A review of collaborative research practices with Indigenous Peoples in engineering, energy, and infrastructure development in Canada

Table 3 Assessment of collaborative research in housing

		Indigenous Collaboration Technical Research Project Name
		Sekuwe: My House [59]	Ecotrust Canada [60,61,62]	CMHC: A Sustainable Northern House [63,64,65]
Topic		Housing	Housing	Housing
Type of research		Project	Project	Multiple projects
Researcher cultural competency and awareness of historical context	Historical context presented	✓	✓
	Demonstration of cultural competency	✓	✓
	Inclusion of researchers' learning experiences
Researcher critical self-reflexivity	Acknowledgement of researchers' backgrounds and motivations		✓
Researcher critical self-reflexivity	Acknowledgement of broader power systems
Community involvement	Use of an MOU or research agreement
	Participatory Action Research	✓
	OCAP Principles
	Community advisory group
	Community input on research questions or activities	✓	✓	✓
	Partner with local Indigenous organizations
	Inclusion of community widely (e.g., youth, elders, women)	✓	✓	✓
Community benefits	Community perceptions of local benefits	✓
	Research addressed local need	✓	✓	✓
	Community members hired and trained to support research efforts	✓
	Evidence of long-term relationships being formed
Two-Eyed Seeing	Inclusion of Indigenous scholars or leaders at a decision-making level	✓
Two-Eyed Seeing	Both Indigenous and Western empirical worldviews are acknowledged	✓

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