NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Evans, Marlene S.
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2020 2019
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6000. The study is continuing to investigate whether contaminant (mercury, other metals, persistent organic contaminants) levels are changing in fish in the Northwest Territories with a focus on Great Slave Lake which the team have been studying since the early 1990s. The plan is to arrange collections of lake trout from t...

Principal Investigator: Priebe, Elizabeth
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5858. To determine how climate change may influence legacy radionuclides from bomb testing in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as naturally occurring radionuclides in the Arctic. To predict the amount of radionuclides that may enter surface water systems because of climate change, and how these will be taken up in plants and ...

Principal Investigator: Cunada, Christopher
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6001. The objectives of this project are to establish a baseline for benthic invertebrates’ community structure and composition in the transboundary reaches of the Hay River, and to track the status and conditions over time to contribute to the assessment of ecosystem health and provide an early warning of change or stress...

Principal Investigator: Hoffmann, Tanja
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5938. This project aims to engage with the active Pine Point community, the heritage and legacy of the town, and the landscape of Pine Point itself, to explore how a temporary town can have such a lasting impact. The proposed research will use the following methodologies and methods: Archival research: The research t...

Principal Investigator: Bonhomme, Erica
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5995. To collect fish and fish habitat and bathymetric data for the detailed design and permitting of the Mackenzie Valley Highway Project. Fish Habitat Assessments A total of 36 (32 watercourses and 4 drainages) locations are proposed to be assessed, including some visited during previous field programs but were froz...

Principal Investigator: Dieleman, Catherine
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5968. The objective of this project are: 1) to improve the understanding of local-scale soil fertility variation in southern NWT by continuing the long-term Northern Agricultural Futures program. 2) to understand the effects of both wildfire and short-term cultivation on nutrient retention in these soils. The intent...

Principal Investigator: slongo, Stephen
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5986. To collect baseline aquatic data in advance of the development of the Prairie Creek Mine. The study will be part of the Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) and will satisfy the requirements of the federal Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM). This project involves the collection and assessment of a range o...

Principal Investigator: Rourke, Sean B
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5928. Overall aim: This three-year implementation science program aims to implement and scale up to 100 interactive dispensing systems (IDS) in partnership with community-based agencies across Canada to provide low barrier access to HIV self-test kits, harm reduction and sexual health materials to reach those who are undia...

Principal Investigator: Cox, Amelia
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5970. 1) To assess the impact of recent 2023 wildfires on the aquatic ecosystem in small ponds in the Dehcho and South Slave area. 2) To assess whether small ponds impacted by the 2014 wildfire season had recovered to pre-fire conditions. 3) To assess whether there were cumulative impacts of repeated wildfires on small ...

Principal Investigator: Belita, Emily
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5950. The objectives of this study are two-fold: 1. To develop and validate national workforce indicators that provide measurable information on the diversity, characteristics, knowledge/skills, and needs of the public health workforce in Canada, and 2. To determine the diversity of the public health workforce in Canada, t...