This is an evolving compilation of research frameworks that we are aware of, that have been developed according to Inuit cultural values and methodologies.

Please reach out to Natalie Carter if you have suggestions for changes or additions.

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• Uvvatuq Naluallangniaqtugut
  • Topkok, S.A. and Loon, H.P. (2021). Uvvatuq Naluallangniaqtugut An Iñupiaq Research Process. The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis 47(1):6–15.
• Sikumiut Model
  • Wilson, K.J., Bell, T., Arreak, A., Koonoo, B., Angnatsiak, D., and Ljubicic, G.J. (2020). Changing the role of non-Indigenous research partners in practice to support Inuit self-determination in research. Arctic Science 6(3):127–153.
• Aajiqatigiingniq Research Methodology
  • Aqqiumavvik Society. (2020). Aajiqatigiingniq Research Methodology. Arviat, Nunavut.
  • Ferrazzi, P., Tagalik, S., Christie, P., Karetak, J., Baker, K., and Angalik, L. (2019). Aajiiqatigiingniq: An Inuit Consensus Methodology in Qualitative Health Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods 18:1–9.
• ScIQ
  • Pedersen, C., Otokiak, M., Koonoo, I., Milton, J., Maktar, E., Anaviapik, A., Milton, M., et al. (2020). ScIQ: An invitation and recommendations to combine science and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit for meaningful engagement of Inuit communities in research. Arctic Science 6(3):326–339.
• Qaqqig Model
  • McGrath, J.T. (2018). The Qaggiq Model. Iqaluit, Nunavut: Nunavut Arctic College Media.
  • Mearns, R. (2017). Nunavut, Uqausivut, Piqqusivullu Najuqsittiarlavu (Caring for our Land, Language and Culture): The use of land camps in Inuit knowledge renewal and research. Master’s thesis. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University.
  • Ljubicic, G., Mearns, R., Okpakok, S., and Robertson, S. 2022. Nunami iliharniq (Learning from the land): Reflecting on relational accountability in land-based learning and cross-cultural research in Uqsuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven, Nunavut). Arctic Science, 8(1): 252-291.
• Eight Ujarait (Rocks) Model
  • Healey, G.K., Noah, J., and Mearns, C. (2016). The Eight Ujarait (Rocks) Model: Supporting Inuit Adolescent Mental Health With an Intervention Model Based on Inuit Ways of Knowing. International Journal of Indigenous Health 11(1): 92–110.
• Alaskan Inuit Food Security Conceptual Framework
  • ICC-Alaska. (2015). Alaskan Inuit food security conceptual framework: How to assess the Arctic from an Inuit perspective. Inuit Circumpolar Council – Alaska, Technical report. Anchorage, Alaska.
• Piliriqatigiinniq Partnership Model
  • Healey, G., and Tagak Sr., A. (2014). Piliriqatigiinniq’ Working in a collaborative way for the common good’: A perspective on the space where health research methodology and Inuit epistemology come together. International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies 7(1):1–15.
• The Kitchen Consultation Model
  • Price, J. (2007). Tukisivallialiqtakka: The things I have now begun to understand. Inuit governance, Nunavut and the kitchen consultation model. University of Victoria.

(Price, 2007)