For the past two years, I have been conducting research on the Indian Day Schools that existed in my home community (Kahnawà:ke). Initially, I planned to blog about my research process as I went along. Due to the sensitive nature of this research topic, the university ethics committee stipulated that I could not publicize information about my research until I defended my thesis. My thesis examination was on April 26, 2019 and I passed! The final thesis has been submitted and I will be graduating from Concordia University’s Special Individualized Program this Spring.

I created a page on my website about my Day School research to make some of the information in my thesis more accessible to community members and to the public. I added an appendix to my thesis with a chronology of notable dates and events pertaining to Day Schooling in Kahnawà:ke. I cite references in each entry to help interested parties locate the source. There is still a lot of information to dig up and analyze on this topic. I am continuing my research at McGill University in the Integrated Studies in Education PhD program this Fall (2019).

Now that I have passed the thesis examination, I will be adding posts to my blog about my research process. I hope that sharing how I tackled certain issues will help other graduate students and Indigenous researchers. For anyone interested in reading my Master’s thesis, I will post information on how to access it after my submission is accepted by the Spectrum database.

Niá:wen 🙂

Wahéhshon