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ScIQ: an invitation and recommendations to combine science and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit for meaningful engagement of Inuit communities in research (1)
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Arctic Science. September, 2020, Vol. 6 Issue 3, p326, 14 p.
Subject
Ontario
Canada
Nunavut
Language
English
Abstract
Researchers wishing to conduct studies in Nunavut are asked by potential funders and licensing agencies to incorporate Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) and meaningfully engage Inuit communities, but they must usually interpret for themselves what this means and how to do it in practice. As a group of Inuit youth from four Nunavut communities, we have developed a concept we call ScIQ (pronounced sigh-cue) to describe how science and IQ can be combined for more meaningful engagement to benefit both Inuit communities and scientific researchers. ScIQ is based on the understanding that IQ is not only knowledge that Inuit have gained over many generations; it is more holistic and includes Inuit values, customs and principles for living our lives. Incorporating IQ into research then, should be as much about how research is conducted as it is about data collected from Inuit and local knowledge used to conduct the research. Over a five-day Ikaarvik Youth ScIQ Summit in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, we developed 45 recommendations for specific things researchers can do before, during, and after their research that, from our perspective, are examples of truly incorporating IQ and result in more meaningful engagement of Inuit communities. This paper presents the Ikaarvik ScIQ recommendations. Qaujisaqtiit qaujisarniqarumajut Nunavummi apirijauvut kiinaujaqaqtiutuinnarialingni amma laisansitaaqtittijiujuni ilaliujjinirmut Inuit Qaujimajatuqanginni (IQ) amma tukiqattiaqtumi ilautittinirmi Inungni nunaliujuni, kisiani tukiliurijariaqaqput immingnut qanuq tukiqarningani ammalu qanuq pilirianguvangningani atuqtauninganut. Katinnganiulutik Inungni makkuktuni tisamani Nunavummi nunaliujuni, pivalliatittisimavugut isumagijautuinnarniujumi taijavut ScIQ (taijausuuq sigh-cue) unikkaarinirmi qanuq qaujisarniq amma Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit katitirijaujunnarningani tukiqattiarniqsaujumi ilautittiniujumi pivaallirutiqarniaqtumut tamakkini inungni nunaliujuni amma qaujisarnirmut qaujisaqtiujuni. ScIQ tunngaviqaqpuq tukisiumaniujumi Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit qaujimanituinnaunnginningani Inuit pisimajanginni arraagugasaalungnut, iluittuuniuvuq amma ilaqaqpuq Inuit pinnarijanginni, atuqpaktanginni amma tunngaviujuni inuunirmi inuusittinni. Ilaliujjiniq Inuit Qaujimajatuqanginni qaujisarnirmut asuilaak, ilaqalluaqpuq qanuq qaujisaqtauninga pilirianguvangningani ammalu qaujisaqtaunikuni titiraqsimajuni katiqsuqtaujuni Inungni amma nunalingni qaujimaniujunut atuqtauvaktuni pilirinirmut qaujisarniujumi. Tallimanut-ullunut, Ikaarvik Makkuktuni ScIQ Katimaniujumi Iqaluktuuttiaq, Nunavummi, pivalliatittilauqpugut 45-ni atuliqujaujuni nalunaiqtausimajunut kisutuinnanut qaujisaqtiit pilirijariaqaqtanginni sivuniani, taikani amma kinguniagut qaujisarninginni, isumagijattinni, uuktuutiuvut ilaliujjillaringningani Inuit Qaujimajatuqanginni amma pitittilluni tukiqarniqsaujumi ilautittiniujumi Inungni nunaliujunit. Una paippaaq tunisivuq Ikaarvik ScIQatuqunajaqtanginni. Key words: Ikaarvik, Indigenous Knowledge, Inuit, Nunavut, youth, ScIQ. Ikaarvik, Nunaqaqqaaqsimajunut Qaujimaniujumi, Inuit, Nunavummi, makkuktuq, ScIQ. Les bailleurs de fonds potentiels et les organismes d'octroi de permis demandent aux chercheurs desireux de realiser des etudes au Nunavut d'integrer le Qaujimajatuqangit inuit (IQ) et de faire participer de maniere significative les communautes inuites, mais ils doivent generalement interpreter par eux-memes ce que cela signifie et comment le faire en pratique. En tant que groupe de jeunes inuits de quatre communautes du Nunavut, les auteurs ont developpe un concept qu'ils appellent le ScIQ (prononcer en anglais sigh-cue) pour decrire comment la science et le IQ peuvent etre combines pour un engagement plus significatif au benefice des communautes inuites et des chercheurs scientifiques. Le ScIQ repose sur la comprehension que le IQ ne consiste pas seulement en un savoir que les Inuits ont acquis sur de nombreuses generations ; il est plus holistique et inclut les valeurs, les coutumes et les principes inuits permettant de vivre leur vie. L'integration du IQdans la recherche doit donc porter autant sur la maniere dont la recherche est menee que sur les donnees recueillies des Inuits et des savoirs locaux utilises pour realiser la recherche. Au cours d'un sommet de cinq jours de l'Ikaarvik Youth ScIQa Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, ils ont formule 45 recommandations a propos de gestes specifiques que les chercheurs peuvent poser avant, pendant et apres leur recherche et qui, de leur point de vue, constituent des exemples d'integration veritable du IQet aboutissent a un engagement plus significatif des communautes inuites. Cet article presente les recommandations du ScIQ Ikaarvik. [Traduit par la Redaction] Mots-cles : Ikaarvik, savoirs autochtones, Inuit, Nunavut, jeunes, ScIQ.
Introduction Ikaarvik was created by Inuit youth in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, and is administered by Ocean Wise Conservation Association (See Supplementary Material S1 (1), About Ikaarvik). The mission of Ikaarvik [...]