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CBC interview: Indigenous identity and the case of Joseph Boyden

By |2017-10-01T22:09:26-06:00January 5th, 2017|Categories: Kim TallBear, Media|

Listen to the full discussion (along with panellist Kim TallBear, Canada research chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment at the University of Alberta) on CBC News.  Read story transcript A report by the Aboriginal People's Television Network concluded that Joseph Boyden — long celebrated as one of Canada's finest Indigenous voices — may not be Indigenous at all. It [...]

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Metro News interview: Joseph Boyden’s indigenous heritage controversy part of ‘broader structural problem’

By |2017-10-01T22:09:26-06:00January 3rd, 2017|Categories: Kim TallBear, Media|

By: Danielle Paradis Columnist Published on Tue Jan 03 2017 “Where are you from?” It’s one of the first questions asked by indigenous people when they meet. It’s asked because kinship is defined by where people come from, and who their folks are. Last week the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network’s Jorge Barrera released an investigation questioning [...]

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Edmonton professor aims to improve science and technology research opportunities for indigenous people

By |2017-10-01T22:10:38-06:00December 27th, 2016|Categories: Kim TallBear, Media|

Associate professor Kim TallBear talks about being named Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Environment and why it's important to look at how Indigenous communities and people shape and participate in science. Click to read University of Alberta professor Kim TallBear has been named the first recipient [...]

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How science and First Nations oral tradition are converging

By |2017-10-01T22:10:38-06:00November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Kim TallBear, Media|

  The long history of First Nations people isn't one that can be found in books. Instead, it is a rich documentation detailed throughout time — a collective enterprise carried on by tradition and culture. Oral tradition has often been discounted as just stories —  but science is proving that the facts behind those stories certainly shouldn't [...]

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Indigenous Science, Technology, and Society (Indigenous STS) is an international research and teaching hub, housed at the University of Alberta, for the bourgeoning sub-field of Indigenous STS. Our mission is two-fold: 1) To build Indigenous scientific literacy by training graduate students, postdoctoral, and community fellows to grapple expertly with techno-scientific projects and topics that affect their territories, peoples, economies, and institutions; and 2) To produce research and public intellectual outputs with the goal to inform national, global, and Indigenous thought and policymaking related to science and technology. Indigenous STS is committed to building and supporting techno-scientific projects and ways of thinking that promote Indigenous self-determination.
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