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An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research

Arctic research continues to operate in a colonial framework and with an academic mindset that largely privileges the interests of southern institutions and fails to address Northern societal needs and issues, in particular those experienced in Inuit communities. We have seen research principles go from research on Inuit to research with Inuit, but it is high time we witnessed research by Inuit for Inuit. If research informs policy, and policy arguably leads to change, Inuit need to have a say in how research in Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homelands) is governed to better their lives. This piece filters such matters through the eyes of an Inuk, offering insights into current Arctic research governance, and maps out some of the solutions and opportunities for altering it in the interests of Inuit communities. (Pfeifer, P. (2019). “An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research.” Arctic Focus. [originally published by Northern Public Affairs, 2018])

Subjects: Canadian arctic, Inuit, Research ethics, Research methodologies, Research with Indigenous peoples, Research by Indigenous peoples

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Les conditions d’une collaboration éthique entre chercheurs autochtones et non autochtones

Reflections on the methodologies and concepts used in Indigenous Studies (abstract in English). (Karine Gentelet, Cahiers de recherche sociologique, no 48, 2009.)

Subjects: Research ethics, Research methodologies, Research by Indigenous peoples, Research with Indigenous peoples, Indigenous studies

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Propriété intellectuelle et éthique

Issue of the journal Études/Inuit/Studies devoted to the notions of intellectual property and ethics in northern research, specifically with regard to collaboration with Inuit communities. (Murielle Nagy [dir.], Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 35, Numéro 1–2, 20)

Subjects: Intellectual property, Inuit, Research ethics, Research by Indigenous peoples

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