Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING): Indigenizing and Decolonizing Science: A Lecture with Dr Kim TallBear

Founded in the United States in 2011 by a group of genome scientists and social scientists, the Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) expanded in 2016 to Aotearoa/New Zealand, to Canada in 2018, and to Australia in 2019. This summer training program geared toward Indigenous students, scientists, and community members—now an international consortium focused on training, networking, and publishing—combines lab training and protocols with a focus on the social, ethical, and colonial implications of genome science and technology for Indigenous peoples.

This talk provides an overview of the program and its accomplishments and discusses the difference between “Indigenizing” “Western” science versus using research and governance of science to actually achieve decolonization in the settler-colonial countries in which we work.

This event is open to every department!