Research With Indigenous Communities

3 credits

This course focuses on community-based health research methods involving Indigenous populations in Canada, examining the dynamics of conducting applied health research in culturally safe ways with attention to ethics, sensitivity and protocols while allowing for exploration of overall applicable health research methodologies and methods for individual project planning. This course focuses on Indigenous health including systemic issues such as bias, positionality, racism, and privilege, particulalry as they relate to health. There is also a heavy emphasis on Indigenous ethical protocls and engagement.