Project Description: Emphasis will be placed on the cultural, practical and critical issues involved when using oral history methods. Topics include interview techniques, data collection and analysis, appropriation, ethics, protocol and global and regional examples of oral historical projects. Students are given the opportunity to carry out a small-scale oral history project and interview Elders and knowledge keepers.Students are given the opportunity to carry out a small-scale oral history project and interview Elders and knowledge keepers.

Project Learning Outcome:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate critical thinking, observational and analytical skills;

2. Demonstrate written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

3. Demonstrate an understanding of interview techniques, data collection and analysis, ethics, Aboriginal research protocols

4. Identify issues related to Aboriginal oral history methodologies.

Project Pre-requisite: There are some pre-requisite for this project. Students much have basic knowledge on Aboriginal history and politics and also foundational knowledge on conducting research with Aboriginal communities and interviewing Elders.

Objectives: To acquire skills on oral history methodology, students will write a research proposal, complete the research ethics application, complete TCP2CORE tutorial, prepare interview questions, conduct one interview, analyze interview data and write the final research report. They can choose any topic related to Aboriginal history culture politics from the past and can interview one Elder.

Deliverable: Students will produce one paper at the end of the project.

Technical Support: I will provide weekly lectures and supervision for this project so that students can progress every week and learn to work as a team. Additionally, a team meeting will be convened for sharing progress, exchanging ideas and project feedback.

I will be giving weekly lecture and hands on training on different steps of conducting research including ethics and principles of doing research with Aboriginal peoples in Canada.