Methodologies & Ethics

Book review of: Trans-Indigenous by Chadwick Allen. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 94.

Authors stress that there is a need for interdisciplinary and collaborative community-centered approaches to research and healthcare programming in Indigenous communities. Article notes that transdisciplinary research is one of the three core values of the Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health, and stress the relevance of the social determinants of health.

Article puts forward the Transformational Indigenous Praxis Model (TIPM) as a support to teachers and other educators in decolonizing and indigenizing their practices; author provides a step-by-step framework which challenges Eurocentric knowledge bases and current Western educational models.

Adult Education and Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 2006.

Aim of the paper is to increase interest relating to topics regarding the translation of research tools for use in health research on Aboriginal peoples.

Describes the key concepts of Western science and the principles and processes of Adaptive Management. The paper also looks at the similarities and differences in Indigenous and Western science perspectives.

Book review of: Travelling Knowledge by Renate Eigenbrod.

Autoethnographic narrative into the author's experiences of indigeneity and displacement.

Original version published in 1998. This version contains ammendments from 2000, 2002, and 2005. See section six.

See chapter nine, p. 109.

See chapter nine.

Essay identifies the domestic and international legal principles that control data governance. Discusses how tribal sovereignty is impacted by these principles and argues for a critical look at the structures for data governance and the need for intergovernmental cooperation.

Curriculum & Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Research report draws on field notes and case studies to assess the capacity of Tribal governance bodies to manage watersheds using a combination of Western and Indigenous scientific practices, and to analyze tribal management in context of collaborative watershed management groups.

Discussion between tribal wilderness managers and researchers on the primary research needs of tribal wilderness to identify a number of research priorities for tribal wildlands. The article also discusses some major issues and challenges faced by researchers conducting research in areas that are culturally sensitive to tribal members.

Argues that international rules are needed for the collection of genetic material and gives an example of explotation among the Nootka of Vancouver Island.

Poem.

Canadian Studies Program Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2009.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2019.

National Park Service of the United States and their use, and consultation, of Indigenous knowledge. Issues of confidentiality and disclosure.

Looks at new approaches, theories and methods related to Indigenous knowledge and reviews the literature on the role of community based researchers.

In response to the study “Prenatal Care among Mothers Involved with Child Protection Services in Manitoba.” Authors note several biases in the study including: failure to discuss negative stereotypes of Indigenous people resulting in differential care, and a disregard of resurgent Indigenous community-led models of care.

Author argues that the Stonechild inquiry fell short and failed to provide a complete picture of what really happened.

Argues that respectful long-term research is possible, if proper ethical methodologies are employed.

Develops ethical policies and procedures for First Nations' to present their history and culture in conjunction with cultural institutions. 3rd edition.

Examines how the Turtle Lodge International Centre for Indigenous Education and Wellness in Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba teaches a flexible, community-based process of responsibility-based self-determination discourse; stresses respectful and reciprocal relationships, community well-being, earth guardianship, and cultural resurgence.

Discusses a holistic research philosophy that integrates mātauranga Māori and Western science & engineering relevant to research.

Project evaluated and selected 20 research articles which were then summarized and presented to 190 health workers and regional stakeholders in Nunavik in 6 thematic emails: Child Development, Infectious Diseases, Traditional and Modern Medicine, Metabolism, Nutrition and Contaminants, and Inuit Perspectives. Article lists were also published online.

Looks at a community participation model of research and teaching which draws on the strengths of Indigenous and Western knowledges in efforts to revitalize language and restore relationships with each other and with the land.

Special Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 2010.

Concludes that Alaskan Inupiat and Siberian Yup'ik are predominantly affected by type 2 diabetes, as opposed to latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA).

Describes the frustration of being over analyzed and misinterpreted by some researchers without sufficient data and questions benefits to the people.

Examines assimilation policies by the U.S. Bureau of the Census regarding the racial character of Native Americans from 1969 up unitl 1980.

Discusses the context and concerns of the Indigenous food sovereignty (IFS) movement arising from research conducted by the authors; focuses on the creation and implementation of an Aboriginal research framework.

Study uses participatory action research (PAR) methodology approach to look at the meanings of sustainability within the community of Laitu Khyeng, Bangladesh.

Leadership and Change Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch University, 2014.

Highlights difficulties which confront researchers when collecting, interpreting and applying health assessment data.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.

Authors of this study examine the tensions, concerns, and cultural factors around dog management in a community in Nunavik, Quebec; following this community assessment they work to articulate an EcoHealth approach to this issue that will engage the myriad of factors surround the controversy. Text in French.

Report primarily based on semi-structured interviews with eight Indigenous faculty members. Outlines methodology and discusses findings, including: resources used, current gaps in resources and services, community members' lack of access, experiences with librarians/archivists, and research-related issues. Thirteen recommendations are made.

Evaluates the effectiveness of basic education model which uses remedial tutoring and learning skills support to further student's success in the university environment.

Report describing issues encountered by researchers investigating language and culture of Athabaskan tribes that disappeared before scientific observers arrived in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico areas.

Cross-sectional study draws on information from 836 participants who completed the Our Health Counts Toronto (OHCT) comprehensive health survey. Results indicate a 28.5% prevalence of discrimination by a healthcare provider and found it to be positively associated with unmet health needs (prevalence: 27.3%).

Article describes the phenomenon of site-looting, or artefact collecting by amateur or hobbyist archeologists; discusses the motivations of the collectors and the effects for the scholarly archeological community.

Author reflects on the role of non-Indigenous peoples in decolonizing research methods and cultural participation using the core themes of identity and belonging, accountability and consent, and responsibility and appropriation.

Discusses “shame” in different contexts and explores the experience of shame for individuals and groups. Describes how shame was used as a tool of colonization in Indian Residential Schools and how it might be a transformative influence in the process of reconciliation following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.