Indigenous students’ Involvement in a photovoice study: Opportunities for mentorship ...

• Main Authors: Jeffs, Cheryl, Beatty, Susan, Hayden, K. Alix
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning 2021
• Subjects: poster presentation; First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/39218; https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/113892

The University library’s commitment to providing informal learning spaces for all students lead the researchers to consider Indigenous students’ perspectives (Boys, 2014). Essential to the inquiry was our responsibility to ensure cultural reciprocity to learn from one another (First Nations Centre, 2007; MacDonald, 2018). Inviting indigenous students as co-researchers in a photovoice study provided the opportunity for mentorship. The Indigenous students, with little or no research experience, were recruited as both participants and collaborators. Designed to document how they learn in informal library spaces, the students “…become researchers in their own right” (Julien, Given & Opryshko, 2013, p. 259). To guide their development as researchers, the research team, including an Indigenous support worker and research assistant, designed a series of workshops to orient the students to the photovoice methodology. We provided formal and informal mentorship to the Indigenous students/co-researchers. To ...