Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: social sciences, community consultation, research communication
| Principal Investigator: | Pearce, Tristan D (27) |
| Licence Number: | 14025 |
| Organization: | Global Environmental Change Group, Department of Geography, University of Guelph |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2006
2005
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| Issued: | Jul 08, 2006 |
| Project Team: | Mark Andrachuk (Research Assistant, Global Environmental Change Group, Department of G), Frank Duerden (Researcher, Ryerson University, Department of Geography), Barry Smit (Research Supervisor, Global Environmental Change Group, Department of G), Fred Kataoyak (Research Assistant, Community of Uluhaktok), Robbie Inuktalik (Research Assistant, Community of Uluhaktok), Annie Goose (Translator, Community of Uluhaktok), Johanna Wandel (Researcher, Global Environmental Change Group, Department of G) |
Project Description: Planning for the dissemination of results in the community is being done in consultation with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inuvialuit Joint Secretariat, Inuvialuit Game Council, Uluhaktok Hunters and Trappers Committee and other community representatives. Researchers will work with the project’s two local research assistants and local interpreter to disseminate results in the community during the proposed community visit. The format of research results is being decided in consultation with community representatives and local researchers and dissemination materials will be reviewed and critiqued by local researchers to ensure that documents are appropriate for the community. All text will be translated in English and Inuinnaqtun and visuals will be used whenever possible to convey information and complement text. It is planned that dissemination packages will contain three materials: a booklet with a summary of key findings, visual presentations (slideshow) directed at youth, and posters that will be used in community displays. Copies of all dissemination materials will be left with appropriate representatives in the community for future use by the community. Five broad community groups are identified as target groups for research dissemination: interviewees, youth, elders, community organizations and general population. The researchers will work at the household level to return research findings to all interviewees and community collaborators. This will involve arranging times to meet with interviewees so that, if desired, researchers can personally go over findings with each individual or household, respond to any questions or concerns, and document feedback. These meetings will be voluntary, informal and at the convenience of community members. Youth will be targeted with presentations at the Helen Kalvik School that will be highly visual, interactive and tailored to address each age cohort. Elders who participated in interviews last year will be visited by researchers and the local interpreter on a household level. Elders who were not interviewed will also be given the opportunity to have researchers visit them to discuss research findings. Researchers will also offer to present findings at organizations’ respective meetings if meeting dates fall within the time researchers are working in the community. If not, researchers will discuss results with organization representatives on an informal basis. Copies of reports and/or slideshow presentations will be distributed to all relevant community organizations including the Hamlet of Holman, Olokhaktomiut Hunters and Trappers Committee, Holman Community Corporation, Helen Kalvik School, Katimavik Centre, Youth Council, RCMP, Health Centre, and the Aurora Research Institute. The study will be conducted within the municipal bounds of the Hamlet of Holman from July 14 to September 31, 2006.
