Community‐based participatory research involving Indigenous peoples in Canadian geography: Progress? An editorial introduction

Thirty years ago, Peter Usher, in an editorial contribution to this journal, reflected on the role geographers have played in supporting research associated with Indigenous land claims and in environmental and social impact assessment.He noted that disciplinary traditions such as "field research, a synthetic or holistic approach, and a working familiarity with sister disciplines" have served us well in this regard (Usher 1982, 188).He also remarked that much remained to be done and challenged us as geographers to learn from past mistakes, to innovate, and to take the needs and aspirations of Indigenous peoples seriously in our research.More than a decade later,