to how to “be Canadian,” not just for citizenship purposes, but to get along in a new society. Specifically, we want to create a safe space for dialogue to ask: (1) What do first and second-generation immigrants think about Indigenous Canada

2021-02-01

Supernant, Kisha

SSHRC IDG awarded 2021: Our proposed project, therefore, uses community-driven archaeological remote sensing to address important community needs, while exploring the research implications of relocating graves in historic cemeteries by combining archaeology, remote sensing, historical research,...

2023-10-02

Baccarini Macias Gimenez, Rebeca

SSHRC IG awarded 2024:The current Alberta framework for considering industrial cumulative adverse effects on treaty territories has not been able to account for Indigenous ways of life, perspectives, and law. Cumulative impacts of developments such as oil and gas, hydropower dams, and tracking are

a clear result of the provincial Crown's piecemeal and unilateral approval of projects as the proxy for environmental decision-making. A legal and policy framework that allows for collaborative governance with First Nations taking a regional and strategic view of Indigenous territories is necessary

. The overarching goal of the project Realizing Indigenous jurisdiction for environmental decision-making in historic treaty lands is to develop knowledge that supports the reform of Alberta's laws and policies to address the issue of cumulative impacts of development on Indigenous peoples' treaty

2020-01-02

Mukherjee, Ayantika