This webinar is part of a professional learning series in collaboration with the CES Advancing Reconciliation and Indigenous Sovereignty in Evaluation (ARISE) Working Group. This month we welcome you to join us in an informal discussion with Dr. Shawn Wilson, to explore his ongoing work to protect Indigenous knowledge through research protocols that are culturally rooted and transformative at personal and collective levels. After a brief introduction by ARISE Co-Chair Andrealisa Belzer, Shawn will explore current themes with Discussant Pamela McCoy Jones.
Presenter
Dr Shawn Wilson is from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in northern Canada and lives on Syilx territory in Kelowna, British Columbia. He is an Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies and coordinates the Indigenous Knowledges Theme at the University of British Columbia.
Shawn has worked with Indigenous people worldwide and co-leads a research project aiming to define rules and guidelines for respecting and safeguarding sacred teachings, such as Ceremonial and Star Knowledge. He has spent time living, teaching and researching across Canada, the US, Australia, and Norway, along with supervising research projects in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Shawn is the author of Research is Ceremony, which has sold out multiple printings. He is on the Board of Directors with the Tapestry Institute and has joined the newly established advisory group at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Shawn has presented at Goals House (Davos) as part of the World Economic Forum and the MIR Centre for Peace. He cites his three kids as his greatest achievement.
Learn more at: https://drshawnwilson.com/
Discussant
Pamela McCoy-Jones is the Executive Director of the Supporting Indigenous Language Revitalization (SILR) initiative at the University of Alberta. She volunteers with the American Evaluation Association Topical Interest Group for Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation. Pamela is Anishinaabe from Wawa, Ontario, with family in Michipicoten First Nation (on her mother’s side) and Batchewana First Nation (on her father’s side). She is a mother of four and lives in Stony Plain on Treaty Six territory. Pamela has over 15 years of experience in policy and strategic planning, with a specialization in Indigenous education. Pamela is passionate about Indigenous language sovereignty and the implementation of the Supporting Indigenous Languages Revitalization initiative. Pamela is also the chair of the Steering Committee.
Host
Andrealisa Belzer, CE, is CES past president and Co-Chair of the CES Working Group for the Advancement of Indigenous Rights and Sovereignty in Evaluation. She is a first-generation Canadian, employed with the Atlantic Region of Indigenous Services Canada. She also participates in the International Evaluation Academy, EvalIndigenous and the Blue Marble Evaluation Network. She embraces evaluative practice that facilitates social and ecological thrivability.
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