Indigenous engagement guide
Download your copy of the Ocean Frontier Insitute's Indigenous Engagement Guide
The Ocean Frontier Institute honours and embraces Indigenous perspectives on the ocean, and ocean research, as vital for ocean health and sustainability.
The Ocean Frontier Institute Indigenous Engagement Guide was developed by OFI's Indigenous Engagement Steering Committee and from feedback generously provided by Indigenous groups and the OFI research community. The Guide is intended to be evergreen and will grow and adapt as OFI continues with our Indigenous engagement efforts as further feedback and input is received. This guide is intended for information purposes only and offers perspectives and guidance for working toward meaningful and respectful engagement with Indigenous communities, organizations, and groups. The Guide was developed as a guiding document to better inform the OFI research community regarding Indigenous engagement in Atlantic Canada and should not be considered final or authoritative in nature.
The Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) has developed an Indigenous (Inuit, Métis, and First Nations) Engagement Guide to facilitate efforts toward respectful and meaningful engagement with Indigenous governments, communities, and organizations (Indigenous groups).
Dalhousie University operates in the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. These sovereign nations hold inherent rights as the original peoples of these lands, and we each carry collective obligations under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.
We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
