True partnerships – MUN Gazette

The importance of Indigenous community engagement for research

Oct. 13, 2022

As Memorial leads a review of its Research Impacting Indigenous Groups (RIIG) Policy, one of the common questions asked during consultations focuses on agreement in principle (AIP).

Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei, interim associate vice-president (Indigenous research), uses a proverb from Akans of Ghana to explain what AIP means in the RIIG Policy.

Cautionary tale

“The Akan elders say, one does not pluck off feathers from a bird before asking elders to identify it,” he explained during a recent conversation.

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