Methodologies & Ethics

Abridged version: The Challenge of Collecting Information on the Involvement of Aboriginal People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System.

Provides overview of project and its contribution to the deliberate shift to a post-colonial mode of curation and community-centred research process.

Opinion piece in which the author works to document their efforts to close the spatial distance between researcher and researched through a series of vignettes, and later reflects on the results of their work.

Author details their experience of systemic and personal racism as graduate student and lecturer in the Anthropology department of a University in the United States.

Using a comparative case study to examine the unequal mainstream media coverage of murdered Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in Mexico. The findings show that non-Indigenous cases are given more and longer media coverage that provides those cases a "higher profile" for law enforcement.

Book review of: Coming to Shore edited by Marie Mauzé, Michael E. Harkin and Sergei Kan.

Describes the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) process for distributing its research funds. Advocates changes to be more relevant to Indigenous needs.

Discusses the boundaries that reviewers should take in criticizing an author and their work.

Discusses research in Indigenous studies using three themes: worldview and ethics, culturally based research methods and researching both the sources and symptoms of disadvantage.

Author shares her research experiences, as a First Nation support worker, and provides some guiding principles to follow when conducting research with First Nations communities.

Using her own personal experiences to examine the disinterest to discuss or acknowledge racism in occupational science and therapy.

Author offers criticism on Dobyns’ analysis and use of archival resources in his article " Sixteenth-Century Tusayan," published in AIQ 15:2. Dobyns responds to the author’s criticism in " Superhuman Hearing, Superhorses, and Miraculous Maize."

Discusses the principles of Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP) which define how information can and should be used by researchers, governments and corporations.

Focuses on the development of a relationship between researchers, the community and its culture.

Case study emphasizes the importance of archival practices which follow cultural and ethical best practices and involve the community in order to correct past biases and ensure that Indigenous voices are present in the historical record.

Community health nurse in an isolated Australian community comments on the visiting health researchers that periodically visited the community.

Presents the findings of a research project for the development of a First Nations Bachelor of Social Work Program at UBC to be delivered off-campus.

Book review of: Community-Based Archaeology by Sonya Atalay.

Book review of Community-Based Archaeology by Sonya Atalay.

Book review of: Community-Based Archeology by Sonya Atalay.

Discusses an exceptional research partnership which studied food security.

Since the launch of the process, 36 projects were funded enabling communities to increase their climate change knowledge.

Explores the historical context of CBPR, its definition and principles and their application in a study of elder abuse.

Based on the Labour Mobility And Community Participation in the Extractive industries (LACE) research project, this article outlines the key elements of CBPR (community based participatory research): establishing partnerships, knowledge sharing and co-production, and data and research-product ownership.

Discusses a qualitative methodology guided by the core principles of collaboration and partnership where research brings together community and academic expertise to benefit First Nation communities.

Results based on interview-based surveys and data from 874 individuals from two reserve communities in Saskatchewan.

Findings from a series of exposure assessments indicate the presence of carcinogenic chemicals is cause for concern by local community leaders.

Describes process used in the study.

Pharmaceutical Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Montana, 2013.

Comments on areas for improvement in Canada's performance on Aboriginal child health and wellness focusing on CBPR as a meaningful and equitable research methodology.

Discusses guidelines for use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) for communities and academic researchers.

Describes a multidisciplinary co-operative research program for resource management developed with an aim of ultimately promoting self-determination.

Examines the benefits of community-based research to look at the impact of sports participation for Indigenous youth and ways to enhance those sport experiences.

Suggests that successful interventions, to reverse the trend of poor health in Aboriginal people, involve the inclusion of Aboriginal community members as active collaborative partners.

Shows that the psychologist's code of ethics can link to traditional knowledge.

Discusses how and by whom research information should be purveyed to the community.

Focus group discussed opportunities and barriers to community development and research. Provides examples of community-based development.

Reports on audience feedback about Power Point presentation on research results.

Article describes a culturally appropriate program development model used with communities in the Southeastern United States. Author illustrate the research and design methodology by describing the development of a resilience-based family-centered substance-abuse and violence prevention program.

Looks at the foundation principles of the theoretic framework.

Provides information on a process to evaluate current and future health needs and programs, enable the establishment of priorities and then facilitate the planning and implementation.

Provides guidelines for assessing current and future health requirements, as well as appropriate programs to address these needs.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 1994.

Looks at the connection to environment, Sámi language competence, and reindeer husbandry as factors in community resilience.

Discusses the Development Indicators Project, detailing a system that was developed to assist Indian communities with managing their own socio-economic and cultural revitalization.

A description of the process and development of engaging Indigenous communities for research through the Bridges and Foundations Project.

Examines the collaborative relationships to improve Native American health through community-based participatory research.