Jan 9 2025, 12-1PM EST. 
Research administration plays an important role in decolonizing the research enterprise. This presentation will focus on some recent initiatives stemming from Setting New Directions to Support Indigenous Research and Research Training in Canada, the strategic plan published by the federal research granting agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council—to fulfill a priority of the Canada Research Coordinating Committee to co-develop with Indigenous Peoples an interdisciplinary research and research training model that contributes to reconciliation. This session will discuss key initiatives of interest to research administrators that are likely to have significant impacts on Indigenous research and researchers, specifically: • a new Tri-Agency Policy on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership Affirmation to support Indigenous self-determination by ensuring that funding, advisory positions, and appointments that are intended for Indigenous people are held by Indigenous people; • an update to the Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration to make explicit the use of funds for Indigenous Elders, Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, and Indigenous people affiliated with not-for-profit organizations who are not already being compensated to conduct research; and, • other key initiatives related to the implementation of the strategy, including the work of the Indigenous Leadership Circle in Research, ongoing work to improve the merit review process for Indigenous research, and new ways to address outstanding administrative barriers for researchers and research administrators engaged in Indigenous research.