NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Hay, Amie
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: The objective of this study is to discern whether the norms associated with the test currently being used accurately depict the population being served and to provide information for future study of language profiles of Inuvialuktun and Gwich'in. The project team will provide information on the project to parents and schools, and obtain consent from parents/guardians who are interested in part...

Principal Investigator: Vannini, Phillip
Licensed Year(s): 2011
Summary: This research project will unfold as a series of ethnographic case studies focusing on individuals and groups who dwell in households and/or communities removed from one or more grids and different combinations of them. A broad geographic sample also ought to allow for a diverse understanding of off-grid dwelling in rural, insular, coastal, suburban, and urban communities, as well as for taking in...

Principal Investigator: Horowitz, Wayne
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: The objective of the study is to produce a research document (article or short monograph) discussing traditional astronomy and astronomical lore from the perspective of at least two very different cultures: that of the Ancient Near East, and that of the Aboriginal People of the Canadian Far North. It is hoped that this comparative approach will provide a broader context for understanding Ancient...

Principal Investigator: Rawluk, Andrea
Licensed Year(s): 2011 2009
Summary: The overall objective of the project is to understand how different generations are strong and work together through changes. The specific objectives of this particular trip to Aklavik, is to return the results from the last visit to see how people feel with what was discussed and said in individual interviews and focus groups. The objective of this stage of the research is to make it more meaning...

Principal Investigator: Cooper, Elizabeth J
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: The researcher is working on an MA thesis, and this research is part of the thesis work. The thesis is ethno-historic meaning that the researcher is interested to have community stories as well as the stories from information that is already written. Stories of interest are of when the hospitals were open as well as before and after they closed. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted wit...

Principal Investigator: Krejci, Paul R
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: This research will examine the influence of cultural interaction on certain musical forms and styles as well as how those musical forms change and persist over time. This research will also look at the response of local communities to external forces on their music and how music transforms this culture. Interviews will be conducted using both specific questions and open-ended discussion, it may ...