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HARVESTING EFFECTIVE AND MEANINGFUL COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN FNMI COMMUNITIES AND RESEARCH: A LEARNING JOURNEY

ABAWASHDED, TANSI, OKI, TA-WOW, ANIIN, KWEY, BOOZHOO, WELCOME. BIENVENUE, PIIJACIG, NI’MOLTESS. HARVESTING EFFECTIVE AND MEANINGFUL COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN FNMI COMMUNITIES AND RESEARCH: A LEARNING JOURNEY. Dr. P. Veugelers – Director .

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HARVESTING EFFECTIVE AND MEANINGFUL COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN FNMI COMMUNITIES AND RESEARCH: A LEARNING JOURNEY

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  1. ABAWASHDED, TANSI, OKI, TA-WOW, ANIIN, KWEY, BOOZHOO, WELCOME BIENVENUE, PIIJACIG, NI’MOLTESS HARVESTING EFFECTIVE AND MEANINGFUL COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN FNMI COMMUNITIES AND RESEARCH: A LEARNING JOURNEY

  2. Dr. P. Veugelers – Director

  3. “…have the courage to be sincere, open and honest. This opens the door to deeper communication all around…” – Sara Paddison, The Hidden Power of the Heart

  4. Objectives • Share lessons learned from harvesting effective collaborations • Discuss gifts of wisdom gained through working with FNMI schools

  5. Challenging Conversations?

  6. “We have been studied to death, now it’s time we study ourselves back to life” – FNMI Elders

  7. What is an FNMI APPLE School? • School Health Facilitators are staffed in 6 FNMI (3 FNMI + 3 all nation schools) • Follow the Ever Active School Comprehensive School Health model • Research guided action plans • Advisory committees • Annual research (REAL Kids Alberta)

  8. REAL Kids Alberta • Raising healthy Eating and Active Living Kids in Alberta • Evaluation of Alberta Health and Wellness Healthy Weights Initiatives • Evaluation of APPLE Schools • Demonstrated that APPLE Schools has improved nutrition, physical activity, and obesity levels.

  9. FNMI APPLE Schools • Holistic • New pathways • FNMI Advisory Committee • FNMI Research Working Group • FNMI Cultural Working Group

  10. FNMI Advisory Committee • FNMI Leaders in Health & Education from Treaties 6, 7 and 8 • FNMI Academic Scholars and Researchers • Government • Researchers • Community partner representatives

  11. FNMI Working Groups • FNMI Research Working Group • Protocols & Research Methods • Ethics • Tools • FNMI Cultural Working Group • Cultural safety & relevance • FNMI language, games & nutrition resources • Elders & protocols • Literature & research

  12. Evaluating FNMI APPLE Schools • Research Consultation • REAL Kids Alberta survey not the best method in FNMI APPLE Schools • Alternative: indigenous methodologies, community based • FNMI Research Working Group developing alternative methods and tools

  13. What is a “Worldview”?

  14. Definitions of Worldview • Euro-centric definition: “A comprehensive philosophy or conception of the world and of human life.” – from Webster’s New World Dictionary • FNMI perspective: “Place links present with past and our personal self with kinship groups. What we know flows through us from the ‘echo’ of generations. And our knowledges cannot be universalized because they arise from our experience.” – by Margaret Kovach

  15. Parable – A Teaching Story

  16. Some Lessons Learned • FNMI check list for cultural safety (food, Elder, gifting, honoraria, tobacco) • FNMI Representation and Voice • Power of the Moccasin Telegraph • Interpretations of Language • Time • Consent and Conversations with Community

  17. Some Lessons Learned • Humour • Listening from the heart • Commitment and follow through • Meaning of accountability

  18. Difficult Conversations

  19. Question and Answer

  20. “No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.” - Gandhi

  21. Contact Information For more information see: www.appleschools.ca Miigwetch! Ki-nanaskomitin!!

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