NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

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: 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: Little, Lois M.
Licensed Year(s): 2005
Summary: The objective of research is: Collect inclusive community feedback on service gaps and better response procedures throughout the community of Yellowknife. Increase awareness of family violence issues, preventions, and response procedures. Build community partnerships among agencies and departments responding to family violence. Develop an integrated response to family violence by service p...

Principal Investigator: Fairbairn, Brett
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004
Summary: The purpose of this research is to explore the nature of co-operative enterprises in northern communities. This research will employ both individual interviews, administered in-person or over the telephone, and group interviews. It is expected that in some cases the discussion might go outside the expected scope of the interview. The respondents will be allowed and encouraged to tell the stories t...

Principal Investigator: Smith, Lisa
Licensed Year(s): 2005
Summary: The Permanent Monitoring Plots will provide experimental data on forest growth and progression, cumulative impact monitoring, and will provide data for territorial and national reporting requirements. Most plots will be accessed only by helicopter. At each site, a 400 square metre plot (11.28 m radius) will be established with rebar as a centre post. All trees, shrubs and other vegetation will...

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...

Principal Investigator: Daitch, Richard
Licensed Year(s): 2005
Summary: This study is important because it will provide a detailed picture of sports volunteerism in four small NWT communities. It should provide an answer to the question of whether there are currently enough volunteers for sports activities. The researcher will examine why some people volunteer, while looking at what prevents others from participating. He will make recommendations to help increase spo...

Principal Investigator: Stockton, Pam
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004
Summary: This is the second year of a study that the researcher expects will help to explain how new graduate nurses begin to practice in the NWT. The researcher is about halfway through interviewing a total of 10 to 15 currently-practicing graduates of the Nor...

Principal Investigator: Bayha, Janet
Licensed Year(s): 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1998
Summary: The Sahtu Settlement Harvest Study began as a 5-year project (1998-2003) in the five Sahtu Settlement communities. This Study is being continued in 2004 and 2005. Each month, in each community, a local interviewer recommended by the local Renewable Reso...

Principal Investigator: d'Entremont, Marc
Licensed Year(s): 2004
Summary: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Government of the Northwest Territories is responsible for the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of safe transportation infrastructure, capable of meeting user needs in the NWT. As part of the DOT's o...