NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Henderson, Joanna L
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: The overall objectives of this national project are: 1) to provide training in the use of a youth screening tool for mental health and substance use concerns to service providers from agencies who have agreed to all use the same screening tool; 2) to understand the impact of training and project participation on service providers; and, 3) to better understand youth mental health and substance use ...

Principal Investigator: Bathe, Adam
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: Blyth & Bathe Inc purposes to conduct a Traditional Knowledge study that will serve as a starting point for the commencement of Devonian Metals’ environmental and socio-economic research, and will greatly improve the quality of data produced by the studies leading up to and during the permitting process. Blyth & Bathe Inc, in conjunction with the Pehdzeh Ki First Nation (PKFN liaison), will dev...

Principal Investigator: Young, Barbara M
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: To determine the potential cost savings and health-related quality of life benefits of implementing point-of-care (POC) international normalized ratio (INR) testing in remote communities in the NWT and Kitikmeot region. Canada’s Non-Insured Health Benefits Program drug prescription database will be used to determine the number of individuals receiving warfarin in each of the remote regions in t...

Principal Investigator: Challen Urbanic, Jane
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2011 2010 2009
Summary: The objective of this research is to assess the performance of lagoons and wetlands in the treatment of municipal wastewater in Canada's Arctic. A secondary objective is to determine the occurrence of trace contaminants in northern wastewaters. Samples will be taken from the influent (raw sewage) and effluent (treated wastewater) of each wastewater system identified earlier in the application. ...

Principal Investigator: Robinson, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: The objectives of this research are to build up baseline reports on the social/economic and land and resource use conditions in the research area. The objectives of the Traditional Knowledge (TK) research is to compile a baseline report on TK for future consideration in the Environmental Assessment Socioeconomic Research: Length of interviews - typically lasting approximately an hour, longer i...

Principal Investigator: Stern, Gary
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: The objective of this study is to collect fish from lakes and tributary rivers of lakes under fish (mercury) consumption advisories and compare with older data from government if available (DFO, Environment Canada), and to collect and analyse sediment cores from these lakes to see how lake ecosystem changes relate to fish mercury levels. There are two main methods involved in this work. For fis...

Principal Investigator: Kanigan, Julian
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2011
Summary: In discontinuous permafrost of the southern NWT, cleared transportation corridors, such as seismic lines, have recently been associated with permafrost loss, increased soil moisture and vegetation changes. Permafrost loss can lead to ground subsidence, infrastructure instability and the release of stored carbon into the atmosphere. The research team will test whether seismic lines can be construc...

Principal Investigator: Mitton, Craig
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2011
Summary: The intent of this project is to develop an evaluative framework that identifies how health care organizations can be transformed to achieve excellence in priority setting and resource management. The ultimate aim is to form a benchmark of behaviors, processes and structures that can aid in directing organizations towards high performance. Phase One: On-line survey of senior administrators in ...

Principal Investigator: Paradis, Suzanne
Licensed Year(s): 2013 2012 2011
Summary: The objectives of this research project are to identify some proximal (close) and distal (at a distance) mineralogical and chemical elements that will indicate that rocks in a sedimentary basin are likely or not to be rich in metals; and to understand how metals were emplaced in rocks, and how they disperse once the rocks are weathered. This has implications for the land, environment and mineral i...

Principal Investigator: Mair, Heather L
Licensed Year(s): 2011
Summary: The goal of this study is to update their existing tourism development plan. The researcher will conduct in depth interviews with key informants and hold community meetings/focus groups. The research team will be working directly with members of the Tourism Advisory Committee for the Town of Hay River as well as seeking input in the tourism plan from the broader Hay River community. The rese...