The International Indigenous Policy Journal - Indigenous Engagement in Health Research in Circumpolar Countries: An Analysis of

Framework In this paper, we use a framework developed by Weijer and colleagues (1999) to assess the comprehensiveness of existing and proposed health research ethics guidelines in the Circumpolar regions that are specific to Indigenous peoples of the Arctic. [...] Generally, and in accordance with Tri-Council guidelines, university ERBs require formal indication by the Indigenous partner that the study has been reviewed by the 2 Canada has three primary research funders, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). [...] For instance, two programs (Yamalo-Nenets and Nenets) have been designed with the objective to ensure availability of research and to increase efficiency of research aiming at new models of health care in the context of traditional lifestyle and changing conditions of northern Indigenous peoples. [...] • The United States: the Belmont Report: ethical principles and guidelines for the protection of human subjects of research (National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1979); the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects ('Common Rule'), and the Revised Common Rule (U. [...] Norway a Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans – TCPS 2 (Canadian Institutes of Health Research et al., 2014); b The Belmont Report: Ethical principles and guidelines for the protection of human subjects of research (National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1979); c Federal Policy for the Protection of Hum.