Regions: South Slave Region
Tags: social sciences, oral history, radiation
| Principal Investigator: | Power, Ellen (1) |
| Licence Number: | 16395 |
| Organization: | University of Toronto |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2018
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| Issued: | Aug 28, 2018 |
| Project Team: | Ellen Power, Matthew Farish |
Objective(s): To document community stories of Cosmos 954 and radiation risk in Fort Resolution and Lutselk’e, NT.
Project Description: The research goal is to document community stories of Cosmos 954 and radiation risk in Fort Resolution and Lutselk’e, NT. In gathering these stories, the Principal Investigator (PI) will compile a community-based oral history of Cosmos 954 and Operation Morning Light in these northern communities. This research seeks to answer the following questions: How did community residents experience and remember the Cosmos 954 crash and cleanup operation? Do people still have concerns about health or environmental problems related to Cosmos 954 or the cleanup? The PI will begin the fieldwork in each community with a research presentation and a community sharing circle. The remainder of the time (aided by a local research assistant/translator) will be spent conducting semi-structured interviews with community members in Lutselk’e and Fort Resolution who remember the Cosmos 954 crash, or who have stories about that time. After the completion of the thesis in spring 2019, the PI will return to the communities for follow up-discussions. During the field research, the PI will have a local research assistants to help with the transcription of interviews (interviewees will also be compensated for their time).The stories gathered during this research will contribute to the written compilation of a community oral history of the crash of Cosmos 954 in Fort Resolution and Lutselk'e. After the completion of the project, the PI will work with both communities to determine how the research findings can be best shared with and made useful to community members. All recorded interviews and transcripts will be returned to the community, as will a copy of the finished Masters thesis. The PI also interested in exploring other ways of making this research available to the community, such as websites, public educational materials, storytelling or other methods recommended by community members. The follow-up discussions with the community in spring 2019 will include a final decision on how the research findings can be best shared with and made useful to community members. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from August 28, 2018 to December 31, 2018.
