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governments, organizations, or communities, in order to foster respectful, collaborative, and productive working relationships with knowledge
holders.
(Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, 2019,
Article 7.2.2.2)
National Indigenous organizations in Canada have developed guides, toolkits,
templates and reports to support Indigenous communities in understanding key
issues and developing their own public-facing protocols for sharing and protecting their cultural knowledge, for example:
Ethics in First Nations Research by the Assembly of First Nations (2009),
Aboriginal Women and Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge: Input and Insight on
Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge by Native Women’s Association of Canada (n.d.),
Considerations and Templates for Ethical Research Practices by the National Aboriginal
Health Organization (2007) and Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP)
or Self-Determination Applied to Research: A Critical Analysis of Contemporary First
Nations Research and Some Options for First Nations Communities by the National
Aboriginal Health Organization, First Nations Centre (National Aboriginal
Health Organization (NAHO) & First Nations Centre, 2007). In addition to
National Indigenous organizations, many guides, templates and toolkits have
been developed by Indigenous entrepreneurs (e.g. a Template Traditional Knowledge Confidentiality and Consent Form by Indigenous Corporate Training Inc.)
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and allies working under the guidance of Indigenous experts (e.g. the Indigenous
Guardians Toolkit developed by Nature United).
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There are also recent efforts by federal government agencies in Canada to
assist Indigenous communities in developing written protocols. One example
is the Guidance Document for Community Knowledge Protocols and Data S haring
Agreements commissioned by the Indigenous Community-Based Climate
Monitoring P rogram of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Canada to advance Indigenous community-based climate data management and
data sharing (Bannister et al., 2021). The Guidance Document is intended
to assist First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples in Canada who wish to
develop written protocols for sharing their knowledge, information and/
or data with the goal to ensure Indigenous knowledge, and community
information and data are shared in ways and forms that respect and protect
the integrity of the community’s Indigenous knowledge and protect the
community’s interests and rights.
(Bannister et al., 2021, p. 2)
Clearly, Indigenous community protocols have become widely accepted within
Canada. Moreover, they increasingly are deemed essential to inform and guide
culturally appropriate ways for academic, government, industry and nonprofit sectors to work with Indigenous communities and respectfully include
governments, organizations, or communities, in order to foster respectful, collaborative, and productive working relationships with knowledge
holders.
(Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, 2019,
Article 7.2.2.2)
National Indigenous organizations in Canada have developed guides, toolkits,
templates and reports to support Indigenous communities in understanding key
issues and developing their own public-facing protocols for sharing and protecting their cultural knowledge, for example:
Ethics in First Nations Research by the Assembly of First Nations (2009),
Aboriginal Women and Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge: Input and Insight on
Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge by Native Women’s Association of Canada (n.d.),
Considerations and Templates for Ethical Research Practices by the National Aboriginal
Health Organization (2007) and Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP)
or Self-Determination Applied to Research: A Critical Analysis of Contemporary First
Nations Research and Some Options for First Nations Communities by the National
Aboriginal Health Organization, First Nations Centre (National Aboriginal
Health Organization (NAHO) & First Nations Centre, 2007). In addition to
National Indigenous organizations, many guides, templates and toolkits have
been developed by Indigenous entrepreneurs (e.g. a Template Traditional Knowledge Confidentiality and Consent Form by Indigenous Corporate Training Inc.)
9
and allies working under the guidance of Indigenous experts (e.g. the Indigenous
Guardians Toolkit developed by Nature United).
10
There are also recent efforts by federal government agencies in Canada to
assist Indigenous communities in developing written protocols. One example
is the Guidance Document for Community Knowledge Protocols and Data S haring
Agreements commissioned by the Indigenous Community-Based Climate
Monitoring P rogram of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Canada to advance Indigenous community-based climate data management and
data sharing (Bannister et al., 2021). The Guidance Document is intended
to assist First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples in Canada who wish to
develop written protocols for sharing their knowledge, information and/
or data with the goal to ensure Indigenous knowledge, and community
information and data are shared in ways and forms that respect and protect
the integrity of the community’s Indigenous knowledge and protect the
community’s interests and rights.
(Bannister et al., 2021, p. 2)
Clearly, Indigenous community protocols have become widely accepted within
Canada. Moreover, they increasingly are deemed essential to inform and guide
culturally appropriate ways for academic, government, industry and nonprofit sectors to work with Indigenous communities and respectfully include