IFSD’s approach to this project is collaborative and informed by OCAP® Principles. IFSD’s senior team have completed the Fundamentals of OCAP® training course.
All information shared during this project with the consent and participation of First Nations is anonymized and shared back to protect their privacy.
All primary data will be stored on Microsoft’s cloud-based storage and will only be accessible by individual passwords. IFSD will use Microsoft Azure File Storage servers located exclusively in the Azure Canada Central geography (Toronto data centre). All data at rest in the data centre is stored encrypted. Additionally, all data in transit is also encrypted and no unencrypted connections are accepted by the service.
All hard copies of data (or electronic copies provided to IFSD on an encrypted USB key) will be stored in IFSD offices, in a locked filing cabinet, in a locked office. IFSD’s office space (housing the individual locked offices of its senior staff) is itself only accessible by key.
IFSD is conscious of its obligations to uphold OCAP® Principles. Given the nature of this work and the expected data, e.g., professional, non-personal, IFSD will endeavour to follow OCAP® Principles, with First Nations contributors owning and controlling their data, its access, and possession, whenever applicable.
Read more about IFSD’s approach to OCAP® Principles for this project.
For this project, IFSD will comply with OCAP® Principles in the following ways:
Ownership: First Nations data will be anonymized and aggregated in any reporting. First Nations will own their own information. There is no licensing of any information shared by First Nations.
Control: First Nations determine what information is shared, how, and when. Any First Nation sharing data, can withdraw their participation at any time, and any data shared will be destroyed. Upon completion of the project, IFSD would hold copies of the data for research accountability for a period of five years (the data cannot be used for any other purposes), after which time the data will be destroyed.
Access: IFSD anticipates feedback and review from the AFN and Technical Working Group on Social Developm (TWGSD) throughout the research process. For engagement with IA Program administrators in First Nations, IFSD will request their review and approval of any case studies or other materials developed with the information shared. Any First Nation sharing data, can withdraw their participation at any time, and any data shared will be destroyed. Upon completion of the project, IFSD would hold copies of the data for research accountability for a period of five years (the data cannot be used for any other purposes), after which time the data will be destroyed. IFSD stores all materials associated to the project on encrypted IFSD research laptops and in OneDrive (accessible via multi-factor authentication), with Canadian residency of all servers.
Possession: First Nations retain their own data. IFSD anticipates engagement exclusively with IA Program administrators and/or their staff in First Nations. Personal information is not part of the project. Only information from the level of the First Nation, including administration-focused data, and aggregate portraits of First Nations pre-employment, training, support, and other IA Program related needs will be the focus of this project.
You are invited to contact Dr. Helaina Gaspard (helaina.gaspard@ifsd.ca) with any questions.
Participants can withdraw at any time and any data they shared with IFSD will be destroyed.