This exploration of the personal, collective, and political aspects of decolonial research showcases research as a space of accountability, transformation, and care. It brings together an intergenerational and cross-cultural collection of scholarly decolonial reflections, community-led methodologies, and pedagogical experiments across five interwoven themes:

- The inner work of decolonizing the researcher-self
- Relational pedagogies and co-learning in the classroom
- Grounded indigenous and decolonial methodologies
- Ethical entanglements and the politics of knowing
- Ceremony, healing, and the spiritual dimensions of decolonial work

Contributors draw on diverse geographies and knowledge traditions, including those of Indigenous scholars, Black, racialized immigrants, settler allies, feminist researchers, and students navigating colonial academic institutions. Their real-world case studies position the unlearning of colonial methods as a radical act of justice, envisioning ceremonial and land-based research as a critical alternative to extractive models of knowledge production. This is a vital and future-focused collection for scholars and researchers across disciplines including Indigenous Studies, Education, Social Work, Development Studies, Feminist Theory, and Environmental Justice.

Dr. Ranjan Datta is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Community Disaster Research at Mount Royal University, Canada.

Jean Kayira is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at SUNY-ESF, USA.

Jebunnessa Chapola is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Earth, Energy and Environment, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary, Canada.

Teena Starlight is an instructor at Mount Royal University, Canada, and National Director of the Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program at Ever Active Schools, Canada.