Methodologies & Ethics

Goal of study was to identify relevant topics for further investigation. Emerging themes included role of parents, access to information, financial considerations, discrimination, and the incorporation of culture.

Presents innovative model of participatory action research (PAR) based on five central partnership principles. Chapter 2 in book: Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research edited by Jennifer M. Kilty, Maritza Felices-Luna and Sheryl C. Fabian.

Study attempts to provide a theoretical and empirically informed judgment about entrepreneurial activities in a small sub-Arctic Alaskan town.

Ethical principles of gathering plants, from an Indigenous healer 's perspective, with emphasis on respect, purpose, stewardship, and regeneration.

Key environmental issues include contaminants, food quality, air quality, housing issues, and climate change.

An evaluation of the Correctional Service Canada's initiatives and polices to address the over representation of Indigenous people within the Canadian criminal justice system. The University of Saskatchewan was asked to provide an external environmental scan to help inform further planning and policy decisions.

Examines Aboriginal women's experiences with breast cancer using a qualitative research technique.

Argues that different historical perspectives between Native and non-Native cultures impact on writings about Native populations and suggests methodology of community input into writing local histories.

Overview of concepts related to epistemological dominance and different epistemological methodologies in higher education teaching and learning.

Environment and Sustainability Thesis (MES)--University of Saskatchewan, 2014.

Saami scholar discusses issues of Indigenous methodology important to Indigenous researchers. Originally written for a doctoral seminar held at the University of Tromsø.

Uses a combination data from 2001 and 2006 Censuses, 2011 National Household Survey, and the Indian Register to calculate incidence and demographics for the two groups. Comments on implications of the high rates for young First Nations men, which could result in distortion of the male-female gender ratio and affect the continued legal existence of Status First Nations.

Diagnosis of FAS is still a matter of debate even though there is no debate about the diagnostic features of FAS.

Questions how research guidelines can be representative of the vulnerabilities of Australia's diverse populations.

Researchers found four main areas of ethical and methodological issues while conducting the study.

Looks at the external and the intracommunity risks.

Examines different perspectives on the ethical reviews for researchers working within Indigenous communities.

Examines similarities and differences in perspective and in the manner ethical research is undertaken.

Overview of documents published in Canada, Greenland, Australia and New Zealand focusing on provisions related to collective consent, guidelines for storing human biological material and other data, and Indigenous peoples' rights to this data.

Reviews documents from the Sami Parliament relating to research ethics and the Norwegian Government's white papers on research.

Educational Policy and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1999.

Discusses need for respect, non-discrimination, privacy, confidentiality, competence, and daily risk-benefit analysis for general practitioners in rural Aboriginal communities.

Argues for the creation of an ethical framework in mental health and addictions programming.

Proposes some guiding principles useful when conducting research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants.

Education and Arts Thesis (Ph.D.)--Edith Cowan University, 2014.

Article advocates adopting ethical space to increase dialogue with First Nations stakeholders in order to achieve a more positive outcome.

Looks at the differences between mainstream and Indigenous concepts of knowledge. The author also takes a look at ethical space in academia from a personal, family, and community point of view.

Advocates a new partnership model of ethical space, a cooperative spirit between Indigenous peoples and Western institutions, in order to overcome archaic ways of interaction.

Argues that ethical validity happens when the research process is consistent with the principles of all partners or participants.

Outlines principles that are intended to promote research that is scientifically and culturally competent, is in keeping with Aboriginal values and traditions, and is mutually beneficial and empowering to both Canada’s Aboriginal and research communities.

Authors examines the moral ethics, professional responsibilities, and the potential pitfalls for historians and other academics who are studying and writing about the history of what are now the Americas, and about Indigenous peoples and cultures.

Considers the issue of repatriation of human remains as an ethical/cultural conflict within the field of archaeology; discusses means of resolving this conflict based in negotiation and mutual respect; concludes that archaeology must “change the way it does business,” and presents a course for this change.

Relates the events leading to the forced relocation of the residents of Island Cache in Prince George B.C. in the early 1970s and how community research needs to be ethical.

Recommends that Greenland has approached the stage where a medical ethics committee is urgently required.

Presents interviews, with indigenous leaders from British Columbia, that address the logging industry in Canada.

Reports on content and format of current ethical guidelines and directions for further development.

Presents Aboriginal Healing Foundation's code of conduct which is designed to ensure safety ,as well as fictional stories to illustrate various aspects of ethics.

Looks at new protocols, right of self-determination and control over the research process, and some recent experiences of researchers. (Article appears on p. 47 of the inaugural issue of Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research.

Author states that Sámi oral tradition is relevant and should be employed in order to better experience the local landscapes.

Proposes code of conduct for researchers working within the Aboriginal community or with external partners.

Author explores historical, cultural, and political relationships to compare potential for new initiatives in the scholarly and activist arenas.

Article presents data collected on the evaluation of biomedical research ethics in Indigenous communities. Author draws on interviews with researchers, tribal officials, and research subjects to understand the ethical issues surrounding the research process.

Response to issues raised by Dr. Janet Smylie regarding study by Dr. Wenman and colleagues.

Letter written in response to publication of two epidemiologic studies discusses the lack of consultation with First Nations and Métis people and recommends scientists build relationships.

Literature review and summary of current state of health research ethics.

Discusses how The Double Hook complicates notions of literature’s ethical engagement by strategically introducing obstacles to communication.