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Collecting, Analyzing and Sharing Research Results

Find resources to ensure that data collection and analysis, as well as management and sharing, are aligned with the goals of ongoing community engagement, accountability, and collaboration.

The values of "Indigenous data sovereignty" are commonly cited in research papers and other sources, but the methods by which data sovereignty can be ensured are rarely articulated. As new resources are found, we will add them here.

  The BREB application will ask you to articulate how the research will uphold the principles of data sovereignty (what steps are the researchers taking to ensure the collection, analysis and sharing of research results will uphold the principles). Your methods will need to vary depending on the research context, discipline and communities with whom research takes place. 

When it comes time to close your ethics application, you will also be asked to confirm how knowledge sharing, etc. has been or will be implemented. See the study closure coversheet for details. 

Please use the feedback form to get in touch or to recommend additional resources. Please contact the owners of content linked from this site to request their permission to publish or repurpose their materials. For UBC-BREB created materials, please contact us here.

Resource Description Resource Owner
Say it with Respect: A Journalists’ Guide to Reporting on Indigenous & Minoritized Languages, Language Endangerment, and Language Revitalization

Originally written as a resource for journalists, this guide looks at how to write on the topics of Indigenous and minoritized languages, language endangerment, and language revitalization. Guidance is in three main sections: red flags (disrespectful language and framings), yellow flags (language and framings to use with caution and care), and green flags (respectful language and framings). 

Anna Belew and Amanda Holmes
AI Got No Dreaming: Defending Indigenous Rights in the Digital Age

Blog post highlighting the unique harms of artificial intelligence for Indigenous knowledges and culture, and strategies for defending Indigenous data sovereignty. Includes a short audio interview with the author.  

Terri Janke
CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance

CARE principles guide data actors to include Indigenous Peoples in data governance to increase their access to, use of and benefit from data.

Global Indigenous Data Alliance
Data Governance and Management Toolkit for Self-Governing Indigenous Governments Webinars

Webinar provides practical knowledge about data governance and management to support Self-Governing Indigenous Governments in their responsibilities.  

Data Governance and Management Toolkit
Data Collection and Analysis Tool Self-Governing Indigenous Governments’ Community Well-Being Tools Project

Resource outlines options and recommendations for data collection and for creating and reporting statistics on community well-being. Resource designed for Self-Governing Indigenous Governments but may be more widely applicable.

Data Governance and Management Toolkit

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