In 2019, the Tri-Agency worked with Indigenous researchers, community members, and Knowledge Keepers to develop and enact an Indigenous Research Protocol in Canada. This protocol, which is part of the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy, emphasizes the importance of Indigenous data sovereignty.
The Tri-Agency policy affirms that the collection and use of Indigenous data must be approved by Indigenous people and organizations in alignment with principles developed by Indigenous communities, such as the CARE principles. This includes the option for all data management plans to be renegotiated if they do not align with principles of Indigenous data sovereignty.
More information on the relationship between the Tri-Agency policy and Indigenous data sovereignty can be found in Chapter 9 of the Tri-Council Policy Statement (2018): Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples of Canada.
