The Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library and the Department of Community Health Sciences are pleased to announce two events on Métis health research on Friday January 28, 2011 at the Bannatyne Campus. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The first event is a hands-on computer workshop in the NJM Library to learn
how to search the Métis Centre
Literature & Statistics Databases (National Aboriginal Health
Organization). Please see the attached poster for more information.
To register, send an email to Janice Linton, Aboriginal Health Librarian: janice_linton@umanitoba.ca.
The
second event is a presentation by Devin Dietrich, Research Officer, Métis Centre
(NAHO), The Need for Métis Research: Métis Specific Research
Principles.
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: Dr. Betty Havens Seminar Room, R060, Medical Rehabilitation Building, 771 McDermot Avenue.
Abstract:
Métis research is
under-represented in academia. One of the barriers to new Métis research is that
key assumptions in funder-sponsored Aboriginal-specific ethical guidelines such
as those put out by the Tri-Council Agency in their policy statement (TCPS) and
the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s (CIHR) guidelines for doing
research in Aboriginal communities are not appropriate assumptions for doing
research with Métis communities. Current definitions of community do not reflect
Métis realities or research capacities and put unrealistic expectations on
researchers and Métis communities that may want to engage in a research
relationship. With this in mind, the Métis Centre of the National Aboriginal
Health organization (NAHO), with the help of Métis researchers, students,
community members, and research ethics organizations, collaborated to draft a
set of guiding principles for undertaking ethical research in Métis communities
from a Métis perspective. A detailed explanation of the Principles of Ethical
Métis Research will be the main purpose of this
presentation.