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Welcome To The Feast Centre For Indigenous STBBI Research

The Feast Centre is a national hub for Indigenous-led research, rooted in community, ceremony, and Indigenous knowledge systems. We build bridges between academic inquiry and lived experience – between scholars, Elders, youth, and communities – by advancing social science, health equity, and STBBI research that is by and for Indigenous peoples.

With a foundation in respect, reciprocity, and relationship-building, we invite visitors to explore how Indigenous research can transform not only knowledge – but the future of public health itself.

Approaches That Transform

Explore Feast Centre’s guiding frameworks for Indigenous STBBI work – where methodology meets ceremony, relationships, and community-driven change.

Indigenous Methods Learn more

Feast’s Indigenous Method centres ceremony and Elder-led wisdom in every research activity, valuing process and relationships as core components of Indigenous STBBI research.

Community Based Practices In Indigenous STBBI Learn more

This project explores community-based research in STBBI across health’s four pillars, showing how CBR evolves when guided by Indigenous and decolonizing methodologies.

Intervention Research And Program Science Learn more

This project supports Indigenous-led intervention research and program science to develop, evaluate, and refine health programs that drive lasting policy and practice change.

Implementation Science Learn more

Feast’s Implementation Science initiative develops Indigenous-led frameworks that transform research findings into meaningful action and community-rooted change.

Why Feast?

Feasts bring people together. They nourish, celebrate, and honour. Across Indigenous nations, the Feast is a sacred space of learning, gratitude, and shared responsibility – where everyone’s gifts are welcome.

At The Feast Centre, we gather to share knowledge, create community, and honour our ancestors. Our work carries that spirit forward: inclusive, transformative, and rooted in relational accountability. We are building a knowledge network that nourishes minds, spirits, and futures.