Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Gwich'in Settlement Area
| Principal Investigator: | Southcott, Chris (8) |
| Licence Number: | 17335 |
| Organization: | Lakehead University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2023
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| Issued: | Aug 03, 2023 |
Objective(s): To determine the number and types of social economy organizations that currently exist in the North in order to understand the importance of these organizations.
Project Description: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5574. The goal of the project is to determine the number and types of social economy organizations that currently exist in the North in order to understand the importance of these organizations. The research team are therefore conducting a survey of social economy organizations in the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Nunavik and Labrador. Based on an initial database created in 2013, lists of social economy organizations in the north will be updated. A sample of these organizations would then be selected to answer a questionnaire dealing with their characteristics and the challenges that they currently face. The updated database will then be made available to social economy organizations. In addition, information will be shared on what challenges northern social economy organizations are currently facing. Unobtrusive research will be conducted to identify social purpose/social economy organizations in the Northwest Territories. This research will gather publicly available information which will be placed in the updated SERNNoCa database. From this database, a sample of organizations will be chosen based on region and activity. This sample would likely be 40 to 55 organizations in the NWT. Organizations will be sent a questionnaire based on the 2009 SERNNoCa questionnaire. Respondents will then either fill in the questionnaire and send it back by email, or a researcher would contact them by phone and fill the questionnaire in for them over the phone. This technique worked effectively in the NWT in our 2009 Social Economy survey and our 2013 Social Enterprise survey. The original SERNNoCa web page will be revamped, and all new data and research summaries will be made available on the new website. A research report will be written in the fall of 2023 and sent by email to all participants. A plain language summary of research results will also be made available. The actual database will be made available on the SERNNoCa website for use by NWT social economy organizations. The principal research will do a series of community presentations in the NWT in the fall to validate the research findings with community groups. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from August 3, 2023 to December 31, 2023.
