Gabrielle Legault
Biographic Data
| ID | 212019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabrielle Legault |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabrielle |
| FAMILY NAME | Legault |
| SIGNATURE | LEGAULT G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2473-9147 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Protocols to Practice: Integrating Wahkohtowin and Keeoukaywin in Community-Based Research Methodologies
Examining the community-engaged research of three Indigenous researchers (nêhiyaw and Métis) at varying stages of our academic journeys, this paper reviews and analyzes Indigenous research methodologies rooted in Indigenous practices, culture, and ways of knowing. We focus on storytelling and Talking Circles, guided by the principles of keeoukaywin—a nêhiyaw/Métis cultural practice of visiting—and wahkohtowin—a nêhiyaw/Métis concept of relational…
Indigenous Approaches to Knowledge Translation: Lessons Learned from the First Indigenous Wellbeing Gathering Conference
Indigenous knowledge is at the heart of identity, culture, and wellbeing for Indigenous Peoples, and knowledge transmission is fundamental to sustaining a sense of belonging, connection to community, and upholding Indigenous Peoples inherent rights and sovereignties. However, colonial and Eurocentric ideologies have long disrupted this knowledge transmission, impeding self-determination and aiming to assimilate and control Indigenous Peoples, cul…
Indigenizing or Appropriating? Navigating the Boundaries of Institutional Decolonization
Decolonizing Methodologies Through Dialogue: A Relational Literature Review on Urban Indigenous Health
This article responds to Tynan and Bishop’s call for relational engagement in literature reviews, employing Indigenous epistemologies and a relational, conversational approach to examine trends in urban Indigenous health research. Reflecting on a comprehensive literature review, we highlight shifts in research focus, authorship, and methodologies. The analysis, guided by Indigenous scholars with diverse disciplinary backgrounds, centers on curren…
Revisiting the historic Métis-Syilx McDougall family in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Contentions centering on rights claims on behalf of Métis, an Indigenous group descended from a distinct bicultural political nation in central Canada, continue within the traditional territory of the Syilx, a group Indigenous to the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. This article revisits earlier work arguing that Métis in Kelowna pre-1900s were mostly absorbed into Syilx community, having no traditional territory within this region. Inc…
Hegemonic Discourses of Métis Identity in British Columbia, Canada
Viewing Métis identity not as a natural, essential, or fixed phenomenon, but as an experience formed through internal and external factors, this article examines the mechanisms by which people residing in British Columbia identify as Métis. Through interviewing Métis Peoples and engaging in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Narrative Analysis (NA), this research demonstrates how Métis narratives centre on and replicate three hegemonic discour…
Disrupting the Settler Colonial University: Decolonial Praxis and Place-Based Education in the Okanagan Valley (British Columbia)
This article demonstrates how decolonial Placed-Based Education can disrupt a settler colonial academic status quo. We begin by situating our analysis in the unceded Syilx Territories of the Okanagan Valley (British Columbia, Canada) and proceed by illustrating how both taken-for-granted colonial epistemologies and banal exnominations of white supremacy remain orthodox within mainstream Canadian higher education. We next define "decolonial praxis…
Disrupting the Settler Colonial University: Decolonial Praxis and Place-Based Education in the Okanagan Valley (British Columbia)
This article demonstrates how decolonial Placed-Based Education can disrupt a settler colonial academic status quo. We begin by situating our analysis in the unceded Syilx Territories of the Okanagan Valley (British Columbia, Canada) and proceed by illustrating how both taken-for-granted colonial epistemologies and banal exnominations of white supremacy remain orthodox within mainstream Canadian higher education. We next define "decolonial praxis…
Indigenizing or Appropriating? Navigating the Boundaries of Institutional Decolonization
Decolonizing Methodologies Through Dialogue: A Relational Literature Review on Urban Indigenous Health
This article responds to Tynan and Bishop’s call for relational engagement in literature reviews, employing Indigenous epistemologies and a relational, conversational approach to examine trends in urban Indigenous health research. Reflecting on a comprehensive literature review, we highlight shifts in research focus, authorship, and methodologies. The analysis, guided by Indigenous scholars with diverse disciplinary backgrounds, centers on curren…
Disrupting the Settler Colonial University: Decolonial Praxis and Place-Based Education in the Okanagan Valley (British Columbia)
This article demonstrates how decolonial Placed-Based Education can disrupt a settler colonial academic status quo. We begin by situating our analysis in the unceded Syilx Territories of the Okanagan Valley (British Columbia, Canada) and proceed by illustrating how both taken-for-granted colonial epistemologies and banal exnominations of white supremacy remain orthodox within mainstream Canadian higher education. We next define "decolonial praxis…
Hegemonic Discourses of Métis Identity in British Columbia, Canada
Viewing Métis identity not as a natural, essential, or fixed phenomenon, but as an experience formed through internal and external factors, this article examines the mechanisms by which people residing in British Columbia identify as Métis. Through interviewing Métis Peoples and engaging in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Narrative Analysis (NA), this research demonstrates how Métis narratives centre on and replicate three hegemonic discour…
Decolonizing Methodologies Through Dialogue: A Relational Literature Review on Urban Indigenous Health
This article responds to Tynan and Bishop’s call for relational engagement in literature reviews, employing Indigenous epistemologies and a relational, conversational approach to examine trends in urban Indigenous health research. Reflecting on a comprehensive literature review, we highlight shifts in research focus, authorship, and methodologies. The analysis, guided by Indigenous scholars with diverse disciplinary backgrounds, centers on curren…
Revisiting the historic Métis-Syilx McDougall family in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Contentions centering on rights claims on behalf of Métis, an Indigenous group descended from a distinct bicultural political nation in central Canada, continue within the traditional territory of the Syilx, a group Indigenous to the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. This article revisits earlier work arguing that Métis in Kelowna pre-1900s were mostly absorbed into Syilx community, having no traditional territory within this region. Inc…
From Protocols to Practice: Integrating Wahkohtowin and Keeoukaywin in Community-Based Research Methodologies
Examining the community-engaged research of three Indigenous researchers (nêhiyaw and Métis) at varying stages of our academic journeys, this paper reviews and analyzes Indigenous research methodologies rooted in Indigenous practices, culture, and ways of knowing. We focus on storytelling and Talking Circles, guided by the principles of keeoukaywin—a nêhiyaw/Métis cultural practice of visiting—and wahkohtowin—a nêhiyaw/Métis concept of relational…
Indigenous Approaches to Knowledge Translation: Lessons Learned from the First Indigenous Wellbeing Gathering Conference
Indigenous knowledge is at the heart of identity, culture, and wellbeing for Indigenous Peoples, and knowledge transmission is fundamental to sustaining a sense of belonging, connection to community, and upholding Indigenous Peoples inherent rights and sovereignties. However, colonial and Eurocentric ideologies have long disrupted this knowledge transmission, impeding self-determination and aiming to assimilate and control Indigenous Peoples, cul…
Indigenizing or Appropriating? Navigating the Boundaries of Institutional Decolonization
Indigenous (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Traditional knowledge (3 works) · Canadian Identity and History (2 works)