Research summary
Over the past 40 years, Indigenous communities have pursued educational reform to support their governance purposes. As Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Governance in Education, Dr. Amy Parent is working toward the rematriation of Indigenous self-determination in governance and education pathways in research. This process makes use of ongoing action and strategic localized visions to integrate the linguistic, economic, political, health, cultural and land-based needs of Indigenous Nations and communities with stakeholders in multiple locations and contexts.
Using a culturally responsive process with Indigenous rightsholders across what is now called British Columbia, Parent and her research team are establishing a provincial institute to support Indigenous control of Indigenous research. They plan to create an international symposium to examine the transsystemic and matriarchal aspects of Indigenous self-determination. They are also creating Indigenous storywork media and developing an Indigenous research framework and strategic plan to help establish the Institute.