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Régions: Sahtu Settlement Area

étiquettes: social sciences, housing, well-being, community life

Objectif(s): To understand the links between self-building housing and well-being in Fort Good Hope and to develop a methodology that the communities can implement to assess the impacts of self-built housing and programs, and their changes, on well-being for people, family and the community.

Description du projet: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5041. The research objectives, and associated outcomes, of the project are to: 1) Understand the links between self-building housing and well-being in Fort Good Hope, a community where several examples of the self-built Housing Assistant Payment (HAP) housing are located and how culturally appropriate housing design and planning can contribute to well-being. Production of a report translating the information and data collected from the interviews and the survey questionnaire for the community as we will understand not only the quality of self-built houses, but also the value for money in terms of procurement of materials and necessary equipment, the building and planning process to advance knowledge on best practices; 2) Develop a methodology that the communities can implement to assess the impacts of self-built housing and programs, and their changes, on well-being for people, family and the community. Production of survey questionnaire(s), qualitative data collection tool(s), implementation guide, and analysis framework; and 3) Assess challenges and facilitators encountered in self-built projects, and critically examining the feasibility and implementation of such housing projects for the future of the community and potentially scaling up to other Northern communities. Additionally, by conducting a community-based survey questionnaire, we will assess the impacts of programs geared to self-building on actual housing conditions, their construction quality, and on community satisfaction in two communities, Fort Good Hope This collaborative qualitative housing research explores and explains human behaviour for improving well-being rather than as a mere attempt to describe attributes of the housing. It examines why, how and under what circumstances certain behaviours and feelings occur; it investigates an in-depth understanding of social phenomena holistically and provides insights into meanings of decisions and actions pertaining to self-building as potential alternative housing policy and programs in the community. The research project will be conducted according to the principles of Indigenous Research Methodologies to ensure that indigenous values, ethics and experiences guide the research. It will utilize approaches provided by community-based participatory research involving the collaboration of the project team at every step of the project including: the definition of the research question and objectives, the development of the methodology, data collection and analyses, and the dissemination of the research results. All documents pertaining to this research will be translated into the local language. Finally, the project will follow the Tri-Council Policy Statement for Ethical Conduct for Research Involving First Nations, Inuit and Métis People of Canada. Well-being and the impacts of self-built housing conditions for well-being are culturally and socially specific. As the project evolves, the research team will develop the conceptual framework describing the meanings of well-being for members of the community, as well as the housing conditions impacting them. Data will be collected using individual interviews to discuss specific topics around self-building housing and to bring together as many perspectives as possible on this complex subject. The team anticipate to conduct between four to eight one-on-one interviews per day (lasting 1 hour) with the participants (families or groups of builders can also be interviewed). Overall, the team aim to recruit 20 to 30 residents of Fort Good Hope, 19 years and older from different groups of the population to maximise heterogeneity of viewpoints and experience: men, women; youth (aged 19 years and older), young adults, adults, elders; people living with disabilities. The interviews will begin by explaining the project to the participants to seek oral or written consent. Participant’s names and contact details will be logged in a separate document. The list of themes and questions guiding the discussions will be revised in a first visit to the community in October 2021 to present the project to the community and finalize the questions that will guide the discussion. Building on previous work, the research tem will explore different dimensions of self-built housing for their influence on the well-being of individuals and the community, with a focus on a relationship-based perspective of family, community and with the land. From this perspective, structural, material and cultural housing and conditions, sense of home, home ownership, community life, resources and services, community-land continuum, and housing policies will be explored for their influence on well-being. Through discussion, we aim to answer the following broad questions: 1) What does well-being mean to you? 2) How is self-building important for well-being? 3) How does self-building housing foster (or not) relationships within the family, within the extended family, within the community, with the land? And 4) How can self-build housing design and community planning better foster these relationships? The project team recognizes the importance of knowledge transfer between the community and the research team to enable a successful research process. Through the use of a Community-Based Participatory Research approach, successful collaboration between the community and the team is heightened by bridging local expertise to the research methodology, project analyses and successful dissemination of the project results. This collaboration will in turn improve the research capacity of the community through the involvement of local residents in developing the proper questions and in involving the youth and future home-builders in the research project. Moreover, this approach must ensure that the research project is aligned with community needs, values and vision. A strong collaboration between all the stakeholders increases the capacity of each community to improve their understanding and dialogue on their particular housing development needs. When the interviews and analysis are completed, and the survey questionnaires are filled out using Qualtrics, following community-based participatory principles and guidelines, information should flow systematically and continuously through the project between researchers and the community. While this can be challenging to implement in practice due to a variety of structural, linguistic, and temporal reasons, the team will work to develop an integrated information sharing strategy that draws from the best practice Knowledge Translation (KT) approaches that reflect local communication styles and norms. The team will also work to deepen the understanding of KT processes and communication throughout the project by undertaking continuous collective evaluation of our progress, using this to improve the quality of the results outputs of the project. Outcomes of the project will first be presented to Fort Good Hope in the form of a written report, at hopefully in an in-person meeting in the community if possible, and in using appropriate local communication channels such as community meetings, community radio, and Facebook to reach a wider audience. The report will then be shared with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and Social Sciences and Health Research Canada (SHRC) and interested Indigenous housing organizations and stakeholders. The team will also prepare best practice reports about the lessons learned from the survey questionnaire collaboration so other organizations can implement their own. Knowledge produced by the project will also be disseminated to the research community through participation at conferences and in scientific publications. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from June 14, 2022 to June 24, 2022