Sessional Lecturer – INF2151H – Indigenous Data Governance Foundations

Faculty of Information, University of Toronto Winter Term 2027 (January 2027 – April 2027) Course Description

This course (INF2151H – Indigenous Data Governance Foundations) introduces students to the ethics, principles, frameworks, and methodologies implied in the design and creation of data collection and governance systems centered on the rights to sovereignty and self‑determination of First Nations, Inuit, Metis peoples, and Indigenous peoples worldwide. The course surveys the legal and political dynamics of Indigenous‑settler relations, emphasizing the historical challenges of data collection by state and non‑state actors within Indigenous populations and the data‑sovereignty countermeasures developed by Indigenous communities. Key distinctions between Indigenous and western epistemic traditions, worldviews, and ways of being are explored by incorporating Indigenous methodologies into analyses...