Examples are beginning to emerge in academic literature that suggest that sharingownership of the results of research through co-authorship with First Nations and/orAboriginal communities and organizations in Canada shoidd become acceptedpractice. This practice has yet to be fully embraced in academic publishing, in partdue to ignorance of or reluctance to follow this practice. In this commentary we drawon personal examples to identify and problematize the dominant discourses thatinform the debate about community co-authorship, specifically, privilege andparticipation.