Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2025
Indigenous Research Collaboration Day is an annual event organized by the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and the School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (SGSPA). This event highlights research conducted by Indigenous Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows and research collaboration with Indigenous communities.
More information on IRCD 2025 will be coming soon.
1pm - Welcome and Land Acknowledgement/Welcome to Territory
Presentations
1:15pm - Candice Martin (Queen's School of Medicine) - Two-Eyed Seeing Approach to Medicine
1:30pm - Victoria Taylor (BSc in Health Studies) - Examining the Environmental Impact of Gatherings for the Health of the Seventh Generation
1:45pm - Cameron Hare (BSc student in Kinesiology & Health Studies) - Walking My Path: My journey as an Indigenous Trainee in Indigenous Health Promotion Research.
2:00pm - Dr Lucie Levesque (Kinesiology & Health Studies) - Walking Alongside: Wise practices for allies in Indigenous health promotion research.
2: 30pm - Break
2:45pm - Trinity Vey (School of Medicine, UofT) - Understanding the System of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Indigenous Communities of the James and Hudson Bay region of Northern Ontario: A Study of Leadership and Healthcare Provider Perspectives
3:00pm - Simran Brar (Msc student in Epidemiology) - Cultural Connectedness and Health-Related Quality of Life: Epidemiological Methods and Working with the Métis Nation of Alberta
3:15pm - Julia Moreau (PhD student in Psychology) - Indigenous Post-Secondary Transitions Project
3:30pm - Keynote - Dr Alex McComber, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University
Keynote Bio
Alex M. McComber is Bear Clan Kanien’keha:ka, a husband, father, and grandfather from Kahnawake Territory, Quebec. He is a community health activist, researcher and consultant; and also, an Asst. Prof. with the Dept. of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University with expertise from experience with cultural safety with Indigenous Peoples and communities in research and practice, Indigenous community-based participatory research, patient participation in research, ethics, health promotion and diabetes prevention, and community mobilization. He has collaboratively developed an Indigenous Program at the Dept. of Fam. Med. that focuses on Indigenous teachings and respectful knowledge exchange, cultural safety education in health research and care, Inuit health, patient participation in health research and other topics. Alex co-leads a SPOR patient partner project and has been a member of various community and national boards; and is an active co-investigator with several Indigenous health and mentorship network projects.
Alex has developed an delivers graduate level courses and lectures on Indigenous health research, Indigenous world view and culture, understanding colonial history and health impacts, and the evolution of control of Indigenous health He is involved with building a partnership between the Dept. with the Indigenous Health Centre of Tiohtia:ke’s urban Indigenous clinic. Alex is co-director of the Indigenous Expertise & Indigenous Patient Partner Circle, and a member of the McGill University Data Vaolorisaton Axis of the Quebec SPOR Support Unit/ Unité de Soutien SSA Quebec. He is a co-investigator with the Tahatikonhsontóntie’, the Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR); and formerly with the Teionkwaienawa:kon: the Quebec Indigenous Mentorship Network (QIMNP); and the Indigenous Youth Mentorship Project (IYMP).
Past Indigenous Research Collaboration Days
This Year's Theme: Indigenous Perspectives on Health
Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2024 took place on Friday, November 8, 2024 in Gordon Hall, Room 302. This event focused on Indigenous communities and their unique ways of resolving health outcomes.
The full schedule for Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2024 can be found here.
This year's theme: Indigenous Research and the Arts
Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2023 took place on October 26, 2023 at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre Atrium.
The full schedule for Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2023 can be found here (235 KB).
This year's theme: Creating a better tomorrow: Indigenous research perspectives that can inform the challenges we face today
Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2022 took place, on October 28th.
The full schedule for Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2022 can be found here (159 KB).
This year's theme: Reduced Inequality, Quality Education, and Good Health and Well-being
Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2021 took place virtually, and involved crossover between the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Indigenous Research. At their heart, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are a call to action to take care of each other, and of our environment. Queen’s University is deeply committed to thoughtful, intentional, and vigorous action toward these goals.
The full schedule and events for Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2021 can be found here (760 KB).
This year's theme: Exploring Indigenous Research Ethics
Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2020 took place virtually, and involved keynote speakers and presenters revolving around the theme of Indigenous Research Ethics. Indigenous researchers from various departments across Queen's presented their research in a variety of topics, including Indigenous ways of knowing and curation of Indigenous arts.
The full schedule for Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2020 can be found here (2200 KB).
This year's theme: Relationships Between Indigenous Communities and Land
Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2019 took place in the JDUC on Friday November 8th. The focus was on the context-specific and strong relationships between Indigenous Communities and land, and how those relationships provide meaningful engagement through research and community empowerment.
The full schedule for Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2019 can be found here (164 KB).
This year's theme: Negotiating Ownership and Control in Collaborative Research with Indigenous Communities
Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2018 took place in Robert Sutherland Hall on Friday November 9th. It featured a keynote address from Dr. Ovide Mercredi, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, as well as panel presentations from various Indigenous researchers at Queen's and across Canada.
The full schedule for Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2018 can be found here (309 KB).
This year's theme: Diversity among Indigenous peoples
Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2017 took place in Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202, on October 27th. This workshop introduced the ethical, philosophical, and practical foundations for research partnerships between the university and Indigenous communities.
The full schedule for Indigenous Research Collaboration Day 2017 can be found here (69 KB).