Event discussing ethics of research with First Nation, Metis and Inuit Peoples

Nipissing University is pleased to host a special event, titled Ethics of Research Involving First Nation, Metis and Inuit Peoples, today, Wednesday, April 16, from 2:30 – 4 p.m. in the Robert J. Surtees Student Athletics Centre, room RSAC 2013.
The event features a lecture by Dr.MarleneBrant-Castellano, who will speak aboutrecentprogressinbringingtogetherIndigenousknowledgeandacademicresearchtoenrichoursharedfutureonthisland.

Brant-CastellanoisaMohawkoftheBayofQuinteBandandProfessorEmeritusof TrentUniversity wheresheprovidedleadershipinthedevelopmentoftheDepartmentandthe emerging disciplineofNativeStudies(1973-96).Sheservedas Co-DirectorofResearchwiththeRoyalCommissiononAboriginalPeoples(RCAP)whereshefacilitatedtheworkoftheAboriginalsubcommittee,whichdraftedRCAP'sEthicalGuidelinesforResearch. ShealsoservedasamemberoftheInteragencyAdvisoryPanelonResearchEthics(PRE).Brant-CastellanoledthePREworkinggroupsdevelopingChapter9oftheTri-CouncilPolicyStatement:EthicalConduct forResearchInvolvingHumans(TCPS2)onethicsofresearchinvolvingFirstNations,InuitandMetispeoples.

The event also features a presentation by Dr. Katrina Srigley and Glenna Beaucage,abouttheirworktogetheronaSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council-fundedpartnership,titledNbisiingAnishinabekBiimaadiziwin:tounderstandthepastandshapethefuture.

SrigleyisWabskeyekwefromtheTorontoarea and anAssociateProfessorofHistoryatNipissingUniversity. BeaucageisAnishinaabekwefromNipissingFirstNation whoworksasCulturalPlanningManagerinhercommunity.