UAKN Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network

The UAKN is a network of community organizations, universities and government organizations in four regions across Canada.

The Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network, the UAKN, is a network of community organizations, universities and government organizations in four regions across Canada. The UAKN addresses the knowledge gap in urban Aboriginal research by establishing a national, interdisciplinary network involving universities, community, and government partners for research, scholarship and knowledge mobilization. The

03/20/2023

In 2007, the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) began working with David Newhouse, a professor at Trent University who has been involved in the Friendship Centre Movement (FCM) since 1978 locally, provincially, and nationally, and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (now Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada) to create the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network (UAKN). In 2012, Professor Newhouse, Chair of the Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies at Trent, was awarded a $2.5 million Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant spread over 5 years to launch the UAKN nationally. The title of the grant was Research For A Better Life, and its overarching goal was to foster “mino-bimaadiziwin”—the good life—for urban Indigenous peoples.

The UAKN Compendium: Research for a Better Life is a celebration of the community-driven research completed during the grant’s lifetime. The reports summarized in this compendium speak to the many ways in which Indigenous peoples continue to make the city home. The city is a place where they create communities, institutions, and relationships in a shared multicultural space. It is a place where Indigenous peoples who have chosen to reside there can pursue mino-bimaadiziwin. The projects of the UAKN are excellent examples of self-determination translated into concrete community-building endeavours and committed efforts to build good relationships and good lives with all our relations. Keep an eye out in the coming months for the French version!

Please click the link to read more about the incredible urban Indigenous community-driven research projects! https://uakn.org/uakn-compendium/

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En 2007, l'Association nationale des centres d'amitié (ANCA) a commencé à travailler avec David Newhouse, professeur à la Trent University et s’impliquant dans le Mouvement des centres d'amitié (MCA) depuis 1978 à l’échelle locale, provinciale et nationale, et Affaires autochtones et Développement du Nord Canada (aujourd'hui Services aux Autochtones Canada et Relations Couronne-Autochtones et Affaires du Nord Canada) pour créer le Réseau de connaissances des Autochtones en milieu urbain (RCAU). En 2012, le professeur Newhouse, directeur de la Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies à Trent, a reçu une subvention de partenariat du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH) de 2,5 millions de dollars, répartie sur cinq ans, pour lancer le RCAU à l'échelle nationale. Intitulée « À la recherche d’une vie meilleure », cette bourse avait pour objectif principal de favoriser la « mino-bimaadiziwin » (la bonne vie) pour les Autochtones vivant en milieu urbain.

Le Recueil du RCAU : À la recherche d’une vie meilleure est une célébration de la recherche communautaire réalisée pendant la durée de la subvention. Les rapports résumés dans ce recueil témoignent des nombreuses façons dont les peuples autochtones continuent d'habiter la ville. La ville est un lieu où ils créent des communautés, des établissements et des relations dans un espace multiculturel partagé. C'est un lieu où les Autochtones qui ont choisi d'y résider peuvent poursuivre le mino-bimaadiziwin. Les projets du RCAU sont d'excellents exemples d'autodétermination traduite en efforts concrets de création de communautés et en efforts engagés pour créer de bons liens et de bonnes vies avec toutes nos relations. Surveillez la version française dans les mois à venir!

Cliquez sur le lien pour en savoir plus sur les incroyables projets de recherche menés par les communautés autochtones en milieu urbain! https://uakn.org/uakn-compendium/

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