Hi everyone,

Passing on the following opportunity to anyone who is interested and eligible. Please feel free to send this to any of your colleagues that you think might be interested.

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Foregrounding Indigenous Perspectives 

Community and Collaborator Affinities and Conflicts in Open Education  

Do you self-identify as Indigenous?

Are you employed by or affiliated with an institution of higher education? 

Are you involved in teaching and learning? 

You are invited to participate in the research study, Foregrounding Indigenous Perspectives: Community and Collaborator Affinities and Conflicts in Open Education. 

This research seeks to identify workflows, practices, and unique barriers involved in developing Canadian Indigenous Open Educational Resources (OER)*.  

The study is seeking 20 interview participants. The requirements for participation include:

· You self-identify as Indigenous  

· You work in/or are affiliated with a Canadian academic institution

· You engage in/or support teaching and learning

The interviews will be held via Zoom and will be recorded for analysis.

Participation in this study involves an interview that will take approximately 60 minutes of your time. In recognition of the knowledge and expertise you bring to this study, an honorarium of $100 will be offered to you for your participation. Should you choose to withdraw your responses from the study after the interview, the honorarium will not be impacted.

If you have any questions, please contact Erin Fields (Principal Investigator) at erin.fields@ubc.ca.

If you are interested in participating and would like more details, including information about participant confidentiality, please express your interest here:

https://bit.ly/IndigenousOER_EOI [English Version]

https://bit.ly/IndigenousOER_EOIfr [French Version]

*For the purpose of this study, Canadian Indigenous OER is defined as any openly licensed educational resource that is focused on the history, culture, knowledges, and methodologies of Indigenous peoples and/or guided by the perspective of Indigenous peoples.  

Amanda Grey (she/her) Open Education Strategist, Teaching & Learning Commons t 605-599-3345 e amanda.grey@kpu.ca w www.kpu.ca/open Through active intentional partnering, the Teaching & Learning Commons provides pedagogical leadership that is grounded in community, ethics, creativity, and care.

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