Bringing Ethics Review Home to Cowichan: Indigenizing Ethics Review in British Columbia, Canada
Cowichan Tribes’ territory, located in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, is experiencing an alarmingly high rate of preterm births compared to the national average of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. In response, and in partnership with the First Nations Health Authorit...
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ftunitorontoojs:oai:jps.library.utoronto.ca:article/33099 2023-05-15T16:15:45+02:00 Bringing Ethics Review Home to Cowichan: Indigenizing Ethics Review in British Columbia, Canada Cowichan Tribes 2021-01-11 application/pdf https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/33099 https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v16i2.33099 eng eng Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/33099/27358 https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/33099 doi:10.32799/ijih.v16i2.33099 Copyright (c) 2021 David McAtackney, Caitlin Hickman, Julie Kostyk, Joban Dhanoa, Barbara Webster, Jennifer Murray, Derek Thompson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND International Journal of Indigenous Health; Vol 16 No 2 (2021): Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge 2291-9376 2291-9368 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftunitorontoojs https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v16i2.33099 2021-03-01T10:03:53Z Cowichan Tribes’ territory, located in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, is experiencing an alarmingly high rate of preterm births compared to the national average of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. In response, and in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), Cowichan Tribes is in the first year of a 3-year study to investigate causes. Cowichan Tribes’ Elders and community members are guiding the study to ensure it follows Cowichan Tribes’ research processes and to support self- determination in research. Furthermore, as a way to enhance reconciliation, Elders and community members guided an on-site ethics review on Cowichan Tribes territory. This article outlines the collaborative, in-person research ethics review process that Cowichan Tribes, Island Health, and FNHA completed on August 21, 2019. The purpose of this article is to provide suggestions other First Nations could use when conducting a research ethics review, and to explain how this process aligns with the principles of ownership, control, access, and possession (OCAP®), the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and above all, the Cowichan snuw’uy’ulh (teachings from Elders). Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto: Journal Publishing Services Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) International Journal of Indigenous Health 16 2 |
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Cowichan Tribes’ territory, located in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, is experiencing an alarmingly high rate of preterm births compared to the national average of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. In response, and in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), Cowichan Tribes is in the first year of a 3-year study to investigate causes. Cowichan Tribes’ Elders and community members are guiding the study to ensure it follows Cowichan Tribes’ research processes and to support self- determination in research. Furthermore, as a way to enhance reconciliation, Elders and community members guided an on-site ethics review on Cowichan Tribes territory. This article outlines the collaborative, in-person research ethics review process that Cowichan Tribes, Island Health, and FNHA completed on August 21, 2019. The purpose of this article is to provide suggestions other First Nations could use when conducting a research ethics review, and to explain how this process aligns with the principles of ownership, control, access, and possession (OCAP®), the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and above all, the Cowichan snuw’uy’ulh (teachings from Elders). |
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