Researching Ourselves to Life
Improving Canadian Institutes of Health Research funding for Indigenous health researchers
The underrepresentation of Indigenous researchers in academia resulting from centuries of colonial policy carries serious consequences. Continuing with business as usual in research funding is not an option if research funding agencies are committed to addressing racism.
This research study provides insights from which to navigate a route to more equitable outcomes for Indigenous health and Indigenous researchers. Indigenous academics and researchers make important, though often unrecognized, contributions to their communities and the academy.
On the one hand, Indigenous health researchers are calling for a massive overhaul of the system of research funding and on the other hand, they are seeking amicable conditions for "researching ourselves to life."
"It breaks my heart that we have to continuously prove to CIHR that we have valid ways of knowing."
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