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Health Effects Monitoring Program
chercheur principal: Chan, Laurie H. M.
Année(s) de permis: 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Résumé: The Health Effects Monitoring Program is a human biomonitoring study aimed to assess the exposure and health impact of arsenic and other contaminants on the human population of Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah in the Northwest Territories, as part of the Giant Mine Remediation Project. The overall objective of the program is to establish current or baseline levels of arsenic exposure among residen...


Visual and Performance Art for HIV Prevention with Indigenous Youth in the Northwest Territories
chercheur principal: Logie, Carmen
Année(s) de permis: 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Résumé: The objectives of this research are to: 1. explore experiences and conceptualizations of social and structural contexts of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vulnerability (e.g. stigma), and protective factors (e.g. empowerment), among Northern Indigenous youth; 2. build capacity and leadership in HIV prevention and research among Northern Indigenous youth; 3. evaluate the effect of arts-based...


The Verb System of Tetsot'ine Yatie (Yellowknife): Lutselk'e, Dettah, and Ndilo dialects
chercheur principal: Jaker, Alessandro M
Année(s) de permis: 2017 2016
Résumé: The goal of this project is to better understand the verb system of the Chipewyan dialects native to the area north and east of Great Slave Lake--these dialects are the most different from all other Chipewyan (Dene Suline) dialects, and are referred to (by many speakers) as Tetsot'ine Yatie. These dialects are unique in having lost many intervocalic consonants that are still pronounced in the sout...


Risk Communication and Trust in Decision-Maker Action: Lessons from First Nations, Inuit and Métis Case Studies in Canada
chercheur principal: Jardine, Cindy G.
Année(s) de permis: 2015 2014 2013
Résumé: This project seeks to develop better understanding of the roles that risk communication has played in influencing individual and social trust in decision-maker action on key public health issues involving Canadian Aboriginal peoples. Overall objectives of this study are: 1. to develop a common evaluative structure for assessing the impact of risk communication activities on First Nations/Inuit/Me...


Engaging Aboriginal Youth in Tobacco Prevention Using Social Media
chercheur principal: Jardine, Cindy G.
Année(s) de permis: 2014 2013 2012
Résumé: This research will explore if a social media intervention developed by Aboriginal youth (specifically videos to be available through YouTube) using a participatory approach can be an effective means for encouraging smoking prevention and/or cessation amongst youth and others in Aboriginal communities. However, because it is grounded in the tenets of participatory research, the scope and potential ...


Phonetics and Phonology of two Northern Athabaskan Languages
chercheur principal: Jaker, Alessandro M
Année(s) de permis: 2014 2013 2012 2009 2008 2007 2005
Résumé: This project is the continuation of a previous year's project, "Teaching our Yellowknives Dene Languages". The research team will produce two published materials, in each language (Dogrib and Chipewyan): an intermediate-level reader, and a verb dictionary. The reader will contain elders' stories on topics from Dene Kede, with a focus on animals: the research team would like to include at least two...


Exploration of physical activity within the sociocultural context of Yellowknives Dene First Nations communities
chercheur principal: Jardine, Cindy G.
Année(s) de permis: 2014 2013
Résumé: The goal of this research is to qualitatively explore physical activity within the sociocultural context of the Yellowknives Dene people and communities. Specific objectives are: 1) to document the community's experiences with and perspective of regular physical activity through the eyes of their youth; and 2) to raise awareness about physical activity in the community, and develop strategies to ...


A Capable Person – Long Ago and Today: A narrative inquiry focusing on the stories of Northwest Territories Elders’ traditional Aboriginal pedagogies and comparing them to contemporary educational app
chercheur principal: James, V. Angela
Année(s) de permis: 2013
Résumé: Through the Indigenous research methodology of story, the purpose of this qualitative research is to examine the traditional pedagogies of NWT Aboriginal Elders and NWT Aboriginal curricula that describe capable learners to see if they corroborate contemporary educational approaches proposed by educators and researchers as being most effective in creating capable learners and citizens who can navi...


Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
chercheur principal: Hampton, Mary
Année(s) de permis: 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Résumé: This study will: 1. Integrate several sources of data to create an action plan that maps the socio-spatial problem of intimate partner Violence; 2. Create narratives describing community response in rural and northern areas of the Prairie Provinces and the NWT; and 3. Generate a grounded theory as a practical tool to create and sustain non-violent communities in these regions of Canada. The...


Courageous Lake Project - Social and Economic Sciences Research
chercheur principal: Duthie, Andrew
Année(s) de permis: 2012 2011
Résumé: The objectives of this research are to build up baseline reports on the social/economic and land and resource use conditions in the research area. For the interview-based research: Length of interviews - typically lasting approximately an hour, longer interviews would be confirmed in advance out of respect for people's schedules. Type of Interviews - Personal interviews are carried out wherev...


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