Principal Investigator:Giles, Audrey R. Licensed Year(s):2022
2020
2019 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4627.
The purpose of this project is to better understand boating-related behaviours, attitudes, and levels awareness of boating safety, as well as to increase training and education opportunities, among residents of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
The research questions are as follows: 1) what are boating behaviours ...
Principal Investigator:Giles, Audrey R. Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
The research question is "how can on-the-land programming strengthen Sahtu residents’ ability to avoid the need for search and rescue (SAR) and their chances of survival if SAR is needed?"
The main objectives of this project are five-fold:
i) to provide youth with the opportunity to experience life on-the-land in a safe and controlled environment;
ii) to share traditional knowledge from elder...
Principal Investigator:Giles, Audrey R. Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
The research question is "how can on-the-land programming strengthen Sahtú residents’ ability to avoid the need for search and rescue and their chances of survival if search and rescue is needed?"
The main objectives of this project are to:
1) provide youth with the opportunity to experience life on-the-land in a safe and controlled environment;
2) share traditional knowledge from elders to y...
Principal Investigator:Giles, Audrey R. Licensed Year(s):2016
2015
Summary:
There are three objectives for this research project:
I) Understand Northwest Territories (NWT) resident male boaters’ behaviors and attitudes towards water safety. Given that rates of drowning are higher in the NWT, it would be dangerous to assume that male NWT residents have the same attitudes and behaviors concerning boat safety as their female and non-NWT resident counterparts. In particular,...