Dr. Jonathan Dewar is the Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Information Governance Centre. Carmen Jones is Director of Research and Data Management, for the Chiefs of Ontario.

  • The First Nations Information Governance Centre and its work [3:25]
  • OCAP (ownership, control, access, and possession) and what the principles mean for data collection and information governance [5:20]
  • The history of the OCAP principles and how they were developed [8:14]
  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission findings related to data sovereignty [11:38]
  • Understanding and enforcement of the OCAP principles [14:15]
  • Privacy and OCAP [17:30]
  • The tension between privacy rights as a collective concept and current Canadian privacy laws [18:30]
  • Research and data governance agreements at the regional level [20:30]
  • Integrating OCAP principles into research agreements to further community-based research [22:14]
  • OCAP principles as an enabler of sound research, ethical data collection, and partnerships between researchers and First Nations communities [24:00]
  • Empowering communities with the data they need to make positive change [26:50]
  • Building trust and respectfully engaging with First Nations communities on research projects [28:59]

Resources:

  • Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
  • Fundamentals of OCAP (First Nations Information Governance Centre, online training course)
  • First Nations Data Governance Strategy (First Nations Information Governance Centre)
  • First Nations surveys (First Nations Information Governance Centre)
  • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (IC/ES)
  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports and calls to action

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