1st Indigenous 3MT

Fri. Mar. 23, 2018

On March 7th, the University of Winnipeg hosted its first Indigenous Three Minute Thesis competition to allow students studying at the Masters and Doctoral levels to share their areas of Indigenous research.

Approximately 20 students participated from UWinnipeg’s Master's in Development Practice: Indigenous Development, and Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance program; the University of Manitoba’s Ongonziiwin Research Centre, and nine visiting PhD students from the Pueblo Nation from Arizona State University.

A wide-variety of research topics was represented such as traditional knowledge, pre-natal care and colonial practices; exploring place-based education that reconnects with the land; deconstructing trauma; and economic self-determination for First Nations communities.

Five MDP students participated: Chelsie Parayko, Ari Phanlouvong, Kara Passey, Cassandra Szabo and Silvina Antunes. Chelsie won 2nd place in the competition for her presentation on an Indigenous Community Energy Plan. She said, the "Indigenous 3MT was a proud moment for me as an Indigenous researcher, to hear all the good works celebrated and being brought forward in such a positive way. I was honoured to be a part of this pivotal moment." 

First and third place went to the visiting Pueblo students: Rachel Tenorio and Doreen Bird respectively. Rachel spoke on "Deconstructing Trauma" and Doreen Bird presented on Pueblo Research Methodologies.

“We were so honoured to build a relationship with students from UM and Arizona State University. The richness of the research and personal connection that students had to their research topics was evident and inspiring. The 3MT format provided us with a very short, but high impact glimpse into the rigorous work of this new era of Indigenous scholarship” said Dr. Jaime Cidro, Acting MDP Director and Acting Academic Lead out of the Office of Indigenous Affairs who were the host for this event at UW.

  

Indigenous 3MT winners (L-R): Doreen Bird, Chelsie Parayko and Rachel Tenorio. Photo credit: Erika Vas