Methodologies & Ethics

Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, 2020.

Article discusses the use of the Tivaevae research model (which represents Kuki Airani epistemological and ontological worldviews) in a PhD study of youth views of sexuality. Examines the benefits of using Indigenous research methods both for conceptualization and methodology.

Discusses the uses and challenges of Ubuntu storytelling as a teaching tool.

Interviews non-Indigenous principles to see how their life experiences impacted their professional identities and roles as educational leaders focusing on educational leadership theory and practice.

Discusses how Indigenous world views can enhance teaching, learning, & research in social work education and benefit Aboriginal peoples & communities.

Discusses whether non-Aboriginals are qualified to critique Aboriginal literature. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Looks at the Sts’ailes Primary Health Care Project, a participatory community-academic research partnership, that provides programs and services to identify and meet the primary health care and wellness needs of the Aboriginal clients who reside in the region.

Discusses the use of Ownership, Control, Access and Possession and Utility, Self-Voicing, Access and Inter-relationality Framework as guidelines to ensure ethically appropriate communication.

Examines the use of the online remote model while conducting trail studies in Indigenous communities.

Article describes the origins and mandate of Ongomiizwin; highlights the five themes of the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ (RFHS) Reconciliation Action Plan for health science education: (1) Honoring traditional knowledge systems and practices, (2) Safe learning environments and professionalism, (3) Student support, mentorship and retention (4) Education across the spectrum and 5) Closing the gap in admissions.

Report summarizes the new knowledge legacy created as a result of the project.

Looks at the approach to community-based research, ethical issues, and Aboriginal research.

Reviews the 2011 study Healthy Aging through Fall Prevention among Older Aboriginal People: From Many Voices to a Shared Vision using a lens of cultural competency. Author highlights problematic elements of the study and suggests frameworks that can be used to improve the quality of research.

Investigates the work of two anthropologists to show how they have the power to affirm or negate the suffering of the Yurok people in California.

Exposes the problems of intrusive research on Aboriginal peoples and the publication of information people within the communities do not wish disseminated to the general public.

Looks at nine key themes arrived at through literature review, case studies and interviews.

Dobyns responds to criticisms of his article," Sixteenth-Century Tusayan," (AIQ 15:2), made by Albert H. Schroeder in "Comments on Henry Dobyns' "Sixteenth-Century Tusayan"."

Uses two vignettes reflecting Maori students composite experiences where perceived or actual power imbalances took place. Includes nine strategies to use when supervising Indigenous students researching Indigenous peoples.

Related material: Researching Indigenous Health: A Practical Guide for Researchers.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.

Discusses survey design, operations and outputs with reference to 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey and the 2004-05 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey. Paper from Symposium 2004: Innovative Methods for Surveying Difficult-to-reach Populations.

Study examines the potential for using opt-in internet surveys as means to study the political attitudes and behaviors of Indigenous people in the United States.

Indigenous Governance Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2008.

Study aimed at identifying local issues and building strategies to help predict future patterns.

Goal of document is to "gather together materials on Indigenous history in and around Canada that might be useful for people teaching, researching, writing history or working in public history". Current as of 2019.

Religious Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2000.

Discusses using a System Dynamics model approach to forecast the future growth of diabetes and prediabetes prevalence in order to evaluate intervention policies.

Looks at frequency and design of randomized controlled trials pertaining to Aboriginal health.

Focuses on mixed-method designs to compare Western and Aboriginal research approaches.

Overview of methods used to collect data from a remote Torres Strait Island for research regarding relocation to the Australian mainland.

Looks at the disconnect between Indigenous politics, journal content, and research methodology.

Describes the history of United States Native American education policies, calling them "cultural genocide", and the abandonment of the policies in the 1930s. The article also explains the continuing economic exploitation of Native American resources in the 21st century.

Experience with using the research method talanoa and the researcher's hidden assumptions.

Authors discuss their research practice using Indigenous Storywork principles.

Educational Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.

Kaupapa Māori website on environmental and health research includes films, resources and links to other useful websites.

Research project looks at Maori concepts that can provide cultural reference points.

Looks at successful teaching practices used by Fist Nations and non-Aboriginal teachers for reading and writing in a cross-cultural class.

Author describes using the work of the Wendat Philosopher George Sioui as a foundation for teaching Autohistory. Article explores the integration of subjective morality into the study of history and the results for individuals and communities.

Professor (Hogan) explains how and why she teaches Indigenous epistemology in her graduate field-based research methods course and reflects on whether she has done it successfully. Recent doctoral student (Topok) explains how he developed his research method, Katimarugut, in the class.

Presents a philosophy of health research using the butterfly as a metaphor.

Discussion of what base indicators should be used to develop a baseline picture of social change in the Yellowknife Dene First Nation.