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Régions: North Slave Region

étiquettes: social sciences, natural resources, resource development

Objectif(s): To investigate how the politics of privatized aid provided by the extractives sector shape sport for development (SFD) initiatives in Canada.

Description du projet: There are three key objectives to this research: First, to investigate how the politics of privatized aid provided by the extractives sector shape sport for development (SFD) initiatives in Canada; second, to examine the benefits and challenges involved in new partnerships between the private companies that fund SFD initiatives, the non-profit organizations (NPOs) that deliver them, and the communities that are meant to benefit from them; and third, to better understand the broader implications that the corporatization of aid has on the state`s involvement in the provision of services to marginalized populations. The research team will collect data with 25 stakeholders from the NPOs and corporations (e.g., staff members at headquarters, national and regional offices, and those on the ground involved in program delivery and evaluation). Participants will be recruited by telephone or email through the contact information provided on his or her corporation's website. Interested participants for the interviews will be asked to read and sign the consent form (which will be specific to what they are being recruited for) and freely decide if they would like to take part in the interview. Consenting individuals will then take part in an audio- recorded semi-structured interview. The interviews will be done in person, over the phone, or via Skype at a time and place that is convenient for both the researcher and the participants. For those interviews conducted in person, they will take place somewhere that is convenient for both the researcher and the participants, such as the individual's home or office, or a coffee shop. Once the researcher has reviewed the initial transcript, the participants will be provided with a copy of the transcribed interview (either directly at the participant's office or in a self-addressed stamped envelope), and their feedback on the document will be requested. This provides an opportunity for participants to add or delete statements prior to the analysis of the data. The participant will also have the option of discussing the changes with the researcher over the phone. The review process will take approximately thirty to sixty minutes for the interview data. The research team hope to conduct most interviews over the phone. The team will ask some community members for help in identifying the appropriate individuals to interview. There are several groups that are key targets for the communication of the results: SFD organizations working with communities in the extractive sector, corporate funders, and Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development policy-makers. These organizations are well placed to ensure that information is widely disseminated, while they are also the organizations best situated to initiate policy and programmatic change. The research team will invite all of these groups to participate in an online workshop that will be hosted through the Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society at the University of Ottawa. The purpose of this knowledge mobilization activity will be to share perspectives of involvement in order to maximize organizational learning, capacity building and knowledge exchange. Ideally, this workshop will result in a position paper and/or an online “wiki-style” toolkit that will share best practices among key stakeholders concerning corporate social responsibility, private-public-NPO partnerships, Indigenous development, and SFD. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from February 7, 2017 to December 31, 2017.