By Felix Charron-Leclerc  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At the Arcticnet convention in December, one forum revolved around the question of “how to conduct respectful and reciprocal Northern research.” A 2018 study by Dr. Marianne Falardeau and Dr. Gwyneth MacMillan, of the University of Laval in Quebec, asked 44 early career researchers how much training they received before arriving in the field in the North, in terms of collaborative research, Indigenous perspective or ways of knowing. Among the respondents, 63 per cent said they had no training at all on the subject while 19 per cent said they had very little training. When asked if the training should improve for future research teams, respondents voted 97 per cent in favour of increasing Indigenous perspective training. Scientists at the forum expressed that

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