NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Latta, Alex
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5798. Over the next three years, research conducted with Sombaa K’e First Nation will support increased tools and capacity to incorporate Traditional Knowledge (TK) in environmental monitoring efforts. This includes developing GIS capability to map TK observations of environmental conditions and incorporate those observati...

Principal Investigator: Latta, Alex
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5437. The objective of the proposed research is to support a climate change adaptation planning process in Jean Marie River, NWT. Simultaneously, it addresses the related objectives of two funded research projects: the Dehcho Collaborative on Permafrost (ArcticNet) and Advancing Indigenous Environmental Stewardship (SSHRC)....

Principal Investigator: Latta, Alex
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5410. The overall objective of the project is to work with the Indigenous partners, the Tli?cho Government, to identify, develop and implement initiatives to enhance capacity to plan for and address food security issues in the face of climate change and other related stressors in the communities of Whatì and Wekweètì. Th...

Principal Investigator: Latta, Alex
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5014. The overall objective of the project is to work with our Indigenous partners, the Tli?cho Government, to identify, develop and implement initiatives to enhance capacity to plan for and address food security issues in the face of climate change and other related stressors in the communities of Whatì and Wekweètì. T...

Principal Investigator: Latta, Alex
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5025. The research aims to identify and develop strategies for Sambaa K’e First Nation (SKFN) to pursue economic development linked to their environmental stewardship and monitoring activities. While various possibilities may be explored through the research partnership, the research will focus on developing plans to levera...

Principal Investigator: Latta, Alex
Licensed Year(s): 2019
Summary: The objectives are to collect Traditional Knowledge (TK) and fish harvest data from each community, and ensure that each community is involved in interpreting the data collected. TK will be sought in relation to the historical use of the fishery resource, observed changes in fish abundance and health over time, observed changes in the river associated with the construction of the ferry landings, a...

Principal Investigator: Latta, Alex
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The objectives of the research are: 1) to deepen community engagement in Dehcho K’éhodi and enhance future community-level action for land and water stewardship; 2) to identify best practices for Dehcho K’éhodi planning, which can be used as a starting point for similar planning activities in other member communities; and, 3) contribute to broader discussions in Canada about Indigenous-led land an...

Principal Investigator: Latta, Alex
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The objectives of the research have evolved through a collaborative process of research design, working directly with the Resource Management Coordinator for Dehcho First Nations (DFN). The specific objectives of the Dehcho K’ehodi inventory are to collect data on the following: 1) The most important features of the territory for each community, based on identified areas of traditional land-u...