NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: MacLeod, Martha
Licensed Year(s): 2015 2014 2013 2012
Summary: Objectives of this research project are to: 1. Describe and compare the roles and functions of nurses practicing in various work environments and with differing scopes of practice to determine how roles are enacted in rural/remote communities. 2. Describe the engagement of nurses with primary health care in rural/remote communities. 3. Examine what contributes to the recruitment of nurses to ...

Principal Investigator: Mantla, Rosa
Licensed Year(s): 2015 2014
Summary: The goal of the research is to learn about the history of family last names in Tlicho. Last names can correspond to place names, animal names, etc. In this sense they also provide valuable information on culture and history of the people. Understanding the names is important especially for young people, as part of learning about their identity. Interviews with all participants will follow the ...

Principal Investigator: Hampton, Mary
Licensed Year(s): 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Summary: 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...

Principal Investigator: Young, Kue
Licensed Year(s): 2016 2015 2014
Summary: To assess the views of health care providers and managers in the NWT regarding primary health care in the community in general and issues related to medical travel in particular. A survey questionnaire will be filled out by the respondent, who has a choice of mailing in a paper copy or completing online. The survey is anonymous – information on name, community of residence, age and sex is not c...

Principal Investigator: Oosterveer, Tim
Licensed Year(s): 2014
Summary: The objective of the research project is to explore the challenges in the accessibility of primary health care (PHC) for the indigenous populations living in remote communities in the Northwest Territories (NWT) of Canada by providing an insight in the differences and similarities in the perspectives of multiple stakeholders regarding concepts of ‘the accessibility of PHC’. These results will supp...

Principal Investigator: MacNeill, Rachel J
Licensed Year(s): 2014
Summary: The objectives of the project are: 1) Explore how young Aboriginal girls in the north understand and use media to create a sense of who they are. Analyze how participants think of and use stories in their construction of identity, and how media might impact the stories that participants tell about themselves. 2) Empower participants to develop skills while telling stories about their own lives. ...

Principal Investigator: Southcott, Chris
Licensed Year(s): 2014
Summary: The overall objectives of the survey will be to generate, measure and compare the impact of social enterprise activity. Through the survey the research team hopes to gather detailed information on existing social enterprise and social economy organizations to support the work of the Social Enterprise and Sector Survey (SESS) network and to update the existing northern database of organizations. Th...

Principal Investigator: Giles, Audrey R.
Licensed Year(s): 2014
Summary: This proposed study will explore and compare the lasting impacts that the Northwest Territories (NWT) Aquatics Program has had on previous NWT pool supervisors and pool assistants. The project will address the following research question: What are the lasting impacts the NWT Aquatics Program has had on previous Program employees? The Principal Investigator (PI) believes an exploratory case...

Principal Investigator: Wrightson, Kelsey R
Licensed Year(s): 2013
Summary: The objectives of this research project are to: 1) gain a general understanding of the exhibitions; how the relationship was established, the final exhibition layout, composition and content at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC) in Yellowknife; 2) learn about the roles of specific individuals and their experiences with the museum in Scotland; 3) better understand community and c...

Principal Investigator: Dawson, Leslie C
Licensed Year(s): 2014 2013
Summary: The purpose of this research project is to: - Illuminate local factors impacting pregnancy and maternal health that may then be later addressed through community based participatory research; - Promote biocultural approaches to Aboriginal maternal health and wellbeing that incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing and traditional knowledge; - Elucidate factors impacting pregnancy and maternal heal...