Conducting research with Indigenous Peoples in Canada: ethical and policy considerations.

ABSTRACT: The international context of Indigenous mental health and wellbeing has been shaped by a number of key works recognizing Indigenous rights. Despite international recognitions, the mental health and wellness of Indigenous Peoples continues to be negatively affected by policies that ignore Indigenous rights, that frame colonization as historical rather than ongoing, or that minimize the impact of assimilation. Research institutions have a responsibility to conduct ethical research; yet institutional guidelines, principles, and policies often serve Indigenous Peoples poorly by enveloping them into Western knowledge production. To counter epistemological domination, Indigenous Peoples assert their research sovereignty, which for the purposes of this paper we define as autonomous control over r

SUBMITTER: Morisano D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10866143 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature