Highlighting the potential of peer-led workshops in training early-career researchers for conducting research with Indigenous communities
| Autor: | Allyson K. Menzies, Gwyneth A. MacMillan, Sophie Dufour-Beauséjour, Dominique A. Henri, Catherine Girard, Marianne Falardeau, Justine Lacombe-Bergeron |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
early-career researchers Medical education Multidisciplinary workshop evaluation 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Training (civil) Indigenous cultural awareness Indigenous communities 010601 ecology peer-led training collaborative research lcsh:Q Early career Sociology lcsh:L lcsh:Science Cultural competence 0105 earth and related environmental sciences lcsh:Education |
| Zdroj: | FACETS, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 275-292 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2371-1671 |
| DOI: | 10.1139/facets-2018-0046 |
| Popis: | For decades, Indigenous voices have called for more collaborative and inclusive research practices. Interest in community-collaborative research is consequently growing among university-based researchers in Canada. However, many researchers receive little formal training on how to collaboratively conduct research with Indigenous communities. This is particularly problematic for early-career researchers (ECRs) whose fieldwork often involves interacting with communities. To address this lack of training, two peer-led workshops for Canadian ECRs were organized in 2016 and 2017 with the following objectives: ( i) to cultivate awareness about Indigenous cultures, histories, and languages; ( ii) to promote sharing of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of knowing; and ( iii) to foster approaches and explore tools for conducting community-collaborative research. Here we present these peer-led Intercultural Indigenous Workshops and discuss workshop outcomes according to five themes: scope and interdisciplinarity, Indigenous representation, workshop environment, skillful moderation, and workshop outcomes. Although workshops cannot replace the invaluable experience gained through working directly with Indigenous communities, we show that peer-led workshops can be an effective way for ECRs to develop key skills for conducting meaningful collaborative research. Peer-led workshops are therefore an important but insufficient step toward more inclusive research paradigms in Canada. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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