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Document

Creating Structures Blueprint

A Blueprint for Moving Forward with Reconciliation and Research

Sophie Carriere, Aria Viveiros

This blueprint is the story of our first project, Creating Structures. Here, you can read about our project beginnings, our conversations with Indigenous health researchers and students, the start of the Roots Circle and Roots Cluster, and what our path forward looks like.

Book

CIEDAR's CANOE Manuscript

Planning for your CANOE journey in community-engaged research with Indigenous communities

Katherine A Collins, PhD; Kimberly R Huyser, PhD; Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD

September 9, 2025

The Circumspect Awareness and Navigation of Outcomes and Expectations (CANOE) approach describes what should be considered before embarking on a community-engaged research journey with Indigenous communities.

Book

Becoming Kin:

An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

Patty Krawec

September 27, 2022

Our 2026 book club feature! Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer.

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CBC Interview with Patty Krawec

Interview with Becoming Kin author Patty Krawec for CBC Tapestry

Shared during our March session of our book club. Read or listen to the CBC interview where Anishinaabe and Ukrainian author Patty Krawec talks about the themes and stories highlighted in her book, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future.

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Quw'utsun Preterm Birth Study

Generating Knowledge to Inform Service Delivery and Strengthen Motherhood Journeys

Cowichan Tribes

From our featured presenters at our 2024 Fall Roots Circle. Cowichan Tribes launched the Quw’utsun (Cowichan) Preterm Birth Study, a multi-year research study, to investigate factors driving high rates of preterm birth in the community.

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Holding Space for Ceremony in Conference Culture

Bringing the Roots Circle to the Partnering in Researching Conference

Sophie Carriere

June 18, 2025

A reflection on our workshop at the Partnering in Research Conference. Learn about how the Roots Circle brought ceremony, connection, and Indigenous ways of knowing into a traditionally academic space.

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Partnering in Research

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Community Engagement UBC

Partnering in Research initiative is designed for UBC researchers, students and staff engaged in partnered research, as well as community partners already collaborating with UBC.

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CIEDAR (Re)Story Podcast

Pandemic preparedness, community-based research, and digital storytelling and (re)connection

Carly Morrisseau, Danielle Wray

Join a Cree-Métis Digital artist and a white university student as they (re)story. As they wrestle, resist, reconnect, and heal through storytelling.

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Learnings from the Fall Roots Circle

HELP blog post

Sophie Carriere

January 7, 2025

This blog post shares reflections from the Fall Roots Circle hosted by HELP and partners, highlighting speakers, community discussions, and key themes such as relationality, reciprocity, community, and safety that guide Indigenous-partnered research and collaboration at UBC.

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Building Capacity for Indigenous Partnerships with the Spring Roots Circle

HELP Blog Post

Sophie Carriere

June 5, 2024

Read the HELP article on Spring Roots Circle event, highlighting efforts to build capacity for relational, reciprocal partnerships between Indigenous communities and UBC through dialogue, shared learning, and community engagement around Indigenous-led research.

Presentation

Reflective Exercise on Roles and Relations

Kinwa Bluesky

May 25, 2024

This presentation guides participants through a Spring Roots Circle reflective exercise on roles and relations, helping them identify their strengths, clarify their contributions to partnerships, and consider what support they need to thrive in collaborative work.

Document

Social Change Map

Social Change Ecosystem Map Roles

Deepa Iyer

A resource used in a workshop during our 2024 Spring Roots Circle. A framework by Deepa Iyer that helps individuals and organizations identify their roles, align with shared values, and build sustainable, connected approaches to advancing equity, justice, liberation, and solidarity.

Presentation

Roots Research Cluster: Project Overview

UBC Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters

Sophie Carriere

This presentation provides an overview of Roots for Indigenous Partnered Research, a UBC research cluster that brings together Indigenous and allied researchers, students, and staff to build respectful partnerships with Indigenous communities and advance Indigenous-led research through collaboration, mentorship, and shared learning.

Poster

Fall Roots Circle: Art Piece

Insights from our second Roots Circle

Sophie Carriere

A vibrant visual of the Roots Circle to summarize our day together. The poster highlights key themes brought forward by Roots Circle attendees through their answers to this question: “What is an insight from today that you are taking with you?”

Poster

Social Change Map Activity

Roots Learning Circle Activity

HELP and CEIH

May 28, 2024

A summary of thoughts from a Social Change map activity completed by the Roots circle in May 2024. Attendees were asked to consider: What might you need to thrive in your partnerships? From your teammates, your community, your partners, or UBC?

Poster

PiR Circle Learnings

Partnering in Research Conference

HELP, IRSI and CEIH

June 28, 2025

A document highlighting the learnings from the Roots Circle at the Partnering in Research Conference from June 2025.

Infographic

Infographic: Indigenous-led Research in Conversation

Common themes amongst Indigenous, allied, and community-based researchers

HELP and CEIH

January 7, 2026

An infographic of the learnings from our conversations with researchers and Indigenous community partners to explore what makes for meaningful partnerships in Indigenous health research.

Infographic

Infographic: Indigenous Student Experiences in Conversation

Common themes amongst Indigenous students at the University of British Columbia

HELP and CEIH

January 7, 2026

An infographic highlighting the learnings from our conversations with Indigenous students and alumni to explore their experiences within UBC’s health research and education programs, systems, and environments.