CHEER Webinar Series 2024-2025
Reimagining Indigenous Research Ethics in Canada: Charting a New Course
Time: 12:00 pm EST February 5, 2024
Ethical research with and alongside Indigenous Peoples and communities has made great strides in the past decades. However, there continuse to be far too many ‘well-intentioned’ research projects that fail to recognize IndigenousPeoples sovereignty, lived experiences, and cultural values. As scientific innovation accelerates, developing and applying research ethics frameworks that foreground Indigenous rights and community-defined goals is essential.
Dr. Sean Hillier
Dr. Sean Hillier is a Mi’kmaw scholar (Qalipu First Nation). He is theAssociate Dean, Research & Innovation and associate professor in theFaculty of Health at York University. His collaborative researchprogram spans the topics of aging, living with HIV and other infectiousdiseases, and One Health – all with a concerted focus on policyaffecting health care access for Indigenous Peoples. He is a member ofthe Interagency Panel on Research Ethics and is currently the Vice-Chair of the Indigenous Research Ethics Board at York University. Dr.Hillier has been successful in receiving funding from each of the threefederal granting agencies and is the current Inaugural AssociateDirector of the $318 million research project, Connected Minds: Neuraland Machine Systems for a Healthy Just Society.