Indigenous Data Sovereignty

A non-profit organization with the goal of asserting data sovereignty for First Nations communities. This website includes a First Nations Data Centre and further information on the OCAP principles.

The materials on this website were designed to provide practical guidelines for respectful engagement with Indigenous Peoples. It is part of an ongoing initiative to strengthen respect for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis visual art and artists, and legal and moral rights in the territory now known as Canada.

An episode of the Media Indigena podcast discussing the use of Indigenous data in health research.

An episode of the Warm Regards podcast. Two Indigenous scientists discuss data sovereignty in the context of traditional ecological knowledges and Indigenous environmental data.

A video webinar that uses the concept of Indigenous relationality to illustrate how people and institutions can become ethical stewards of data.

GIDA is a global network of Indigenous researchers, data practitioners, and policy activists advocating for Indigenous Data Sovereignty within their nation-states and at an international level.