Principal Investigator:Latta, Alex Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
The objectives of the research are: 1) to deepen community engagement in Dehcho K’éhodi and enhance future community-level action for land and water stewardship; 2) to identify best practices for Dehcho K’éhodi planning, which can be used as a starting point for similar planning activities in other member communities; and, 3) contribute to broader discussions in Canada about Indigenous-led land an...
Principal Investigator:Latta, Alex Licensed Year(s):
2016
Summary:
The objectives of the research have evolved through a collaborative process of research design, working directly with the Resource Management Coordinator for Dehcho First Nations (DFN).
The specific objectives of the Dehcho K’ehodi inventory are to collect data on the following:
1) The most important features of the territory for each community, based on identified areas of traditional land-u...
Principal Investigator:Cohen, Alice Licensed Year(s):
2016
20152014 Summary:
The objectives of this project are to: 1) highlight the specifically northern dimensions of resource governance in environmental geography; 2) contribute to ongoing resource governance development in southern NWT; 3) further geographic (and specifically, scalar) scholarship on the political dimensions of ecosystem governance; and, 4) understand and theorize the relationship(s) between ecosystem go...
Principal Investigator:Gunn, Libby Licensed Year(s):
2007
Summary:
The purpose of this study is to: a) document Katlodeeche First Nation’s elders’ and harvesters’ observations, perceptions and experiences of woodland caribou in WBNP, and knowledge of caribou population dynamics and distribution; b) identify strategies for managing woodland caribou based on knowledge; c) identify opportunities for the participation of local Aboriginal people in the management of ...
Principal Investigator:Krogman, Naomi T Licensed Year(s):
2006
2005 Summary:
The objective of this study is to examine how people perceive natural resource management practices in the Canadian North. Two community-based natural resource management case studies will be used: Great Bear Lake Watershed Management Planning process, and the formal protection process of Sahoy·Ú-?edacho cultural landscapes. Using these case studies, the specific objectives are to: examine the way...
Principal Investigator:Hayes, Sharon Licensed Year(s):
2004
Summary:
Boundary expansion processes for Nahanni National Park Reserve have identified the North Karst as an area of considerable interest. This area is significant for its elaborate assemblages of landforms, its individual landforms and its inhibition of the l...
Principal Investigator:Quinton, William L. Licensed Year(s):201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005
2004
20032001 Summary:
This study seeks to better understand the processes affecting the flow and storage of water in the Lower Liard Valley. This information will be used to improve predictions of runoff and water storage levels. The research will involve continued monitori...
Principal Investigator:Lamoureux, Scott F Licensed Year(s):
2002
Summary:
The objective of the research is to supplement and extend instrumental climatological and hydrological records in the NWT using dendrochronology (tree-ring) and varved lake sediment analysis. Transportation to the site will be by charter aircraft from Fo...
Principal Investigator:Korber, Dianne Licensed Year(s):
1996
Summary:
Data will be collected in the form of formal and informal interviews, and participant-observations. The sampling size for Wrigley will be close to full census of adults (age 15 years or over) population (110 people). The sampling size in Fort Providence will be a selected sample based on key informants' knowledge of local participation in subsistence, forestry and community activities, and rando...
Principal Investigator:Gibson, Bob Licensed Year(s):
1995
Summary:
Review internal documents concerning planning processes and decisions which will be used to study how GIS are used in aboriginal lands and resource planning; info gathered and this process will be reviewed to understand the nature of TK for the community; people involved in planning and GIS activities will be interviewed so that their understandings of how the systems fit into planning & how probl...