McMaster IndigenousResearch Institute

Prison Education Project
The Prison Education Project increases access to post-secondary education for incarcerated Indigenous peoples.

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Across the globe, every single research community should feel incredibly fortunate to be enriched by the vastness of time and the breadth that Indigenous research encapsulates. Indigenous Peoples’ research is the past, present and our future.”
We have the knowledge of the millennia behind us and a future full of stars to guide us; what we need is a relationship to navigate the fruitful abundance that comes with working together.
My world is a garden and Indigenous research allows me to share the landscape with others, growing, caring for and sharing the knowledge of the world.”
Dr. Adrienne Lickers Xavier
Our Objectives
Lead and inform Indigenous research reform at McMaster University as well as across multiple universities and community environments.
Build and enhance the existing research infrastructure and trusted relationships both at McMaster University and within the region through the sharing of research expertise, helping advance understanding of working by and with Indigenous communities, and by bringing together faculty and researchers across multiple disciplines. It is envisioned that MIRI’s initiatives will bring together expertise from across foundational and applied disciplines, Faculties, and affiliated institutions.
Create opportunities for innovative interdisciplinary research, experiential, problem based student learning, mentorship for undergraduates, graduates and post-doctoral students. The benefits to this include both the building of Indigenous research capacity and recruitment of new researchers and faculty to McMaster by using monies made available by national granting agencies and philanthropic efforts.
Enhance knowledge translation capacity though the building of a digital portal that can be used to help educate McMaster staff and local community on reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledge,provide meaningful support to researchers, and create best-in-class protocols, practices and policies for research, teaching, and learning at McMaster and beyond.
Create and mobilize an information clearinghouse focusing on Indigenous research, enhance understanding of Indigenous Knowledge and reconciliation amongst both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, and position McMaster as a leading authority on Indigenous research and Indigenous Knowledge, and as a resource for post- secondary Universities across the country and around the world.
