Immigrant-Indigenous Relations in Canada Survey

This survey will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. To start the survey right away, please scroll to the bottom and click 'Next'.

Jessica Li is a Master’s student and Dr. Catherine Costigan is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Victoria. If you have any questions, you may contact them by emailing jessyli@uvic.ca and/or costigan@uvic.ca. You may also contact the BRANCH Research Lab (Building Relationships to Advance Newcomer and Community Health) by emailing branch@uvic.ca or by calling 250-853-3788.

As a graduate student, I am required to conduct research as part of the requirements for a Master’s degree in clinical psychology. This research is being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Catherine Costigan. You may contact my supervisor using the provided email or at 250-721-7529. This research is being funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

Purpose and Objectives
This research want to understand: 1) How belonging to a persecuted social group , beliefs about societal fairness, and knowledge of Indigenous peoples may coexist in immigrant ethnic/racial minorities; 2) How different combinations of these experiences, knowledge, and views impact solidarity and supportive actions from immigrants toIndigenous peoples and issues in Canada; and 3) Factors that may impact combinations of experiences, knowledge, and views.

Importance of this Research
Canadians are increasingly confronting Canada’s colonial history by forging respectful relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and by prioritizing Indigenous cultural and political revitalization. As newcomers to the land, immigrants are increasingly gaining sociopolitical influence and are a vital part of Canada’s future. Little is known on how and if immigrants, especially those from ethnic/racial minority groups, feel connected to or want to support Indigenous peoples and their causes. Research on social movements shows that feelings of connectedness (i.e., solidarity) and supportive action between disadvantaged groups can benefit overall societal wellbeing.

Participant Selection
You are being asked to participate in this study because you are a first (i.e., not born in Canada) or second generation (i.e., at least one parent not born in Canada) Canadian who also identifies as belonging to an ethnic/racial minority group, and are over 18 years of age.

What is Involved?
If you consent to participate in this research, your participation will include completing the online survey attached to this consent form. The survey should take 10-15 minutes and may be completed at a computer, smartphone, or tablet at your convenience. You will not be asked to provide your name during your participation.

Inconvenience
The small time commitment needed to complete the survey may inconvenience you. Please complete the survey at your leisure.

Risks
There are some potential risks to participating in this research. These risks include potential distress when responding to survey questions about experiences of victimization based on race/ethnicity. We will not ask you to reveal detailed information about any potential victimization experiences. To prevent or to deal with these risks, participants will be allowed to withdraw/terminate the survey at any time, and still be eligible to receive the incentive. Participants will also be provided with socioemotional support resources at the end of the survey.

Benefits
The potential benefits of your participation in this research include the ability to reflect on one’s unique experiences and beliefs as they relate to social connectedness with Indigenous peoples in Canada. Results may inform programs to foster respectful relations and social change between immigrants and Indigenous peoples in Canada, as well as relations between different disadvantaged groups more broadly

Compensation
To compensate you for sharing your time, you will be given the chance to enter a draw for one (1) of ten (10) $50 CAD e-gift cards to various Canadian retailers (Mastercard, Tim Hortons, Best Buy, etc.). Winners can choose to receive any gift card from https://www.giftcards.ca/. The gift card will be emailed to you. If you choose to withdraw your survey responses, you will still be invited to enter the draw. If you are from SONA, you will receive course credit for completion of this survey.

Voluntary Participation
Your participation in this research must be completely voluntary. If you do decide to participate, you may withdraw at any time without any consequences or explanations, and will still be invited to enter the draw for one of ten $50 CAD e-gift cards (or course credit). Withdrawal before submission of survey results will result in no information being recorded. If you do withdraw from the study after submission of the survey, your data will be impossible to remove from the data because submitted survey information will be anonymous.

Researcher’s Relationship with Participants
The researcher may have a relationship to potential participants as a potential friend or acquaintance of participants. To help prevent this relationship from influencing your decision to participate, your participation is completely voluntary and can be terminated at any time. Your participation will not be monitored by researchers, and your data will not be linked to your identity.

Anonymity
In terms of protecting your anonymity, your name will not be recorded and thus will not be linked to your responses. If you choose to participate in the draw for one of ten $50 e-gift cards, you will be directed to provide your email in a separate survey link. Survey data will be collected separately from the gift card entry, so your responses will not be linked to your contact information.

Confidentiality
When data are reported, this will be done in terms of group results only. Your confidentiality and the confidentiality of the data will be protected by passwords on the computer the data will be stored. The computers in which the data will be stored belong to the researcher.

Dissemination of Results
It is anticipated that the results of this study will be shared with others in the following ways: academic and community presentations, published articles, conference presentations, media, and social media. The results will not contain any identifying information traceable to you.

Disposal of Data
Only electronic data exists for this study. Electronic survey data will not contain any identifying information or links to identifying information. Identifying information, collected for the purpose of the gift-card draw incentive, will be stored in a password-protected file. This data will be deleted after the completion of the gift-card draw. As for electronic survey data, they will be kept indefinitely as password protected files on a password protected computer belonging to the researcher, Jessica Li. It is possible that the data collected in this study will be analyzed by the researcher or another researcher affiliated with the BRANCH Lab at a future time, to investigate additional research questions.

Contacts
Individuals that may be contacted regarding this study include graduate researcher Jessica Li and supervisor Dr. Catherine Costigan. Please refer to the contact information included above. In addition, you may verify the ethical approval of this study, or raise any concern

By clicking 'Next', YOUR FREE AND INFORMED CONSENT IS IMPLIED. You understand the above conditions of participation in this study and you have had the opportunity to have your questions answered by the researchers.

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