NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Slater, Laura
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researcher will interview twenty teachers from the communities about their views on mainstreaming. The project will determine if teachers are more positive or negative in their views about mainstreaming....

Principal Investigator: Little, Lois M.
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researchers will interview students (ages 12 to 18 years) identified by Divisional Boards or local Education Councils/Authorities as at risk of leaving school before completing grade 12 and those students in this age group who have already left school. The study will determine what influences affected their decision to leave school....

Principal Investigator: Ryan, Joan
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Dene Traditional Justice Case Study will document the traditional laws and justice mechanisms of the Dogrib people. The research will address concerns about the effectiveness of the current justice system for Dene in the Northwest Territories. Local Dogrib researchers will be trained and employed to carry out the work....

Principal Investigator: Krause, Arnold
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: This research will be conducted in the hope of creating some insight into how to improve or maintain levels of job satisfaction....

Principal Investigator: Yazdanmehr, Susan
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: A survey of teachers, education administrators, community health and social service personnel, selected personnel in the Territorial departments of Education, Health and Social Services will be conducted. The information is to be used to develop further implementation strategies for comprehensive school health in the N.W.T....

Principal Investigator: Shimpo, Mitsuru
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: Dr. Shimpo will study the needs of the Dene as perceived by themselves and their educators regarding education and work. Through questionnaires and interviews, educational and training strategies may be developed which reflect a Dene perspective....

Principal Investigator: Little, Lois M.
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The Researcher will carry out a needs assessment. Interviews will be conducted with 30 employers, organizations and trades women. A small sample of men working in trades will also be interviewed....

Principal Investigator: Tracy, Bliss
Licensed Year(s): 1989
Summary: Dr. Bliss Tracy and team will be travelling to Baker Lake and to Rae-Edzo, NWT in order to complete whole body counts of radiocesium on the local people. Radiocesium falls from the air onto lichens, and is then eaten by caribou and passed on to people. The researchers will measure how much radiocesium is in people's bodies. They will document how much caribou is eaten so that they can advise peop...

Principal Investigator: Tourangeau, Isodore
Licensed Year(s): 1988
Summary: Mr. Tourangeau will be interviewing a residents about their views of community development. Each interview will consist of about 50 questions to find out what community needs are and what is being done about them. This information will be returned to the community councils for their use. The Department of Municipal and Community Affairs will use the work to improve their programs that relate to...

Principal Investigator: Paulette, Lesley
Licensed Year(s): 1987
Summary: Phase 1 - to provide to the membership of the Native Women's Association an overview of the current status of maternity care in the NWT, including a preliminary needs assessment based on interviews with native women elders and various health care providers. Areas for further research will be identified as well as proposals for subsequent initiatives to promote maternal and infant health and famil...