The history of Indigenous Peoples in Canada is a rich and complex one. Explore the leading work we are doing to deepen our collective understanding of Indigenous knowledge and reconciliation.
Protective factors include communities’ strengths, ways of caring for family and community members, Indigenous knowledges and practices, as well as community-centred communications and community-driven and controlled public health measures.
Vanessa Watts, the incoming Paul R. MacPherson Chair in Indigenous Studies, is building on the work of her Indigenous colleagues to advance McMaster’s Indigenous Studies program and amplify Indigenous voices in academia
The underwater caves of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have yielded the first clear evidence suggesting early humans ventured deep underground into a labyrinth of treacherous tunnels to prospect and mine red ochre.