Grant: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: HRIAP

This funding will support a series of meetings between academic researchers and the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve (WUIR) to develop a collaborative participatory research framework concerning the impact of the Indian Residential School Policy on the nutrition of contemporary First Nations in WUIR. The meetings between the researchers and local community groups will help in the development a research relationship between the academic researchers and WUIR. The community supports the project in principal so the next steps involve the careful construction of a research process that (a) adheres to the CIHR Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal People, the Tri-Council Statement on Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, and local ethical protocols; (b) is respectful of the community and individuals who have been affected by the residential school system; and (c) that incorporates and consolidates Indigenous and Western knowledge. The anticipated outcomes are: (1) development of a research relationship between WUIR, Galloway and Jacklin; (2) formation of a community research advisory group; (3) development of a partnership agreement between WUIR and the researchers; (4) the development of a CIHR Operating Grant proposal based on the consultation process; (5) ethics approval from the Manitoulin Aboriginal Research Ethics Committee. Proposed meetings: 1. Presentation of Consultation Proposal to Chief and Council (January 2010, WUIR); 2. Workshop to develop a Framework for Research on the Influence of Residential Schools on Aboriginal Nutrition (January 2010, WUIR); 3. Dissemination of Framework to Community (February 2010, WUIR); 4. Presentation of Framework (March 2010, WUIR); 5. Meeting to Amend the Framework and Develop a Research Partnership Agreement (May 2010, WUIR); 6. Official Signing of the Research Partnership Agreement and Reception (June 2010, WUIR); 7. Presentation to Aboriginal Health Research Review Committee (June 2010, WUIR).