NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Kheyrollah Pour, Homa
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5335. This proposed research is directed at understanding the impact of current/future climate warming on subarctic lake ecosystems. The aim is to explore the relationship of seasonal lake ice growth/ablation and water quality across a wide range of lake characteristics (size, volume, productivity, catchment characteristics...

Principal Investigator: Kalinovich, Indra
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5312. The objective of this project is to address the data gaps at the Thompson-Lundmark Mine site. The data collected from the field program will be used to inform the future Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments in order to achieve appropriate remedial objectives for the site to satisfy the Federal Contaminated Sit...

Principal Investigator: Fix, Andreas
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5211. This project will use aircraft-based instruments using both remote-sensing and in-situ-techniques to carry out measurements of methane and carbon trace gases and tracers related to their emissions. The results will help to better understand the global methane and carbon cycle. This mission makes use of the German r...

Principal Investigator: Steinwand, Tyanna
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5210. The purpose of this project is to determine changes in todzi harvesting pressure following construction of the road. The research team will determine sustainable levels of harvest for boreal caribou in the North Slave area before the road is built; Monitor harvesting pressure on boreal caribou and moose after the road...

Principal Investigator: Miller, Charles E
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5304. The extended ABoVE Study Area includes most of northwestern North America west of Hudson Bay and north and east of the coastal mountain ranges. It encompasses the variability in the key types of ecosystems that are both unique to arctic and boreal regions in North America as well as being representative of the larger ...

Principal Investigator: Woldum, Kaylee
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5268. This project examines how implementing Indigenous pedagogies in the archaeology programming of the Tundra Science and Culture Camp (TSCC) impacts the experiences of Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants and leaders. Previously, the scientific programs of the camp have taken up more time and been kept distinct fro...

Principal Investigator: Bourdages, Madelaine
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5224. The first objective of this project is to quantify microplastic concentration and composition in water, sediment, zooplankton, and air around Great Slave Lake. The second objective of this project is to examine if microplastic concentrations are greater near communities than the open water of Great Slave Lake. The thi...

Principal Investigator: McCartney, Shelagh
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5202. Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) has identified the availability of adequate, affordable, and appropriate housing for their membership as a critical priority. The research team are looking towards the creation and implementation of a community-based solution. The unique climatic, geographic, and cultural factors...

Principal Investigator: Pacholski, Laura J
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5107. The main objectives of the field work for 2022 will be to determine if the Ekati Diamond Mine is having an effect on the surrounding aquatic environment, wildlife, and air quality, and to provide baseline data for areas where mine development may occur in the future. In winter, water samples will be collected unde...

Principal Investigator: Crooks, Claire
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5102. The goal of the project is to build capacity and evaluate the efforts in the area of violence prevention and mental health promotion programming for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Two-Spirit, Queer/Questioning (LGBT2Q+) youth. The research team provide educators and other professionals who work directly with LGBT2Q+ Y...