Research
Implementing a Youth-Elder Mentorship Model
Funded by Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
Incorporating the five guiding Anishinaabe frameworks: (1) Teachings and language / Anishinaabe worldview framework; (2) Respect and caring / a gender-based approach; (3) mino-ayawin (being healthy) / the social determinants of Aboriginal peoples’ health being healthy, (4) Land-based healing / ecohealth approach; and (5) Being self-sufficient (piimatiiziwiin) / sustainable livelihoods framework;
Using Anishinaabe Mowin for Aquatics Management: 3-voices and Three-Eyed Seeing
Funded by National Science Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
The goal of this innovative research is to incorporate "Three-Eyed Seeing" and documenting what “Our-Relations” are saying. The innovation of this approach lies in the third eye: Our-Relations, in addition to the two-eyed seeing perspective of the Knowledge Holders, through Indigenous language. The Indigenous Science is embedded in the Anishinaabe mowin (Indigenous) language which identifies the water and soil systems in their natural state (their original role in the ecosystem), comparing them to the present state. This is complemented by Western Science methodologies to measure current water and soil conditions quantitatively.
Community-Informed Approaches to Environmental Monitoring
Funded by Braiding Knowledges Canada (BKC)
Engaging with communities in the braiding of Indigenous Science and Western Science approaches to i) understand places and spaces; and ii) monitor environmental and ecological changes on seasonal to century timescales.
Indigenous Science Research and Training of Scholars
Funded by Braiding Knowledges Canada (BKC)
Enabling Early Career Researcher (ECR) Indigenous Science research and practicums that will provide prototypes for the type of hands-on, experiential learning that integrates Indigenous Science, Western Science and Three-Eyed Seeing.