La composante Premières Nations de l’Étude Canadienne sur l'incidence des signalements de cas de violence et de négligence envers les enfants : Une approche axée sur le renforcement des capacités dans le cadre d’une recherche nationale appliquée [...]

This article describes the First Nations Component of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS), the only national level Canadian study to collect and analyze data on child welfare investigations involving First Nations children. We present a brief history of First Nations child welfare and a discussion of the critical role for community-university collaborations in advancing the development of evidence based practice in First Nations child welfare. We then describe the goals and development of the First Nations Component of the CIS, paying particular nature to the principles, practices and shared concern which shape collaboration between the research team and the project advisory committee.