Aboriginal Education Research Forum

Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce the Eighth Annual Aboriginal Education Research Forum – “Shawane Dagosiwin” to be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: April 12, 2012 at the Victoria Inn.

“Shawane Dagosiwin” reflects the values of and embraces integrity and respect for family and community in educational research. The theme of "Visioning, Questioning, Exploring, and Creating Respectful Spaces for All Aboriginal/Indigenous (and Canadian) Identities: Learning from Aboriginal Educational Research and Practice" will guide the selection for this year’s agenda.

The Forum has been developed through a planning committee that includes educators from Manitoba's universities, the provincial departments of education, First Nations and Métis governments and various representative organizations.

We invite proposal submissions that reflect research and educational practice from:

Researchers engaged in learning and teaching, organizing, consulting, or community projects.
Individuals involved in different kinds of research content and processes involving Aboriginal peoples.
Research from pre-school to post-secondary and adult/community education.
Graduate students whose work reflects Aboriginal/Indigenous perspectives.

We welcome various presentations styles:

Paper or Oral presentations.
Sharing Circles, workshops and sessions involving audience participation.
Roundtable, panel or circle discussions.
Showcase or display by poster sessions of Indigenous research methodologies: Displays of written and graphic (pictures) research projects.
Open - We encourage presentations that may not be formal academic papers and could engage participants to think of other research processes

We welcome the following topics (not limited to these):

Sharing/collaborative and/or partnership approaches to Indigenous research
Aboriginal/Indigenous Research Methodologies and Ethics/Protocols
Past/present/future research themes, and stories
Research benefits to Aboriginal knowledges, languages, cultures and community
Research Methodologies that engage Aboriginal peoples and communities
Community projects that demonstrate research processes
Engaging guiding principles for research
Multiple Practices of research projects
Importance of research to policy and practices, and/or implications for educational practice.

Proposal Submission Deadline – February 29, 2012:

Complete contact information, including: Name(s), email (if applicable), fax number(s), phone number(s), and address(es).
Presentation Title.
A brief description (abstract) of the content/session (up to 250 words). Presenter biography: up to four lines (in MS-Word format).
Presentation format: Circle, roundtable, paper presentation, workshop etc., (shared sessions may be arranged).
State equipment needed: VCR/TV; flip chart; microphones; overhead projector.

NOTE: If you are going to be doing a PowerPoint presentation, please bring your own laptop and LCD projector

To submit your presentation either:

Complete the online Call for Presentations Form.

OR
Download the Call for Presentations Form ( 30 KB) and submit using one of the following methods:

	Dr. Laara Fitznor
Fax:	204-474-7551
Email:	fitznorl@ms.umanitoba.ca

Registration:
Presenters enjoy the Early Bird Registration fee of $150.00. Students who submit proposals will pay the student registration fee of $50.00. We encourage you to register early to facilitate our planning of the conference program. Please note that this low registration fee includes the following items: Registration fee; meals at the conference; entertainment; and all sessions. NOTE: Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.

Conference Proceedings: Papers and abstracts may be submitted for consideration for online proceedings to Conference Committee Chair, Laara Fitznor. Also, presenters from our previous forum dates are invited to submit a written piece on their presentations for consideration in an online conference proceeding publication.