Methodologies & Ethics

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Columbia University, 2006.

Article examines the almost 250 facial casts made by Captain Comer of Aivilingmiut and Iglulingmiut peoples from Hudson’s Bay; Qaernermiut, Hauneqtormiut, and Netsilingmiut from the interior areas of the region, Tununermiut people from Baffin Island; and Padlimiut people from an area north of what is now Churchill.

Social Science Thesis (MSSc)--University of Queensland, 2011.

Evaluation of this method as a tool to assess the impact of resource development on Aboriginal land use.

Discussion of the validity of Ian Frazier's nonfiction book On the Rez.

"Argues that research on Indigenous issues should be carried out in a manner which is respectful and ethically sound from an Indigenous perspective."

Literature review of works that encompass identity and how it intersects with economic and social issues. Also discusses concerns and recommendations for future policy research and development in the context of Indigenous peoples.

The methodology employed in the study was found to be reliable and findings confirmed the need to investigate Medical Service Patterns (MSP) further.

Revised edition.

Outlines the objectives, methods, and expected results of study.

Presents a profile of grandparents raising grandchildren in skipped generation households, data is from the 1996 Canadian Census.

Study assessed health and social indicators and responses from questionnaires to 34 Manitoba communities, including Winnipeg.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2000.

Shows that ethnic misclassification and undercounting were the most difficult obstacles for obtaining accurate data.

Discusses how respectful community-based research approaches are metaphorically like going on a canoe journey.

Promotes the importance of the framework of community-based research in studying the HIV epidemic within the Aboriginal population.

Designed to complement the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles of the open data movement as means to use Indigenous data in ways determined by Indigenous peoples and for their benefit. Principles are related to collective benefit, authority to control, responsibility, and ethics.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1998.

Looks at the development of a research model that encourages participatory Indigenous health research and collaborations.

Discussion of why research investigations are resisted even if the researcher is from the community.

States researchers need to respect the culture, goals, values, and political orders of Indigenous peoples. Discusses regulation of research protocols.

Examines the sources of resilience and positive health strategies for Indigenous youth in urban settings.

Researchers stress that the construction of communication skills and credible relationships are essential in improving community health outcomes.

Looks at the case studies of three natural science projects in Nunavut and discusses the challenges that researchers have to incorporate traditional knowledge into their work and to design studies that are relevant to the communities.

Reports on the advantages of conducting collaborative public health research in Canada's circumpolar regions.

Discusses the tribally owned and operated Southcentral Foundation's (SCF) Nuka system of care, approach to research, efforts to engage community, and system of communicating findings.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Overview of trends in academic and First Nations discussions surrounding the issue of Native Education.

Describes the development of a new research model based on shifting the relations of surveillance.

Discusses concerns by Native American communities of the impacts of science, research and information on nation building and the protection of their rights and culture.

Discusses the reporting relationship between federal funders and First Nations governments using the Nipissing First Nations as a case study. Looks at discrepancies and challenges faced by communities and funders' accountability and transparency, as well as best practices in data governance, partnerships, and data collection models.

Discusses David Ahenakew, how the FSIN now needs to move forward to address social, economic and political issues, and again build a good working relationship with the federal and provincial governments.

History and explanation of "Jordan's Principle", where the welfare of the child comes first and governments work together for the benefit of the weakest citizens.

Article attempts to examine some of the reasons the Chumash people elected to be baptized, the consequences for that choice, and the resistance (both overt and subversive) that they offered to Christian missionaries.

Examines the methods, interviews, instruments and findings of surveys done by the CIET (Community Information Empowerment and Transparency) in order to study individual's sense of coherence, spirituality, knowledge, pride in one’s heritage, self-esteem, and other factors.

Overview of consultations held with the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community in May and June of 2005 to review new guidelines. Recommendations provided.

Created by the Ethics Office of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the intent of this publication is to promote health research methods that are in line with and sensitive to Aboriginal values and traditions.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2007.

Ethnography and Social Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Aarhus, 2001.

Article explores growth of recent Māori research capacity and how non-Indigenous parties can perform fruitful research equitably.

Author uses the example of collecting stories from her mother over a period of three years to describe an Indigenous methodology for research that is rooted in relationality, seasonal progressions, and wholistic worldviews and that focuses on research through memory and story-telling.

Discusses how decreased funding for museums and art galleries has lead to an increased effort to secure Indigenous art in order to acquire grants. Uses Jimmie Durham as a case study and an examination of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to illustrate how the art community's haste to secure Indigenous art has allowed those with a fraudulent identity to benefit.

Describes research approach used to design a mobile-phone-delivered healthy lifestyle app which was targeted at Māori communities.

Looks back at a 2003 study on Dakelh place names and experiences faced while negotiating Indigenous, place-based cultural research.

Details of the code which applies to all parties associated with the Aboriginal Healing Foundation; covers ethics, conflict of interest rules, confidentiality policy and oath of office.

New Media Game Design and Production Thesis (M.A.)--Aalto University, 2019. Looks at Never Alone, Mulaka and the Sámi Game Jam.

Discusses the process and benefits of bringing in local First Nations peoples as equal partners to examine climate change.