Tobacco use seen through the eyes of young Indigenous people from Canada will be the focus of a public lecture at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga. CSU’s School of Information Studies is hosting the lecture by Dr Cindy Jardine from the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta on Thursday 12 July. Tobacco use is a major health problem in many Canadian Indigenous communities, particularly the high rate of smoking among youth. Dr Jardine’s project, with a school in north-west Canada, involved training older students to conduct research with younger students in a bid to better understand how Indigenous youth view smoking in their communities. Professor Lisa Given from CSU’s School of Information Studies said it makes use of some innovative research techniques. “The photo-voice approach is exciting as it gets a camera into the hands of young people, who can then document and discuss what’s happening in their own communities,” she said.  “Applying this technique to studies in Australian Indigenous communities would be a natural extension.”