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Institutional development · Research collaboration · Canada

Western University wins grant to co-create Indigenous Community Research Circle

Western University in Canada has won a grant to co-create an Indigenous-led pathway for research partnerships, which it describes as the first such circle at a Canadian university.

Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Why it matters: The grant funds Western to co-create an Indigenous-led pathway for research partnerships, which the university hopes will become a model for reconciliation.

Western University reported that it has won a grant to co-create an Indigenous Community Research Circle.

The university described the circle as the first of its kind at a Canadian university.

According to Western, the circle is an Indigenous-led pathway for research partnerships that aspires to serve as a model for reconciliation.

Editor’s view

Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor

Western has secured grant funding to co-create the circle, which the university presents as an Indigenous-led pathway for research partnerships and hopes will become a model for reconciliation.

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