Working in/with the community and afterwards
Thursday March 14 at 3 pm EST
Webinar ID: 540522657 at http://www.joinwebinar.com/fec/?locale=en_US&set=true
You will be connected to audio using your computer's microphone and speakers (VoIP). A headset is recommended.
Our speakers:
Kiah Hachey (Research Advisor, Dept. of Social & Cultural Development, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.)
Working in the north: the importance of building relationships and the value of building capacity with northern partners (from paid positions to co-authorship).
Kiah Hachey is a Research Advisor at Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI). She is originally from Baker Lake, Nunavut but is currently residing in the territorial capital, Iqaluit. Kiah has a range of experience in coordinating and assisting with community-based research and community focused initiatives. Kiah has carried out research projects of her own and has also assisted researchers new to the north with their work. This background, along with her foundation in her culture, has given her a greater understanding of the importance of positive relationships between researchers and communities.
Sonia Wesche (Assistant professor in the department of geography at the University of Ottawa)
Effective ways of engaging and retaining local partners within Northern communities in your research (from data collection to sharing resources)
Sonia Wesche is an Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Ottawa. She is also the current Coordinator of the Environmental Studies Program, and Associate Coordinator of the Aboriginal Studies Program. Over the past eight years she has worked with several First Nation communities in the Yukon and Northwest Territories to better understand their vulnerability and capacity to adapt to environmental change. She also has experience working with the National Aboriginal Health Organization on a range of Metis health issues. She is particularly interested in links between environmental change, traditional food use, food security, and health and well-being in Aboriginal communities. Website: http://www.geography.uottawa.ca/prof/wesche.htm
Deborah Simmons (Adjunct Professor in the department of Native Studies & Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba) and Jean Polfus (PhD candidate at the University of Manitoba) & Walter Bayha (member of the Délı̨nę First Nation).
Outreach and education: tips on how to discuss your research results with local stakeholders in innovative ways
Deborah Simmons recently took on a position as Executive Director of the Sahtú Renewable Resources Board, a cooperative resource management Board based in Tulı́t'a, Northwest Territories with a mandate in wildlife, habitat and harvester knowledge research. Deborah maintains research affiliations as Assistant Professor of Aboriginal Studies at University of Toronto, and Native Studies at University of Manitoba. Focusing on traditional knowledge research, been involved in collaborative cross-disciplinary studies with Dene and Métis communities of the Northwest Territories since 1999.
Jean Polfus is a doctoral candidate at the University of Manitoba. Under the supervision of Dr. Micheline Manseau, Jean is developing ecological research that synthesizes knowledge across jurisdictional, cultural, and political boundaries. In 2008 Jean developed a Master's project through a unique collaboration between the University of Montana, the Taku River Tlingit First Nation, and Round River Conservation Studies. Her research supported the management initiatives of the First Nation by using an innovative combination of modeling approaches to determine the cumulative effects of human developments on woodland caribou, including the development of robust habitat models based on the traditional knowledge of the First Nation.
Louise Chavarie
