Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: social sciences, traditional knowledge, community engagement, women, environment, cultural revitalization, northern perspective, educational evaluation, international analogy
| Principal Investigator: | Brown, Rai (1) |
| Licence Number: | 13114 |
| Organization: | University of Calgary |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2000
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| Issued: | May 17, 2000 |
| Project Team: | self |
Objective(s): This project will study the impact of education of women's status in Northern Canada and hopefully develop an ethic that re-engages culture and ecology by challenging the western notion of progress. The primary purpose is to foster connections between f
Project Description: This project will study the impact of education of women's status in Northern Canada and hopefully develop an ethic that re-engages culture and ecology by challenging the western notion of progress. The researcher will conduct unstructured interviews with innovative educational institutions, sustainable development organizations, and women involved in community-building projects, social justice issues and resistance movements. No more than 20 interviews will be conducted and tape recorded after informed consent is obtained. Research will also be done in libraries and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. This project ongoing and in future will incorporate women from Norway, Finland, Sweden, Samiland and Russia in an attempt to establish a network which would further research, teaching and community planning.
