R4R@Q - Indigenous Research, Data Sovereignty and Research Data Management
Date
Friday September 20, 202412:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location
Online on TeamsSound research data management (RDM) practices are required by funding agencies worldwide. In Canada, following the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy launch in 2021, researchers are increasingly being asked to develop data management plans as part of grant applications and to deposit data that directly supports research conclusions into a repository.
However, the Tri-Agency policy acknowledges that research with and by Indigenous communities must be “managed in accordance with data management principles developed and approved by these communities”, which could result in exceptions to these requirements. These principles are similarly asserted in Extending the Rafters , the final report of the Queen’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Task Force (2016). To reduce harm in this research context and ensure culturally appropriate and mutually beneficial research, researchers and research staff need to understand the use of wise RDM practices, in concept and implementation.
Presented by R4R@Q in partnership with First Nations Information Governance Centre, this panel session will explore key RDM considerations for research by and with Indigenous communities.
* This is a virtual session via Microsoft Teams.
Presenters:
- Sadia Khan, First Nations Information Governance Centre
- Lindsay Morcom, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Canada Research Chair in Language Revitalization and Decolonizing Education, Queen’s University
- Brittany McBeath, PhD Candidate, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University
Learn more about our presenters:
Sadia Khan is the Qualitative Research Officer at the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC). As part of her work in the Data Sovereignty Research Collaborative (DSRC), she works with First Nations, Indigenous partners and allies to unpack the ethical, epistemological and methodological implications of Indigenous data relations. Sadia’s background is in critical political economy and advocacy-based community research. She currently lives and works on unceded Anishnabee territory in Ottawa.
Lindsay Morcom (Ardoch Algonquin First Nation) is a Professor in the Faculty of Education. She earned her Master’s degree in Linguistics at First Nations University through the University of Regina in 2006. She then completed her doctorate in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in 2010. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with experience in education, Aboriginal languages, language revitalization, linguistics, and reconciliation. She is of Anishinaabe, Black Sea German, and French heritage and embraces the distinct responsibility this ancestry brings to her research. She is an active member of the Kingston urban Indigenous community and works collaboratively with the Kingston Native Centre and Languages Nest to foster urban Indigenous language revitalization.
Brittany McBeath is Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) with ancestral roots in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and is a registered band member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. She is a 5th year PhD candidate studying under the supervision of Dr. Lucie Lévesque within the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University. Brittany’s research and training has primarily been done in partnership with the Kahnawà:ke Schools Diabetes Prevention Project over the past eight years. She is well versed in the principles of community-engaged research and use of participatory methods which prioritizes the highest standard of research ethics for facilitating Indigenous community-led research partnerships. Brittany has extensive experience living and working within the context of First Nations and Urban Indigenous communities pursuing work related to health promotion, type 2 diabetes prevention, cultural safety and the revitalization of Indigenous language and culture.
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Questions?
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