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Resources for Northern Research
​If you have suggestions for additional resources, contact csanorth@ualberta.ca 

Research Guidelines:
  • ​MOOC: Indigenous Canada (University of Alberta).  Access: https://www.coursera.org/learn/indigenous-canada
  • A Pan-Northern Approach to Science. (Governments of NWT, Yukon, and Nunavut, 2016). Access: http://www.eco.gov.yk.ca/pdf/PanNorthernApproachtoScience_English_WEB-Final.pdf
  • Doing Research in the Northwest Territories: A Guide for Researchers Applying for a Scientific Research Licence. (Aurora Research Institution, 2011). Access: https://nwtresearch.com/sites/default/files/doing-research-in-the-northwest-territories.pdf
  • National Inuit Strategy on Research. (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2018). Access: https://www.itk.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/National-Inuit-Strategy-on-Research.pdf 
  • Guidebook on Scientific Research in the Yukon. (Government of Yukon, 2013). Access: https://yukon.ca/sites/yukon.ca/files/tc/tc-guidebook-scientific-research-2013.pdf
  • Template Field Code of Conduct (APECS, 2020). Access: www.apecs.is/diversity-equity-inclusion/field-code-of-conduct.html
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Polar Science (APECS, 2020). Access: www.apecs.is/career-resources/diversity-equity-inclusion/dei-resources.html
Relationship Building with Community Partners:
  • Standing With and Speaking as Faith: A Feminist-Indigenous Approach to Inquiry. (TallBear, 2014). Access:  jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/405/371 
  • Highlighting the potential of peer-led workshops in training early-career researchers for conducting research with Indigenous communities. (MacMillan et al., 2019). Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/facets-2018-0046 
  • “I spent the first year drinking tea”: Exploring Canadian university researchers’ perspectives on community-based participatory research involving Indigenous peoples. (Castleden, Morgan, and Lamb, 2012). Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0064.2012.00432.x 
  • Challenges in Community-Research Relationships: Learning from Natural Science in Nunavut. (Gearheard and Shirley, 2007). Access: http://www.jstor.com/stable/40513159 
  • Community collaboration and climate change research in the Canadian Arctic (Pearce et al., 2009). Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00094.x 
  • Reporting back research findings: a case study of community-based tourism research in northern Canada. (Stewart and Draper, 2009). Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/14724040802696023 
  • Creating an Indigenized visitor code of conduct: the development of Denesoline self-determination for sustainable tourism (Homes et al., 2016). Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2016.1158828 
  • Towards actionable, co-produced research on boreal birds focused on building respectful partnerships. (Westwood et al. 2020). Access: https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01589-150126
  • Ressources Pour La Recherche Participative Et Collaborative/ Resources For Participatory And Collaborative Research. (Crowd-sourced document, led by MacMillan, 2020). Access: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SrqkAZpMGEC2uP_6Y-Fi8kNar9YYS8c8tg-V6VD0RLE/edit
  • Indigenous participation in peer review publications and the editorial process: reflections from a workshop. (Loseto et al., 2020). Access: doi.org/10.1139/as-2020-0023 
Funding Opportunities for Community Engagement: 
  • NSERC Student Ambassadors (NSERC - STEM Graduate + Undergraduate Student). Access: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/UG-PC/Ambassadors-Ambassadeurs_eng.asp  
  • ​NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NSERC - Indigenous STEM Graduate + Undergraduate Student). Access: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/students-etudiants/aboriginal-autochtones_eng.as 
  • Community Reporting Award (UAlberta North - Graduate Student). Access: https://www.ualberta.ca/north/funding-awards/scholarships-and-awards/community-reporting-award.html 
  • Research and Education Seed Fund (UAlberta North - Faculty). Access: https://www.ualberta.ca/north/research/seed-fund.html  
Grant Writing Resources:
  • Examples of Canadian graduate school funding applications, with a Northern focus (NSTP, UANRA, Aurora Research Institute Fellowships, Canadian Institute for Nordic Studies, Weston Northern Research Awards). Access: https://bit.ly/Canadian-Grad-Funding-Examples   

Papers of the Week
​Want your paper featured? Send to csanorth@ualberta.ca 

October 6, 2020
  • Towards reconciliation: 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists working in Canada. (Wong et al., 2020). Access: doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0005
  • Traditional Knowledge underlies One Health. (Copper Jack et al., 2020). Access: science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6511/1576.1/tab-article-info 
October 13, 2020
  • ​Safe fieldwork strategies for at-risk individuals, their supervisors and institutions. (Demery and Pipkin, 2020). Access: www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01328-5
October 26, 2020
  •  Report on Indigenous Research Methodologies. (Easby, 2016). Access: http://unescochair-cbrsr.org/pdf/resource/kp/UVic_IRM.pdf
November 9, 2020
  • ​How Traditional Tribal Perspectives Influence Ecosystem Restoration. (Long et al., 2020). Access: https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/jwlong/psw_2020_long001.pdf
November 18, 2020
  • ​Intersectionality and international polar research (Seag et al., 2019). Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247419000585
  • Hostile climates are barriers to diversifying the geosciences (Marín-Spiotta et al., 2020). Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-53-117-2020
December 1, 2020
  • ​Gender and Climate Change Research: Moving Beyond Transformative Adaptation (Santos et al., 2020). Access: arcticyearbook.com/images/yearbook/2020/Scholarly-Papers/10_Romero-Nieva_et_al.pdf
December 17, 2020
  • ​Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet (Hauptmann et al., 2017). Access.  
January 18, 2021
  • ​Ethnographic refusal in traditional land use mapping: Consultation, impact assessment, and sovereignty in the Athabasca oil sands region (Joly et al., 2018). Access.
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  • About the CSA
    • Past Exec (2021-2022)
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    • Northern Research Day 2021
    • Northern Research Day 2020
    • Northern Research Day 2019
  • Student Resources
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