NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Sandlos, John K
Licensed Year(s): 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Summary: The research team will work closely with members of four NWT communities to identify the historical and continued impacts of abandoned mines adjacent to their communities. The research team will ask how mineral development impacted the social life, economic prospects and local environments of Northern communities throughout the twentieth century, considering carefully the connections between socia...

Principal Investigator: Parker, Aliana
Licensed Year(s): 2011
Summary: The research objective is to understand the connection between Indigenous languages and the land, and to explore how that connection is represented in websites used for Indigenous language education. The central research question is: What is the significance of Indigenous perspectives of land for Indigenous language revitalization efforts? The connection between language and land will be the main ...

Principal Investigator: chavarie, Louise
Licensed Year(s): 2011
Summary: The objectives of this research project are: 1) to document traditional and local knowledge of the existence and ecology (i.e., distribution, movement, habitat, diet and morphology) of different lake trout morphotypes in Great Bear Lake, NWT; 2) to gain better understanding of lake trout ecology by working with traditional knowledge, local knowledge, and scientific information; and 3) to make t...

Principal Investigator: Simmons, Deborah L
Licensed Year(s): 2011
Summary: The goals of this research project are to: 1. Develop an understanding of caribou Traditional Knowledge (TK) research and monitoring in the Sahtu Region and beyond. 2. Share experiences among Renewable Resources Councils (RRC)s with caribou TK research; assess strengths and weaknesses in research methods and outcomes. 3. Explore caribou stewardship options that emerge from the research and how...

Principal Investigator: Oliver, Meryl J.
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: The goal of this oral history project is to plot the boundaries of the historic Déline fishery in order to define the extent of Déline Fishery / Franklin’s Fort National Historic Site of Canada. Participants will be identified by the Déline Knowledge Centre as those who can identify the specific location of the fishery generally located on the western end of Great Bear Lake’s Keith Arm. Interv...

Principal Investigator: Simmons, Deborah L
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: The research follows the participatory method established by the Deline Uranium Team and Deline Knowledge Project. Déline governance will ensure that the research meets agreed-upon objectives benefiting the community; that Déline, Northwest Territories and university research guidelines are respected; and that the intellectual property rights of Déline participants are protected. The community re...

Principal Investigator: Parlee, Brenda L
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: This licence is being issued for the scientific research application No. 904. The primary objectives of this research are: 1) to understand how factors such as caribou availability, wage economy opportunities, fuel prices, store-bought food prices, alternative country food availability, and income affect harvesting behaviour; 2) to explore to what extent other meat sources are used to replace c...

Principal Investigator: Nesbitt, Lorien
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: The objectives of this project are: (1)To collect traditional ecological knowledge of Edaiila with the elders of Déline; (2)To present this knowledge as a description of the current and historical ecology of Edaiila and as a rationale, from the Déline elders' perspective, for the protection of Edaiila under the NWT Protected Areas Strategy or, alternatively, under the Sahtu Land Use Plan. Charl...

Principal Investigator: Ritchie, Douglas G.
Licensed Year(s): 2006 2005
Summary: This project will consist of community workshops on selected climate change issues. A specific impact will be identified as a theme for a 1-2 day workshop in up to 5 regions across the NWT, and strategies to deal with those impacts will be mapped out. Objectives are to bring traditional knowledge holders and scientists together to share observations and predictions, discuss what likely impacts wi...

Principal Investigator: Fletcher, Chris
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004
Summary: The objectives of this research project are to contribute to community-defined health research objectives; describe Dene concepts and models of health through interviews with project participants; develop community and culturally relevant indicators of health and wellness; document Dene ethno-botanical/ethno-medical knowledge and practice; and, investigate innovative research dissemination strateg...