Participants
A total of 18 youth, aged 18 to 35, participated in the project through mapping workshops and semi-structured interviews. Two Elders accompanied them during the workshops. The youth were from the Innu, Atikamekw, Kanien'kehá:ka, Anishnabe, Dene, Waban-Aki, Wendat, Inuit and Métis Nations, and spoke either French or English as a second or first language, which explains why the audio excerpts presented in the map are sometimes in French, sometimes in English.
The excerpts presented in this map have been approved by the youth who created them and we thank them for that. Some wished to remain anonymous, others have agreed to be recognized here for their contribution.

Myriam Landry
W8banaki Nation

Craig Commanda
Anishnaabe

Johnny Boivin
Innu, Atikamekw

Carling Sioui
Wendat

Alicia Ibarra-Lemay
Kanien'kehá:ka, Chilean

Frederique Gauthier-Bisaillon
of Kanien'kehà:ka heritage from Kanesatake

Coralie Niquay
Atikamekw, Quebecer
A big thank you, migwetch, nia:wen to all!




Creative committee
A creative committee of seven youth who participated in the research was formed in the fall of 2021. They contributed to the analysis of the collected stories. The committee met in the spring of 2022 to analyze, select, and organize the compiled narratives in order to "bead" a common collective narrative. The creative committee is made up of:
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Alicia Ibarra-Lemay, Kainen'kehá:ka and Chilean
Coralie Niquay, Atikamekw and Quebecer
Craig Commanda, Anishnaabe
Jennifer Buckell, Ilnu
Elisa Cohen Bucher
Alexandrine Sioui, Wendat
Carling Sioui, Wendat


Illustrator

Fabienne Théorêt-Jérôme
visual artist


Research Team

Stephane Guimont-Marceau,
Professor, INRS-UCS, member of the Mixed research unit INRS-UQAT in
Indigenous studies

Marie-Eve Drouin-Gagne
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Professor, INRS-UCS, member of the INRS-UQAT Joint Research Unit in
Indigenous Studies

Coralie Niquay
Research assistant, INRS-UCS
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MA Neurosciences and Public Health, University of Montreal
