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Abstract
During research projects, ethical protocols must be followed to ensure protection of the rights and intellectual property of Aboriginal peoples and researchers. In such a context, researchers collect and analyse data, write reports, present their findings at conferences, and publish them. Once the project is completed, what are the researchers’ rights to the data they have collected and the reports they have written? What are their duties? These questions are particularly relevant to those researchers who work with or for Aboriginal organisations. Before signing any contract or research agreement, researchers should make a point of retaining the right to use the data and reports for their own writing and publishing.
We are beginning to realise the obvious: a story does not exist as something to be captured but as something to be passed on (Morrow and Schneider 1995: 2).
Résumé
Lors de projets de recherche, des protocoles éthiques doivent être suivis pour s’assurer que les droits et la propriété intellectuelle des peuples autochtones et des chercheurs sont protégés. Dans ce contexte, les chercheurs recueillent et analysent les données, écrivent des rapports, présentent leurs résultats lors de conférences et les publient. Une fois qu’une étude est complétée, quels sont les droits des chercheurs concernant les données recueillies et les rapports qu’ils ont rédigés? Quels sont leurs devoirs? Ces questions sont particulièrement importantes pour les chercheurs travaillant en collaboration avec des organismes autochtones ou pour ces derniers. Avant de signer un contrat ou une entente de recherche, les chercheurs devraient s’assurer qu’ils garderont le droit d’utiliser les données et les rapports pour leurs propres écrits et publications.
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