NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Hori, Yukari
Licensed Year(s): 2025
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5627. We will develop a user-friendly online portal that can synthesize and centralize, in one comprehensive network database, climate data and simulations, logistical and operational data, physical, socio-economic, and cultural aspects of winter road/trail networks across Canada’s North. This project assesses the unique m...

Principal Investigator: Kokelj, Steve V
Licensed Year(s): 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6072. The primary objectives of this research are 1) to develop and test new methods of characterizing permafrost and monitoring permafrost landscape change with a focus on the Beaufort Delta, central Mackenzie Valley and North Slave regions; 2) mapping sensitive permafrost terrain across NWT by integrating expert assessm...

Principal Investigator: Menon, Devidas
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6099. The proposed project was developed at the request of the End of Life Unit in the Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate. This project is essential to inform the work of the Federal/Provincial/Terriortial (FPT) working group on MAiD. This 2-phased project has several objectives. First, it will explore existing...

Principal Investigator: Andrew, Leon
Licensed Year(s): 2025 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6113. The anticipated outcome of the plan and associated research will be a body of evidence supporting the biocultural and socioeconomic significance of the Ni´o Ne? P’e?ne?´ area, a framework for caribou conservation and habitat protection. Furthermore, the program will support establishment of Indigenous-led Guardian an...

Principal Investigator: Ponsford, Ian
Licensed Year(s): 2025
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6070. The objective of the research project remains the same as submitted under application #5975: To collect baseline data related to potential future developments of the Mactung Property. Baseline surface water quality, hydrology, and fish habitat data will be collected in anticipation of regulatory authorization require...

Principal Investigator: Smith, Rod
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6090. We want to look at the trace element chemistry of the zinc indicator mineral - sphalerite - to understand whether significant variations exist between different outcrop sources exposed in the western Mackenzie Mountains. We also want to understand whether the chemical "fingerprint" of each deposit is enough to distin...

Principal Investigator: Ponsford, Ian
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5975. To collect baseline data related to water quality, hydrology, and fish habitat from 11 different locations at the outflow of Cirque Lake and along Dale Creek, as well as tributaries of both Dale Creek and the Tsichu River. Baseline data will be obtained from the surface water quality monitoring stations WR-1, WR-2, W...

Principal Investigator: Evans, Marlene S.
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2016 2015 2014 2013
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6014. This study is designed to find out whether contaminant levels are changing in fish (lake trout and cisco) in Great Bear Lake. Of particular interest is mercury. It complements ongoing fish population studies being conducted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on Great Bear Lake and contributes to Deline's resea...

Principal Investigator: Bonhomme, Erica
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5977. To collect fish and fish habitat and bathymetric data for detailed design and permitting of the Mackenzie Valley Highway Project. Fish and Fish Habitat Assessments A total of 70 (66 watercourses and 4 drainages) locations are proposed to be assessed, including some visited during previous field programs but were ...

Principal Investigator: Froese, Duane G
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5935. This work builds on studies over the last several years, including field work in the Mackenzie River valley in 2018 and 2019. The objective of 2021 fieldwork is twofold: 1) characterizing a large suite of retrogressive thaw slumps and thaw-induced landslides in the Redstone, Keele, and Johnson River basins that have ...