This paper describes the process of engaging the extended Indigenous community within Saskatoon and the surrounding First Nations communities in what would be a first major research project between Indigenous communities and the University of Saskatchewan. A management committee was established comprised of all the major Saskatoon/Saskatchewan…

A participatory research project on adolescent well-being and related community factors was conducted under contract with a Manitoba tribal council organization representing nine Ojibwa communities. The project used the nominal group process and focus groups and was based on four principles of culturally appropriate research: elder input, use of…

University of Saskatchewan graduate research since 1912 on Canadian native peoples included 62 theses (listed in a bibliography) done for the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Education. A majority of studies (73 percent) were contemporary in focus; 78 percent were descriptive; 30.1 percent were related to school and teaching processes.…