NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Singleton, Anna
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5802. The overall aim of this present study is to evaluate the co-design (stage 1) and implementation (stage 2; uptake, sense of support, behaviour change, satisfaction) of a health support program for women recovering from breast, ovarian, cervical or colorectal cancer treatment in NWT. Specific objectives: 1. Co-des...

Principal Investigator: Oberle, Eva
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5746. The Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) is a self-report questionnaire that gives students a voice by answering questions about their feelings and experiences both inside and outside of school. The MDI uses a holistic, strengths-based approach to measure five dimensions of child development strongly linked to s...

Principal Investigator: Jamieson, Rob
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5759. The overall objective of this study is improved understanding of wastewater effluent transport within permafrost environments in the NWT. The proposed study aims to answer the following questions: - What is the potential for contamination of groundwater and receiving waters through active layer transport of effluent...

Principal Investigator: Singer, Claire L
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5732. In the context of the above (see Rationale), our overarching goal is to complete a territory-wide Indigenous knowledge study to determine what we know about berries, describe any changes that are being seen in berries, identify potential causes of these changes, and outline what further information needs to be collec...

Principal Investigator: Gibson, Ryan
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5683. The study aims to fill in a literature gap describing government land policy, legislation and regulations in the Northwest Territories historically, and further aims to answer the following questions: - What has been the impact of government land legislation, regulation and policy on housing in the NWT? - How has g...

Principal Investigator: Comte, Jerome
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5646. This project proposes to evaluate responses of aquatic ecosystems to permafrost thaw, lake drying, and wildfire, as well as their cumulative impacts. The researchers will characterize lake chemistry and biological diversity (microbes and invertebrates) in water (current environmental change) and in sediments (histori...

Principal Investigator: Coad, Abigale
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5662. The purpose of this research is to work with Housing Northwest Territories (HNWT/ Housing NWT) to identify and reduce institutional barriers to self-determination of housing, and to workshop, in partnership with K’asho Got’ine Housing Society (KGHS) and Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN), a northern housing model...

Principal Investigator: Hobin, Erin P
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5586. The study has five objectives: 1) To examine prevalence and patterns of non-medical cannabis use, including use among young adults, age of initiation, and levels of dependence; 2) To examine the cannabis retail environment, including the extent to which consumers shift from illicit sources to legal retail sources, and...

Principal Investigator: Denning, Bryany
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5472. 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, The research team will explore the role of social support in addiction recovery, examine whethe...

Principal Investigator: Tsenkova, Sasha
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5490. Overall objectives for the design prototyping phase will include: What model of ownership will create the most sustainable conditions, economically and institutionally, for an affordable housing development in a remote NWT community? What funding frameworks could be applicable in this context and what would be the b...