Table 4 Assessment of collaborative research in food, housing, energy and telecommunications
Indigenous Collaboration Technical Research Project Name | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lamalice et al. [66] | Das [67] | FEHNCY [68] | Mino Bimaadiziwin Partnership [69] | A SHARED Future [55] | |||
Topic | Food systems | Food systems | Housing and food systems | Housing and food systems | Energy and food systems | Telecoms | |
Type of research | Project | Project | Project | Program | Program | Program | |
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 | ✓ | |||||
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Both Indigenous and Western empirical worldviews are acknowledged | ✓ | ||||||