My main research interest is in investigating ways that North American dominant culture individuals, groups and institutions need to change and improve public dialogue and consultation processes to be culturally responsive and socially inclusive to all members in a multi-cultural society. I continue to build on my “9P Planning Model” and am currently working on a project with UFV Senior Advisor on Indigenous Affairs, Shirley Hardman, that asks about the role of Indigenous storytelling as a participatory practice in public dialogue. The project uses the transcripts of the Cohen Commission on the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River to look out how these stories were used and whether they were heard in a way that informed the final recommendations of the report.
