Developing an Accountability Framework to Support Bridging Inuit Worldviews and the Critical Paradigm in Qualitative Research

• Published in: International Journal of Qualitative Methods
• Main Authors: MacLachlan, Janna, Andersen, Andrea, Benoit, Anita C., Nowgesic, Earl, Nixon, Stephanie A.
• Other Authors: Northern Scientific Training Program, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2022
• Subjects: Education; Canada; Endeavour; inuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069221113114; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/16094069221113114; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/16094069221113114

Bridging Indigenous and Western paradigms in research can offer benefits but it can also be challenging because of the need to navigate power dynamics and differences in perspectives. Amid the Western epistemic norms that dominate most academic spaces in Canada, researchers must endeavour to bridge...