The Lowitja Journal webinar series: How to strengthen research involving Indigenous peoples

Part of The Lowitja Journal webinar series, this workshop aimed to provide a helpful and step-by-step explanation of how to strengthen your research conducted with Indigenous peoples.

Our speakers worked through the CONSIDER statement, a global guideline for strengthening reporting of health research involving Indigenous peoples, and provided examples for how to enact the statement’s best practice guidelines in your own research programs.

Hosts: Kristy Meiselbach and Amali Andrews, The Lowitja Journal

Speakers: Dist. Professor Suetonia Green, University of Otago

Associate Professor Tania Huria, University of Otago

About the speakers:

Suetonia Green is a Distinguished Professor and Deputy Dean at the University of Otago, Christchurch, Aotearoa, NZ. As tangata Tiriti (non-Indigenous), she is a member of the Department of Māori and Indigenous Health Innovation (MIHI). Suetonia and Tania Huria collaborated with experts in decolonised research and kaupapa Māori methodologies to generate a best practice tool for strengthening research involving Indigenous Peoples.

Tania Huria (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri) is the Director of Hauora Māori and Equity at Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa, and an Associate Professor (Hon) at the Department of Māori and Indigenous Health Innovation (MIHI), University of Otago. Tania’s current mahi provides opportunities to implement the CONSIDER statement, within a non-government organisation context.

Tania and Suetonia have collaborated on several research and teaching projects at the University of Otago, Christchurch, Aotearoa, NZ.

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