Quarterly Newsletter
ACUNS distributes regular updates to keep their network informed of the most current Association activities and to promote relevant awards, deadlines, and meetings.
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Archived Newsletters
November 2020 (new monthly format)
Annual Reports
ACUNS 2014-2015 Annual Report
Community Engagement
Over the past several years, ACUNS members identified that most of the Association’s research awards focus on the natural sciences, and that there is a need to broaden the scope to include social sciences, humanities and health sciences (SSHHS) topics. The Association has held meetings with Yukon and the Northwest Territories research community members and knowledge users to identify research principles, processes, and priorities that could inform ACUNS, its member institutions, other research bodies, research funders, and scholarship providers. A similar engagement process and report for Nunavut is planned for a future date.
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Strategic Plan
The strategic planning process is well underway and our new strategic plan will be announced later in 2021. For reference, here is the 2015-2020 plan.
ACUNS Statement on Racism
The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) endeavors to break down cultural barriers in education, and encourage equity and inclusion in our membership, scholarship, and advocacy work. At this critical time, our association reflects on its strategic direction and the actions we can undertake to support students and build stronger community engagement between our members, partners, and residents in Canada’s north. ACUNS remains committed to fostering equity in the movement towards positive change. Read our full statement here.
Ethical Principles
ACUNS has been capturing the evolution of the conduct of ethical research in the Canadian North for over twenty years, producing and maintaining guidelines for researchers that have been widely adopted. These guidelines are regularly updated to reflect changing social and political context, with an intensive review planned in 2018-2019. The most recent version received recognition from international organizations and circumpolar countries for acknowledging the relationships between scholarship, research, and community. ACUNS’ ethics guide is currently available in English, French, Inuktitut, and Russian translations.
русский (Russian)