Conference Announcement
Northern Governance Policy Research Conference
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
3-5 November 2009
For further information, please go to:
http://www.ngprc.arctichealth-nt.ca
Or contact the conference chair:
Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox
Email: ngprcpapers [at] arctichealth-nt.ca
The Northern Governance Policy Research Conference will be held in
Yellowknife at the Explorer Hotel on 3-5 November 2009. This conference
will be the first of its kind in the Northwest Territories (NWT). It
will bring together an emerging resource of Northern community-based
researchers to discuss ways to connect effective research with policy
development in Indigenous and community organizations.
Specifically, the conference aims to:
- Empower and encourage resident northern scientists who serve as
researchers to nascent Indigenous and community organizations;
- Promote networking among researchers, decision makers, and
negotiators from across the NWT;
- Explore how research projects and their results contribute to
building the knowledge and capacity necessary to assist in community,
program and service development, and for negotiating rights-based
agreements; and
- Make recommendations to government and funding agencies about the
needs for supporting and promoting community-based research that
responds to the needs and priorities of communities, rather than
priorities of governments, universities, or funding bodies.
The conference will focus on the Northwest Territories; however, issues
and challenges under discussion are relevant to Indigenous and Northern
communities in the Arctic generally.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.ngprc.arctichealth-nt.ca
Or contact the conference chair:
Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox
Email: ngprcpapers [at] arctichealth-nt.ca