You very eloquently outlined the three ways that, for example, NSERC looks at excellence: excellence of the researcher, proposed research and HQP. Excellence of the researcher, for example, is defined very differently with indigenous knowledge and with indigenous keepers.
How can we be mindful about the way we are assessing research excellence when we're working with different communities? Doing it based on publications, for example, is not the right measure. How can we make sure that we're including research excellence when it may not have a traditional metric?