Working with Northern Communities to Build Collaborative Research Partnerships: Perspectives from Early Career Researchers

Partnerships between northern communities and academics have existed for decades, yet new attitudes regarding northern scholarship have shifted the research paradigm towards one that is more collaborative, interdisciplinary, and reflective of northern people's priorities. These shifting priorit...

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Published in:	Arctic Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 419 - 429
Main Authors:	Tondu, J.M.E, Balasubramaniam, A.M., Chavarie, L., Gantner, N., Knopp, J.A., Provencher, J.F., Wong, P.B.Y., Simmons, D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Calgary Arctic Institute of North America 01-09-2014 Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary
Subjects:	Academic communities Careers Collaboration Communities Community involvement Community life Community relations Community-based research Funding InfoNorth Listening Local communities Methods Native North Americans Natural resource management Northern communities Research facilities Research programs Respect Studies Traditional knowledge Canada PN, Arctic
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Summary:	Partnerships between northern communities and academics have existed for decades, yet new attitudes regarding northern scholarship have shifted the research paradigm towards one that is more collaborative, interdisciplinary, and reflective of northern people's priorities. These shifting priorities have been largely driven by comprehensive land-claim agreements that have led to various types of natural resource management, from co-management through self-government. Community involvement is an important component of licensing requirements for research in the three Canadian territories, and communities are calling for increasing participation-at every level-in research programs that take place in their region, including a role for indigenous researchers. Community-collaborative research, for the purposes of this paper, is an overarching term that encompasses different approaches to research that involves engaging local communities and individuals in the research process with the goal of sharing or co-generating knowledge to understand complex problems and bring about change through policy.
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ISSN:	0004-0843 1923-1245
DOI:	10.14430/arctic4416