Self-Location: Please reflect on the following questions as a guide in writing this paper:

1.    Why is it important that I understand how Indigenous research should be conducted?

2.    How has my history and personal experiences shaped my perspective of Indigenous people’s health?

3.    How has my gender, culture and professional background influence my positioning in relation to my education and future as a researcher?

4.    What are the alternative roles I might be called upon to play while interacting with others in this class and throughout my education and how might this influence how I conduct research?

5.    What might be the barriers that my personal history and professional competence can create in relationship to doing Indigenous research?

6.    What is my understanding of how research has been conducted with Indigenous people, and how has this process been received by Indigenous people?

7.    How have I interacted with Indigenous people, and how has this interaction effected this relationship?

8.    What can I learn from reflecting on my own position – socially and personally?

Self-Location

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Student provides a clear and succinct personal background.

Demonstrates an understanding on why Indigenous research needs to consider situated knowledge, subjective understanding and personal awareness.

Student provides some personal background.

Although mentioned, unclear understanding of why Indigenous research needs to consider situated knowledge, subjective understanding and personal awareness in order to be ethical and effective

Lacks any authentic reference to personal values, goals and how this influences the research process.

Minimal or no demonstrated understanding of how personal biases influences the research process.

Decolonization

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Explores your personal history and worldviews and is able to relate these experiences to the process of decolonization.

Critically examines how personal experiences can be applied to the research process.

Provides meaningful examples.

Provides some understanding of how personal experiences can be applied to the research process.

Examples do not provide any personal understanding of this issue.

Little or no demonstrated understanding of colonization process and Indigenous research has compromised the health Indigenous people.

Research Process

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Provides a personal understanding of how western research methods influences the current health issues experienced by Indigenous people. Provides examples.

Explains how academia and research has promoted/ prevented the health of Indigenous people in Canada.

Makes reference but does not explain how Canadian health policy influences the current issues experienced by Indigenous people.  Examples are irrelevant to objective.

Lacks some understanding of how health policy and research has promoted/ prevented the health of Indigenous people in Canada.

Little or no demonstrated understanding of how Canadian health policy influences the current issues experienced by Indigenous people.  Personal examples are absent.

APA Format and Referencing

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2

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No mistakes

Excellent grammar and sentence structure

Appropriate use of headings

Minimum of 5 Academic references

More than 2 mistakes/errors

Minimal errors in sentence structure and grammar.

Poorly constructed references.

More than 5 mistakes/errors

Grammar poor, difficult to understand

Evidence the student used an online referencing tool.