2025-05-05

Revised Research Involving Indigenous Groups (RIIG) policy approved

The Board of Regents has endorsed a revised Indigenous research policy for Memorial University. At its meeting on March 6, the board approved the Research Involving Indigenous Groups (RIIG) policy, which replaces the Research Impacting Indigenous Groups policy, initially approved in 2020. RIIG continues to be an innovative policy in the Canadian university landscape. The revised policy was informed by an extensive two-phased approach to review the policy through the lens of decolonization and responsible research, and to refine definitions and concepts.

We’ve updated our website to include helpful guides, forms and Q&As designed to clearly communicate the policy’s mission and key components. Learn more here. You can also learn more in a recent Gazette news story. Our office is available to answer any questions.

You can email them to IndigenousResearch@mun.ca. We are here to listen and help however we can.