This is a past event.

This event will be held in the GLRC. A social will be held at 3:30pm in the GLRC Lobby on the first floor (sorry, no refreshments this week), with the lecture to follow at 4:00pm in GLRC 202.

Dr. Emily Shaw, Great Lakes Specialist at Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, will give a talk on Monday, October 13. The title of the talk is "Building Research Partnerships with Keweenaw Bay Indian Community."

Abstract: Academic scientists/researchers have many opportunities or need for collaboration with Indigenous communities.  However, in response to generations of inequitable research with/for these communities, many Indigenous peoples are developing guidelines for such collaboration.  This talk will review the guidelines (Seasons of Research) adopted by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for collaborative research with universities.  The Medicine Wheel is used to illustrate an interconnected system of partnership teachings. The guidance aims for balance between and among four seasons of research: relationship building, planning and prioritization, knowledge exchange, and synthesis and application. Research partnerships with/by/as the Community demonstrate respect for each other’s differences, honor reciprocity in actions, exemplify responsibility for differing commitments, and express reverence for shared lands, waters, and living beings.  This framework will be illustrated with examples of partnerships and projects that advance both scientific understanding and KBIC priorities .  Examples may include projects on fish health, wild rice, phytoremediation, moose population monitoring, and baseline monitoring prior to mine opening.

Bio: Dr. Emily Shaw received a B.S. from Indiana University in Environmental Management.  She then worked as an educator at Inland Seas before coming to Michigan Tech for her M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering.  As a recipient of a Knauss Fellowship, Emily spent a year in Washington, D.C. working on Great Lakes and water-related policies with the staff of Representative Marcy Kaptur.  For the past two years, Emily has worked with the Natural Resources Department of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community.