The 2021 RAP Research Forum continues its tradition of showcasing insightful student work, and hosting enlightening speakers. This year's distinguished panel will address the theme Reconciliation and Research. The panel will discuss how the paradigms that structure and support positivist, scholastic, and commercial approaches to research might be restructured and invigorated in the light of Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing, so as to revivify the relationships between the researcher, the researched, and the community.
Join us online on Thursday, November 18 from 12 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Meet our panel speakers:
Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Ph.D.
Chair on Truth and Reconciliation, Lakehead University
Dr. Wesley-Esquimaux was inducted as a “Honourary Witness” by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada in 2014 and appointed as the 1st Indigenous Chair for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada for Lakehead University in 2016. She continues to develop pathways forward to reconciliation across Canada.
David Danto, Ph.D., C. Psych.
Program Head, Psychology, University of Guelph-Humber
Chair, Canadian Psychological Association Standing Committee on Reconciliation
Dr. Danto is a clinical psychologist and Head of Psychology at the University of Guelph-Humber. His clinical and research interests include Indigenous wellness and culture-based approaches to addressing intergenerational trauma in local and global contexts.
The event will include a panel discussion, showcase of student projects and a networking social. Read more about our panel speakers and view the schedule at humber.ca/rapresearchforum.