Other Research Projects
On this page you will find information about Dr. Long's other research projects. Please follow these links to explore these exciting ethnographic studies in Edmonton, Alberta, in collaboration with students, faculty, and community partners.
Domain Research
This section brings together research projects I conducted within specific anthropological domains, including studies of race (specifically Whiteness), immigration, and belonging.
2019 - 2025
This research explores white racial identity and whiteness in Edmonton and the surrounding area, examining how whiteness operates as both a position of privilege and a structuring ideology within Canadian society. Through conversations with White participants, the project investigates how this often-unmarked identity is lived, understood, and reproduced in everyday life.
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2023 - 2024
This research examines the settlement experiences of Ukrainian newcomers in Edmonton following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and Canada’s introduction of the CUAET program, with particular attention to gaps in formal settlement supports. Using focus groups, life history interviews, and photovoice workshops, the project documents how Ukrainian newcomers and community members navigate resettlement, care, and responsibility in a moment of crisis-driven migration.
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2020 - 2024
Using mixed methods, an interdisciplinary research team (Drs. Intungane, Gateri, Dhungel, and I) collaborated with the City of Edmonton's Community Social Workers to explore systemic barriers faced by precariously employed racialized groups in Edmonton.
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2020
In February 2020, a group of Canadians from Toronto and Waterloo, Ontario as well as Edmonton, Alberta - travelled to Ghana where we explored slavery heritage tourism and homegoing, as white, Black and Brown Canadian travelers.
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Community - Engaged Ethnographic Research with Undergraduates
These projects document community-engaged ethnographic research undertaken with MacEwan undergraduates. They foreground student learning while contributing to locally grounded research shaped by community priorities and relationships.
2023 - 2024
Two of MacEwan University's undergraduate research methods courses partnered with MacEwan's John L. Haar Library to explore questions of how might we ... build community within and beyond the student body - through the library website and on campus.
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2022
MacEwan University's Ethnographic Research Methods course partnered with the City of Edmonton's RECOVER Urban Wellbeing Initiative to explore the purpose of Edmonton's City Hall. Students from the Fall 2022 Ethnographic Research Methods course conducted observation and semi-structured in-depth interviews with City Hall employees.
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2020
MacEwan University's Ethnographic Research Methods course partnered with the City of Edmonton's Recover Initiative to create accessible materials for the Community Safety & Well-being Task Force. The data for these materials came from the Edmonton Police Commission's Public Hearings that were set up in response to YEG's BLM Protests in May 2020.
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