Defining the principle of digital scholarship

Digital scholarship facilitates new culturally aware methods of research. This culturally aware research includes:

• Expanding sources of evidence
• Changing the approach to research through inclusivity.
• Altering and challenging the way researchers do research.

Fundamental knowledge of digital scholarship

• Understand the challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples in accessing technology.
• Practice finding, choosing, and sharing Indigenous technologies that are relevant and relatable for First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Urban Indigenous People.
• Use technologies that are relevant and responsive to Indigenous self-determination and share those resources with others.

Challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples in the technology industry

“According to a 2019 study by Toronto Metropolitan University’s Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, only 2.2% of the people working in the Canadian tech industry are Indigenous.

“Barriers are built up as a result of digital connectivity being poor or absent in remote Indigenous Nations, thus limiting Indigenous Peoples’ career pathways in tech.”

—Cited from Supporting Indigenous People in Tech: Empowering Canada’s Indigenous Communities | Jarvis (jrvs.ca)

Indigenous Peoples are under-represented in the technology workforce, and as a result, technologies that are relevant and responsive to Indigenous Peoples are also limited.