Amplifying Indigenous Voices: A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous Publishing Initiatives in Canada and Australia

The research hopes to improve the ways that institutions and organizations in Canada can support Indigenous literature, through a comparison of initiatives in Canada and Australia designed for Indigenous creatives in the publishing industry. The project involves two phases. First, initiatives on websites of publishing institutions/organizations in Canada and Australia will be recorded to create an inventory. Second, interviews with key informants from the institutions/organizations will be conducted to provide a richer picture of the data. The Indigenous Editors Association (IEA) is the industry partner for this project, and the executive director of the IEA, Nadine Ryan, will be the industry supervisor. In supporting the intern’s project, the IEA will benefit through the work completed on their Digital Strategies Project whose research overlaps with the intern’s first project phase.

Faculty Supervisor:

Suzanne Norman

Student:

Partner:

Indigenous Editors Association

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Simon Fraser University

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