Research with Arctic Inuit Communities

September 27, 2021
Research with Arctic Inuit Communities

In collaboration with some brilliant graduate students, Dr. Tristan Pearce has published a new edited volume, titled "Research with Arctic Inuit Communities: Graduate Student Experiences, Lessons, and Life Learnings". Congrats to all involved!

The abstract follows, and you can read more and purchase the book here: https://www.springer.com/in/book/9783030784829

ABSTRACT: This book shares graduate student experiences, lessons, and life learnings from research with Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic. The results of graduate student research are often disseminated in a thesis or dissertation, but their personal experiences building relationships with Inuit, working together to design and conduct research, and how this shaped their research approach and outcomes, are rarely captured. As such, there are limited resources available to new researchers that share information about the practical aspects of community-based research in the Arctic. The book is intended to provide a glimpse into what it is like to do research together with Inuit, and in doing so, contribute to the development of more productive and equitable relationships between Inuit and researchers. The chapters are written as structured narratives in the first-person and include reflections, and lessons learned.