Welcome to the ethics and research resource site.
Taking part in research can be a great experience. The results can help us and our communities. To make sure research and research results work for us, we need to stay informed about research, ethics and participation.
Research is a planned, organized, careful search for information to answer a question. There are many kinds of research going on all the time in the world.
There are a few kinds of research that happen often in the Arctic:
- Physical research – studying the air, land, water, etc.
- Biological research – studying animals, plants, fish, etc.
- Social research – studying people, how they behave, how they live, etc.
- Health research – studying what makes people sick, how people stay well, etc.
Fact Sheet Series
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Research and Researchers |
Fact Sheet # 2 |
Participating in Research |
Fact Sheet # 3
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Individual Informed Consent for Research |
Fact Sheet # 4
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Benefits and Risks of Health Research |
Fact Sheet # 5
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Privacy and Confidentiality in Research |
Fact Sheet # 6
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Using Human Samples in Health Research |
Fact Sheet # 7
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Sharing and Reporting Results |
Participating in Research
Many organizations and people conduct research for many different reasons. Research is done to build knowledge about a particular question and learn what problems might be affecting peoples’ health, for example.
Participation in the research process is a topic that has been widely discussed among researchers and others since the 1980s. Much of this discussion was about what it means to be a participant or partner in a research project and how to best respect each others’ knowledge. These discussions helped to shape different types of research, such as participatory action research, and also resulted in the development of research guidelines.
Today, researchers follow guidelines to make sure their work is honourable and respectful (ethical).Guidelines and rules for researchers are part of the solution. Understanding research, researchers and the rights of research participants is a very good way to make sure research works for individuals and the community.
Nipingit: National Inuit Committee on Ethics and Research |
Research and research ethics are the key focus of Nipingit, the National Inuit Committee on Ethics and Research. Nipingit is a joint program of the Inuit Tuttarvingat of the National Aboriginal Health Organization and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. |
