NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: McCartney, Leslie
Licensed Year(s): 2002 2001 2000
Summary: The Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute (GSCI) has recognized the fact that there is a lack of written information on Gwich'in Elders who live in the Gwich'in Settlement Area. The first objective then is to produce biological sketches of consenting Elders from the four communities: Aklavik, Fort McPherson, Inuvik and Tsiigehtchic. Home base will be set up in Tsiigehtchic and Elders from this ...

Principal Investigator: Irlbacher-Fox, Stephanie
Licensed Year(s): 1998
Summary: This project will involve researching Inuvialuit and Gwich'in traditional governance and how this can be used in shaping self government institutions. To do this research the self government office plans to: 1) hire community development workers in each community, 2) train community development workers in the skills they need to do the research and work on other areas of self government, 3) worker...

Principal Investigator: Dressler, Wolfram
Licensed Year(s): 1998
Summary: The objective of the study is to identify both the current and future positive and negative impacts of nature-based tourism within the Delta. The study will be carried out through the Inuvik Research Centre. Tourists will be canvassed at drop-off points and surveys will be mailed out according to visitor listings. Visitor surveys will be left at camp grounds and hotels. The same procedure will occ...

Principal Investigator: Bourcier, Andre
Licensed Year(s): 1997
Summary: The goal of this project to discuss with the communities what their respective linguistic needs are and to propose a series of recommendations for linguists and cultural officers regarding their linguistic intervention in these communities. The first part of this study will be an assessment of the means made available to the communities by the authorities. The researcher will then try to determine...

Principal Investigator: Storace, Fleur
Licensed Year(s): 1997
Summary: The researcher will be in the ISR for a period of 4 weeks. The primary activity that the researcher will be undertaking will be to observe and talk to residents of the ISR. The researcher will begin her visit in the ISR by presenting her methods to the FJMC at their scheduled meeting on June 19 and 20th. If permitted, the researcher will accompany Ms. Cockney and Mr. Amos on monitoring rounds a...

Principal Investigator: Raygorodetsky, Gleb
Licensed Year(s): 1996 1995
Summary: The project proposes to collect, organize, and present, in report form, traditional environmental knowledge in the Gwich'in Settlement Area (GSA). This information would give the Gwich'in and other resource managers a better "picture" of the region based on the perspective of the people who have lived there for generations. It also provides a basis for incorporating local environmental knowledge...

Principal Investigator: Jayachandran, John
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: Research survey to study the cultural contributions that the Aboriginal people can make to our Canadian identity. Believe aboriginal people have an understanding of the sense of community which would serve to moderate the dominating influence of competition. That is, respect and dignity, consensus and cooperation in family and work situations whichs seems to characterize the Aboriginal way, woul...

Principal Investigator: Rodriguez, Marisol
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researcher will visit the Mad Trapper Jamboree at Aklavik, the Beluga Jamboree at Tuktoyaktuk, and the White Fox Jamboree at Sachs Harbour in order to conduct interviews with musicians and other jamboree participants. This information will be added to the information gathered last summer at the Inuvik Music Festival. This research examines the social significance of music in the Inuvialuit....

Principal Investigator: Kritsch, Ingrid D.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researcher will conduct this study under the direction of the Gwich'in Tribal Council. The Council is interested in taking a role in gathering interpretive information for the development of the Campbell Lake Park. The purpose of this project is to provide the Gwich'in perspective of life in the Campbell Lake Park area. Information on place names, trails, camp sites, resources and stories w...

Principal Investigator: Andre, Alestine
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The proposed research project will involve a one-week trip up the Arctic Red River. Two Elders along with the researcher team will travel by boat up the river with two river guides. Elders will assist in the location and interpretation of traditional sites, place names and other significant features. A one-week visit will also be made to Fort McPherson and Aklavik by the researchers in order to...