NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Froese, Duane G
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5763. This proposed research will build on the previous years’ studies completed in the Mackenzie River valley by researchers at the Permafrost Archives Laboratory at the University of Alberta. The objective of fieldwork being completed in 2023 are as follows: 1) An evaluation of the integrity and containment of contaminan...

Principal Investigator: Goodman, Nicole
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5900. To provide Elections NWT with feedback regarding voter experiences with online voting and how the wildfires may have changed uptake. The survey will be programmed and hosted using the Brock University Qualtrics platform. All persons who voted online will be sent a recruitment email inviting them to take a 5-minute...

Principal Investigator: Denning, Bryany
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5856. This analysis will seek to provide more detailed insights into recovery supports and services in the Northwest Territories. Through secondary analysis of the data collected during the Addiction Recovery Experiences Survey, we will explore the role of social support in addiction recovery, examine whether there are de...

Principal Investigator: Smith, Sharon S
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5776. This project continues the on-going monitoring program of the same title (Licence # 17182) Permafrost monitoring and collection of baseline terrain information in the Mackenzie Valley Corridor, NWT). This phase of the project is largely data collection. Objectives are: • To provide baseline knowledge of permafrost ...

Principal Investigator: Dunkin, Jessica
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5769. The objectives of this research are: to share the stories of residential school survivors; to provide context for their experiences through related archival research; and to develop materials and resources that reflect and respect their diverse experiences of recreation while at residential school, hostels, and feder...

Principal Investigator: Kendrick, Astrid H
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5804. The Northwest Territories Teachers' Association (NWTTA) is set to join in the final year of the SSHRC study (Febuary 2024-July 2025). A survey will be sent to the membership of the NWTTA to explore the scope and experiences of compassion fatigue and burnout in NWT educational workers. The results from this survey wil...

Principal Investigator: Lightbourn, Ryleigh
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5817. Through interviews, this research seeks to evaluate contribution agreements used to fund Indigenous-led stewardship initiatives (for example, Indigenous Guardians, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, and Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring) in order to inform future conversations on the re-storying of...

Principal Investigator: Campbell, Jeffrey
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5771. The objective of this work is to conduct ground truthing and install instrumentation to support and inform interpretations of permafrost conditions made via analysis of remote sensed data as well as contribute data to help answer questions of interest to the community. This work is informed by analysis of remote s...

Principal Investigator: Laird, Brian D
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5807. The objective is to evaluate the current PFAS level in birds harvested in the Sahtu region, and to estimate the human exposure patterns to PFAS through game bird consumption. 1) Deliver a series of community-based bird-harvesting workshops to build local capacity and facilitate collection and preparation of tissu...

Principal Investigator: Culos-Reed, Nicole
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5795. To disseminate, implement, and assess the effectiveness of our Exercise Oncology Survivorship (EOS) partnership model to increase the reach and delivery of exercise programs to rural/remote and underserved Canadians, living with and beyond cancer. Reaching more individuals living with and beyond cancer, with an exerc...