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Finding different perspectives on your issue

 

Diagram of a honeycomb with hexagons labeled to show where marginalized voices may be found, such as community organizations, social media, grey literature, oral histories, and non-academic publications

Redden, M., Kwak, A., & Newman, J.(2024). Marginalized voices honeycomb [Diagram]. In Module 2: Listening for Marginalized Voices (OER). University of Toronto. https://q.utoronto.ca/courses/412115. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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Where to Look

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Community Voices
  • The Elders or community members who have shared their knowledge with your class. If they have shared knowledge with you in person, don't forget to acknowledge their contributions by citing them using the template provided
  • Social media
  • Writing by members of the community
Academic sources like peer reviewed research papers and books LibrarySearch, Google Scholar, or specific databases like PubMed
Reports or publications from Non-Profits and Associations

Web search of specific websites, LibrarySearch (limited)

Not sure what organizations are working in your area? Here are some tools that can help

Government/Public Sector resources

Web search of specific websites using targeted Google Searches, LibrarySearch (limited)

  • Federal government: First Nations health statistics site:gc.ca
  • Alberta government: Indigenous health site:ab.ca OR Indigenous health site:alberta.ca
  • Calgary city resources: Indigenous health site:calgary.ca
  • Indigenous sovereign nations: Identify the homepage for the Nation to do a deep dive of their website e.g. health site:tsuutina.com
Statistics

Web search of specific websites like Statistics Canada or Canadian Institute for Health Information

Additional resources:

News Media

Try Indigenous centred media outlets like APTNWindspeaker, and IndigiNews

More tips on finding additional sources of Canadian news can be found on this guide

Help! It is asking me to pay to open an article

Good news: As an MRU student you never need to pay for an article.

If you find an article in Google that blocks the full text, try these steps:

  • Step 1: Copy the article title → paste into LibrarySearchIf MRU subscribes, you’ll see a link to full text.
  • Step 2: Not available? Request it for free through our Interlibrary Loan service.

Using Google Scholar at home? Adjust the settings so MRU links show up:

  1. Go to ☰ Menu → Settings
  2. Select Library Links
  3. Search “Mount Royal” and check the box for Full text @ MRU Library
  4. Click Save

settings option on google scholar

choose library links and search for mount royal

After setup: Articles MRU pays for will be flagged in your search results with a link like this:

Links to full text articles at MRU

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