scholarly journals ‘Canadian Rangers: Community, Autonomy, and Sovereignty’

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-40
Author(s):  
Samantha Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Canadian Forces ◽  
Indigenous Cultures ◽  
The World ◽  
Full Time Employment ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Community Autonomy

Indigenous members of the Canadian Forces (CF) are an integral part of the organization, working and fighting alongside their non-Indigenous colleagues all over the world. As a non-combative sub-set of the CF, however, the Canadian Rangers are a unique branch of the Reserves that are without compare. Functioning primarily for their communities, the Rangers represent the potential for the CF to effectively work with Indigenous communities and culture, while maintaining CF operational objectives in the Arctic. This article explores how the Rangers balance the sovereignty of their communities with the aims of the CF by integrating Indigenous cultures, language, and ways of knowing into their operational and capabilities, while remaining semi-autonomous from the CF culture and hierarchy. This article concludes that while the Rangers are an example of the potential for Indigenous and Canadian partnerships, there is also an alarming disparity and inequitable access to secure full-time employment and healthcare. Moreover, Rangers face many of the same issues as those in the communities they strive to serve. Therefore, this article argues that if Canada is serious about reconciliation and creating more opportunities for Indigenous persons in the Arctic, then part of that aim should also include providing the Rangers with the same support other areas of the CF are privileged to receive.

INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY FOR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEWS AND OPINONSOF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THEIR INTERACTION WITH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE YAMAL-NENETS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-147
Author(s):  
Elena F. GLADUN ◽  
Gennady F. DETTER ◽  
Olga V. ZAKHAROVA ◽  
Sergei M. ZUEV ◽  
Lyubov G. VOZELOVA
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Legal Issue ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Autonomous District ◽  
Integrated Methodology ◽  
The World ◽  
Nenets Autonomous

Developing democracy institutions and citizen participation in state affairs, the world community focuses on postcolonial studies, which allow us to identify new perspectives, set new priorities in various areas, in law and public administration among others. In Arctic countries, postcolonial discourse has an impact on the methodology of research related to indigenous issues, and this makes possible to understand specific picture of the world and ideas about what is happening in the world. Moreover, the traditions of Russian state and governance are specific and interaction between indigenous peoples and public authorities should be studied with a special research methodology which would reflect the peculiarities of domestic public law and aimed at solving legal issue and enrich public policy. The objective of the paper is to present a new integrated methodology that includes a system of philosophical, anthropological, socio-psychological methods, as well as methods of comparative analysis and scenario development methods to involve peripheral communities into decision-making process of planning the socio-economic development in one of Russia’s Arctic regions — the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District and to justify and further legislatively consolidate the optimal forms of interaction between public authorities and indigenous communities of the North. In 2020, the Arctic Research Center conducted a sociological survey in the Shuryshkararea of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, which seems to limit existing approaches to identifying public opinion about prospects for developing villages and organizing life of their residents. Our proposed methodology for taking into account the views of indigenous peoples can help to overcome the identified limitations.

scholarly journals The Pandemic, the Arctic and Me: A Levels of Analysis Discussion of Arctic Security Focusing on the 2020 Global Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Soazic Dacal
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
Arctic Security ◽  
Local Parameters

The Covid-19 pandemic hit the world during the winter 2020. Still on-going, it impacts everyone’s everyday life on a great scale. While the pandemic is considered as a global challenge, it has particular effects in the Arctic due to local parameters, such as remoteness, need of communication, other health challenges, presence of indigenous communities, etc. Using the author’s personal experience as a starting point, this paper aims to provide a broad and objective analysis in order to identify and discuss major stakes of the pandemic as well as the opportunities it provides.

scholarly journals PILIRIQATIGIINNIQ ‘Working in a collaborative way for the common good’

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwen Healy ◽  
Andrew Tagak Sr.
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Health Related Research ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Common

Increasing attention on the Arctic has led to an increase in research in this area. Health research in Arctic Indigenous communities is also increasing as part of this movement. A growing segment of the research community is focused on explaining and understanding Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing. Researchers have become increasingly aware that Indigenous knowledge must be perceived, collected and shared in ways that are unique to, and shaped by, the communities and individuals from which this knowledge is gathered. This paper adds to this body of literature to provide Inuit perspectives on health-related research epistemologies and methodologies, with the intent that it may inform health researchers with an interest in Arctic health. The Inuit concepts of inuuqatigiittiarniq (“being respectful of all people”), unikkaaqatigiinniq (story-telling), pittiarniq (“being kind and good”), and iqqaumaqatigiinniq (“all things coming into one”) and piliriqatigiinniq (“working together for the common good”) are woven into a responsive community health research model grounded in Inuit ways of knowing which is shared and discussed.

the Tree of Life as a Research Methodology

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian M. Jiménez Estrada
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Tree Of Life ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
Indigenous Cultures ◽  
General Overview ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Impacts

AbstractThis paper is grounded on the premise that research, as a colonising practice, needs constant reconceptualisation and rethinking. I propose a methodology based on some of the values, visions and stories from my own Maya Indigenous culture and knowledge in addition to other Indigenous cultures across the world. I argue that researchers need to constantly acknowledge and change the negative impacts of ignoring multiple ways of knowing by engaging in respectful methods of knowledge collection and production. This paper contributes to the work Indigenous scholars have done in the area of research methodologies and knowledge production. First, a general overview of the values and concepts embedded in the Ceiba or the “Tree of Life” is presented; then, a discussion of what respectful research practices entail follows; finally, it concludes with a reflection on how the Ceiba is a small example of how researchers can adapt their research methodology to the local context.

scholarly journals Fish skin, a sustainable material used from ancient times to today's fashion

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotta Rahme
Keyword(s):  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Fish Skin ◽  
The World ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
To Receive

The use of fish skin is an ancient tradition in Arctic societies along rivers, streams and coasts all over the world. Fish skins were regarded as a useful material for parkas, boots, mittens and hats. Today the interest in making use of fish skin, an undeveloped by-product, is on the rise. By using different tanning techniques from cultures around the globe, fish skin has shown great promise as a material for clothing, as well as other products. There is also a desire to be able to tan these skins with environmentally friendly techniques. Today most animal skins are tanned using chromium and other cheap toxic substances, raising question around health and environmental safety. The knowledge of how to use these traditional tanning methods has been preserved by woman from cultures along the Arctic Circle stretching from the Nordic countries to Canada and Japan. In order to keep this knowledge alive for future generations, Sweden has re-introduced the possibility to receive a Master tanner´s title, increasing the incentive and status for those studying these important subjects. This is a report and narrative review of the field, and insights I have acquired over 3 decades; from student to Master Tanner.

scholarly journals INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE SACRED GEOGRAPHY OF ETHNIC TERRITORIES (CASES OF THE SHOR PEOPLE AND THE TOZHU-TUVANS)

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Алексей Веденин ◽  
Aleksei Vedenin ◽  
Константин Осипов ◽  
Konstantin Osipov
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Sacred Places ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Indigenous Cultures ◽  
Special Support ◽  
The World

<p>Preserving the indigenous peoples’ traditional cultures is a problem of current special interest from research and practice perspectives. Indigenous peoples of the world were always largely affected by dominating societies and forced to transform their original cultures, way of life and identity. In this regard, surviving indigenous culture practices require a special support based on the scientifi understanding of their meanings from the point of view of sustainable preservation of ethno-cultural environments. Cult and sacred places, be they natural sites or human-made facilities, remain crucial but quite vulnerable cultural elements of indigenous ethnic groups. They are important spatial objects which preserve indigenous peoples’ culture memory and different ethnic traditions connected with religion, spiritual culture and mythology. This paper summarizes main results of an interdisciplinary research of cult and sacred places used by the Shor people in the Kemerovoregion and the Tozhu-Tuvans in TuvaRepublic(Russian Federation). During their 2015 – 2017 fi the authors identifi a lot of sacred places, revered by indigenous communities, and described them in terms of their signifi as elements of living indigenous cultures. The data obtained in the process of fi allowed the authors to map the sacred places, as well as the main risks and threats associated with them. The latter include: mining activities, infrastructural and tourism facilities, etc. The identifi threats lead both to the destruction of the sacred places as well to extinction of indigenous knowledge.<strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals A case study of campus-based flexible learning using the World Wide Web and computer conferencing

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Nontraditional Students ◽  
Computer Conferencing ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Mature Students ◽  
The World ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Full Time Employment ◽  
Student Ratios

In line with departments in many other universities, the IT Institute (ITI) has experienced an increase in student numbers which has not been matched by a commensurate increase in funding or staff numbers. Staff to student ratios have increased to the point where it has become impractical for small group tutorials to take place. This position has affected job satisfaction and caused increasing doubts over the effectiveness of large group lectures for student learning. Furthermore, it has been recognized that over the last ten years the makeup of the student population has radically changed, leading to a larger proportion of 'nontraditional' students such as mature students with family responsibilities. Related to this, many students are now in part-time or even full-time employment. It is recognized that both these groups require greater flexibility in the time and place of their learning.DOI:10.1080/0968776980060306

scholarly journals Editorial

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aileen Moreton-Robinson ◽  
Mark McMillan ◽  
David Singh
Keyword(s):  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Native Hawaiians ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Indigenous Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Conducting Research

This edition testifies to the broad international reach of the journal, with contributions variously concerned with Arctic Indigenous communities, the Métis of Canada, Native Hawaiians and Māori of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Two articles stress the need to work collaboratively and respectfully with Indigenous populations whilst conducting research. The first, by Gwen Healey, notes the increased interest in health research in the Arctic, particularly with Inuit populations. Healy seeks to add to the growing body of literature concerned with Indigenous ways of knowing by highlighting Inuit concepts that inform an effective Arctic research model. The second, by primary author Peter Hutchinson and a range of co-contributors, highlights the ways in which Métis collaborators working in health developed a participatory Indigenous research method that was unique in that it foregrounded Métis relationships and relationality. In so doing, the researchers were able to give substance to otherwise staid policy statements about the need for good ethical research conduct.

THE FEATURES OF ORGANIZING BLENDED LEARNING USING LMS MOODLE

2018 ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. V. Karmanova
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Online Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
The World

The technology of blended learning is one of the modern trends in education both in the world and in Russia. The article explores the various possibilities of blended learning technology. As a means of implementing online learning, it is proposed to use LMS Moodle, which is widely used among educational organizations. The categorization of the main elements of Moodle from the perspective of the organization of pedagogical control, forms of presentation of teaching materials is presented. Examples of the use of basic resources and elements of Moodle in the educational process are given. The interactive properties of individual elements those allow you to more effectively implement online learning in blended learning technology are revealed. An approach is proposed to understand the essence of blended learning technology as a technology that allows to activate a student’s activities in the framework of full-time education by using online training and transferring (from full-time education) those activities that students are able to implement in the absence of a teacher.

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