Research Stream and Major Research Papers (MRP)
A Major Research Paper (MRP) is a piece of original writing based on primary research, submitted in fulfillment of the MDP Research stream (6 credit hours). The research stream option came into effect in 2016 and since then students have completed MRPs on a wide-range of topics within the field of Indigenous development practice.
Year |
Title |
Student |
| 2026 | Governing Indigenous Capital: Indigenous-Led Pooled Funds and Blended Finance | Brent Wennekes |
| 2026 | Deconstructing the Literature and Rebuilding Community: Autoethnographic Reflections on Creating a Community-Oriented Resource for Southern Michif | Jackie Dormer |
| 2024 |
Oyate Unkitawapi Dakod Wichocan Unkitawapi unspekiya na wa’okiye na maka akon ‘Helping our people to teach and help them to learn our Dakota way of life. Using Traditional Healing Practices as a part of our relatives’ journey for healing on Maka. |
Shane Patterson |
| 2023 | Cross-cultural Relationship Building between Newcomers and Indigenous Peoples toward a Decolonial Future | Oluwabunmi Afolabi |
| 2023 | Service Delivery of BIPOC Doula Collectives in Canada and The United States | Amber Balan |
| 2023 | Towards Intergenerational Learning: Better Practices in Youth-Based Participatory Research with Application in Alternative Energy | Sage Broomfield |
| 2023 | Understanding and Applying Community and Indigenous Wisdom: Working with Community in a Good Way | Katherine Rempel |
| 2022 | Genuine Concern or Cheap Talk? Exploring Canadians' Willingness to Pay for Socio-economic Investments in Water and Sanitation | Andrea Dsouza |
| 2022 | Global Best Practices in Work-Integrated Learning and Appraisal of its Effectiveness for Indigenous-focused Programs | Clement Babatunde (Tunde) Ogunje |
| 2021 | Business Development for Value-added Fishery Products in Misipawistik Cree Nation | Alex Keone Oldroyd |
| 2021 | Understanding Opportunities for Meaningful Engagement in Water Power Licensing | Kate Robb |
| 2021 | Understanding the Impact of Culture-Based Programming: Partnership Project with the Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre | Kiera Kowalski |
| 2020 | Pathways to the Revitalization of Indigenous Food systems: Decolonizing Diets through Indigenous-focused Food Guides | Taylor Wilson |
| 2020 | Gendered Homelessness in Winnipeg | Gloria Makafui Dovoh |
| 2020 | Linkages between Homelessness and Gender-Based Violence among Indigenous Women and Transgendered People: A Case of Winnipeg | Nontokozo Ndlovu |
| 2020 | Indigenous Tourism | Henok Alemneh |
| 2019 | Community-Driven Tiny Houses: Reframing On-Reserve Housing in Canada | Erika Vas |
| 2019 | Inuit Art as Knowledge Transfer and Mobilization | Kara Passey |
| 2018 | An Examination of the Hybrid Economy as an Approach to Development: Stories from Where the Three Rivers Meet | Cassandra Szabo |
| 2018 | Birthing Experiences of Pimicikamak Women | Ari Phanlouvong |
| 2017 | The Virtual Balancing Act: Digital Tools for Development Practice | Jasmin Winter |
| 2017 | Results from the Community Survey on Birthing in Norway House Cree Nation | Sarah Wood |
| 2017 | Indigenous Ways of Knowing Co-operatives | Stephen Penner |