IDEAS Episode 9: Indigenous Research Methodologies :A route to decolonizing academic research - Kau'i Keliipio

In this episode we speak with Kau’i Keliipio who is Kanaka Maoli, Indigenous Hawaiian. Over the past 40 years Kau'i has been actively engaged in educational work throughout parts of British Columbia, Canada. The focus of her work during this time has been largely on Aboriginal/Indigenous Education, Pre-service Teacher Education, and Anti-Racism /Anti-Oppressive Education. Her efforts have taken place at the school and community levels, as well as within several post-secondary institutions, all of which helped her to forge relationships with Indigenous community educators, activists, and emerging Indigenous scholars. It was in community where she learned of oppressive natures of Canada’s policies impacting Indigenous peoples. She received the Jack Paterson Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. She was also honored by the Association of BC Deans of Education as ‘British Columbia’s Teacher Educator of the Year’ and was given an Honoring Ceremony by the Aboriginal Education Association of the BCTF in recognition of her work.