University ethics boards are not ready for Indigenous scholars, says researcher Jennifer Grenz
), their processes and assessment criteria are still created mainly for non-Indigenous researchers. They don’t account for our years of developing trust and nurturing relationships in ways that go well beyond ordinary research partnerships; nor do they respect the extensive knowledge and cultural awareness we bring to our work with Indigenous Peoples. When we enter the campus, we carry with us our communities and established relationships of kinship, friendship and service.
During my PhD, I interviewed an Elder for a research project with a non-Indigenous graduate student. As our knowledge-sharing session began, the student pulled out a research release and participation form mandated by her ethics committee, explained what it was and asked the Elder to sign it. He immediately complied. But when I pulled mine out, he physically flinched and shook his head, “No. We don’t do this.”He was right. We don’t do that.
Reaching out to other Indigenous colleagues, I realized that I was not alone. Some described giving up on research projects entirely after ethics boards required culturally inappropriate revisions to their applications. Others suggested ways to get around the review process. If research-ethics processes are not about legal protection for the institution, as the staff at my university say, the word of the communities should be sufficient.
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