Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, North Slave Region, South Slave Region
Tags: social sciences, community engagement, education, school
| Principal Investigator: | Taylor, Donald M. (2) |
| Licence Number: | 14820 |
| Organization: | McGill University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2010
2009
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| Issued: | Nov 29, 2010 |
| Project Team: | Roxane de la Sablonnière (Research team member, University of Montreal), Esther Usborne (Research team member, University of Montreal), John Biss (Project coordinator), Dan Daniels (co-investigator, Deputy Minister of Education, NWT ), Roy Erasmus (co-investigator, Assistant Deputy Minister of Education, NWT) |
Objective(s): To develop a partnership between school, community and ministry or regional education authorities that will serve as the basis for a collaborative plan of action based on survey results regarding territorial educational challenges; to build the capacity within each territory/region regarding community-based survey research.
Project Description: The objectives of this research project are to develop a partnership between school, community and ministry or regional education authorities that will serve as the basis for a collaborative plan of action based on survey results regarding territorial educational challenges; to build the capacity within each territory/region regarding community-based survey research. This research began in Paulatuk in May, 2009. This research project has now been expanded to N'Dilo, Dettah and Hay River in the Northwest Territories. The same methodology will be used in these communities. A working group from the community will modify the questions on the survey and add additional items that they want addressed in their community. The project began as a community-based Inuit initiative. The Deputy Ministers of Education of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Nunatsiavut (Labrador), and the Kativik School Board, Nunavik, Quebec have asked to help conduct this research project. The entire research process thus involves a genuine partnership with communities across Canada. Paulatuk, the community where the research began and continues to take place in the Northwest Territories, is engaged in every aspect of the research. In conjunction with the research team, community members have helped to develop the research methodology and built the survey instrument. They were involved in finalizing the survey instrument, and they carried out the data collection. The results of the survey research will be disseminated through a series of presentations to the community. The presentation of the research results will be given jointly by members of the community and members of the research team in a series of meetings to take place in Paulatuk, N'Dilo, Dettah, and Hay River. The data will also be used to design and carry out community-based initiatives that will benefit the community and its children. Finally, the results may be shared with other communities and regions, but only after approval from the community and other stakeholders is obtained. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from November 30, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
