We were thrilled to partner with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) to host the first Radical ‘Interdisciplinarities: Indigenous Knowledges’ forum in Banff, Canada this month. The forum gathered 40 Indigenous ECRs from Aotearoa, Australia, South Africa, Botswana, Norway, Greenland, Taiwan, India, Rapanui, Chile, Belize, Amazonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Canada and the United States to develop interdisciplinary research collaborations around three main kaupapa:
- Indigenous Knowledges, AI and data sovereignty
- Planetary health and environmental research ethics
- Storytelling, time and continuity across knowledge systems
ECRs Dr Emma Brown (Waipapa Taumata Rau), Dr Joni Angeli-Gordon (Te Wānanga o Aotearoa) and Dr Mahonri Owen (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato) served on the forum steering committee, along with our former MAI Te Kupenga lead AProf. Hinekura Smith. We thank them for doing an incredible job! Other Māori ECR participants included Drs Kapua O’Connor, Oka Sanerivi and Wharengaro Ruha. Our very own Prof. Tracey McIntosh, who is also a member of the CIFAR research committee, served as a co-chair.
The feedback we have received from Banff has been overwhelmingly positive and we look forward to deepening our partnership with CIFAR in coming months.
Ngā Pou Matarua | Co-Directors
- Professor Tahu Kukutai
- Professor Melinda Webber