Principal Investigator:Poorten, Brett van Licensed Year(s):2024
2023
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5467.
Objectives:
To improve sustainability of Dolly Varden fisheries from the perspective of the Gwich’in and Inuvialuit communities that rely on them.
Within that, specific Project Objectives include: 1) Document Indigenous Knowledge of population trends, environmental change, and cumulative impacts for Dolly Varden an...
Principal Investigator:Singer, Claire L Licensed Year(s):2024
2023
2022 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5495.
The goal of this project 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 collected. The completion of this work will resu...
Principal Investigator:Blair, Willa Licensed Year(s):
2022
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5301.
The research team seek not to prove that soaking antlers in water was a definite part of the tool-making process, but rather to open up the possibility that it may have been used to quicken or make the process easier.
The antlers are obtained from Reindeer Tours, from Palmer, Alaska. They have been shed from the C...
Principal Investigator:Lantz, Trevor C. Licensed Year(s):
2022
201920182017201620152014201320122011 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4753.
The core objective of this research is to work with Inuvialuit and Gwich’in experts to document and share local observations of environmental conditions. Over time this will build a record of observations, against which future changes can be compared. To document local observations this research will employ methods in...
Principal Investigator:Ashthorn, Heather Licensed Year(s):
2020
20192018201720172015201320122011200920082006 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4632.
The objective of this project is to document and assess changing environmental conditions in the range of the porcupine caribou herd and adjacent coastal and marine ecosystems and to share information for co-management.
Community based monitors are selected by local Renewable Resource Boards (RRCs) or Hunters and T...
Principal Investigator:Parlee, Brenda L Licensed Year(s):
2019
2019
2019
20172016 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4369.
Tracking Change: Local and Traditional Knowledge in Watershed Governance is a six-year research program funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and led by the University of Alberta, Mackenzie River Basin Board, and the Government of the Northwest Territories in collaboration with many other value...
Principal Investigator:Latta, Alex Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
The objectives are to collect Traditional Knowledge (TK) and fish harvest data from each community, and ensure that each community is involved in interpreting the data collected. TK will be sought in relation to the historical use of the fishery resource, observed changes in fish abundance and health over time, observed changes in the river associated with the construction of the ferry landings, a...
Principal Investigator:Fresque-Baxter, Jennifer Licensed Year(s):
2019
2018 Summary:
The Aurora Research Institute (ARI) and Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) have joined with research partners in communities, Canadian universities, and throughout the NWT, including the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC), to conduct research on the state of country food systems in the Northwest Territories (NWT). Jessica Dutton (ARI) and Jenni...
Principal Investigator:Johnson, Leslie M Licensed Year(s):
2016
Summary:
The objectives are to record insights and evaluations of approaches to culturally based wellness promotion and collaborative approaches to holistic healing from Northern perspectives. The research team will review literature on other efforts, and record responses to the teams own Wisdom Engaged activities from a range of northern participants, especially knowledgeable Elders, language and culture ...
Principal Investigator:Anderson, David G Licensed Year(s):
2016
201520142013 Summary:
The research investigates the relations between dogs, fish, caribou and people. The objective is to have a different understanding of domestication and human-animal relations.
This research will use semi-structured interviews and participant observation (spending time out on the land).
Interviews: The research team will have 20 in-depth semi-structured interviews of one to two hours with Eld...