Principal Investigator:Myles, Richard G Licensed Year(s):2020
2018
201720152014 Summary:
The 2017-2018 Physical Activity Monitor (PAM), specifically, will examine physical activity levels of Canadians and will permit the comparison of activity levels over time, sport participation, and furthermore will examine physical activity and sport opportunities available in Canadian communities, such as availability, usage, and satisfaction with places to walk or bicycle, trails, green spaces, ...
Principal Investigator:Wild, T. Cameron Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
The proposed research will undertake interviews with key informants to answer the following research questions: what is the current state of provincial/territorial harm reduction policy in Northwest Territories (NWT)?; what are key barriers and facilitators to the establishment of harm reduction services in NWT?; and how do key policy stakeholders frame the acceptability and scope of harm reductio...
Principal Investigator:Wang, Rosalie Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
The focus of the Aging, Disability, and Technology (ADT) project is the ethical concern of equity in the availability and adoption of new technology -- the issue of fairness of access and distribution. ADT addresses the need for the implementation of the human rights of persons with technology needs in Canada, including people who are aging well, and people who are acquiring disability as they age...
Principal Investigator:Parlee, Brenda L Licensed Year(s):201920192019
2017
2016 Summary:
The broad goal of the project is to create opportunities to collaboratively document and share local and traditional knowledge (LTK) about social-ecological change in the Mackenzie River Basin, Lower Mekong, and Lower Amazon Basins and determine its’ role in watershed governance. The project will fund 8-10 community-based and collaborative research activities in the Mackenzie River Basin that deal...
Principal Investigator:LeRoy-Gauthier, Hilary Licensed Year(s):
2016
Summary:
The main objective of this research is to share emerging leaders' stories of leadership in the North in a way that adds to our understanding, relationships, partnerships, and leadership development activities in the North. The researcher also endeavors to bring some benefit to the participants (and perhaps even to future emerging leaders), by providing an opportunity not only to be heard and seen ...
Principal Investigator:Lys, Candice L Licensed Year(s):
2016
201520142013 Summary:
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the F.O.X.Y. (Fostering Open eXpression among Youth) participatory action research project for empowering young NWT women and facilitating dialogue about sexual health issues in the North.
The F.O.X.Y. participatory action research (PAR) project is a territorial-wide project that uses a grounded theory method and participatory actio...
Principal Investigator:Coates, Ken S Licensed Year(s):
2016
Summary:
The goal of this research project is to conduct an assessment of the current state of thinking in northern and Indigenous communities about the possible future use of small nuclear power to serve the needs of northern and remote people.
The research team will conduct Semi-structured and confidential interviews with Indigenous and community leaders. The interview subjects will be identified in...
Principal Investigator:Steelman, Toddi Licensed Year(s):
2016
Summary:
The overall purpose of this project, based on direction from the Slave River Delta Partnership (SRDP), is to explore how water research and monitoring information is shared within the communities of Fort Resolution and Fort Smith and identify community-preferred best practices for knowledge sharing.
There are four main objectives:
1) look at the different ways information is currently being s...
Principal Investigator:Cohen, Alice Licensed Year(s):
2016
20152014 Summary:
The objectives of this project are to: 1) highlight the specifically northern dimensions of resource governance in environmental geography; 2) contribute to ongoing resource governance development in southern NWT; 3) further geographic (and specifically, scalar) scholarship on the political dimensions of ecosystem governance; and, 4) understand and theorize the relationship(s) between ecosystem go...
Principal Investigator:Raine, Kim D Licensed Year(s):
2016
20152014 Summary:
POWER UP! (Policy Opportunity Windows: Engaging Research Uptake in Practice), strives to build knowledge, resources, and skills of the public, practitioners, and decision makers to develop and implement policy activities to create healthier environments. POWER UP! involves three jurisdictions: Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Quebec.
Throughout the 3-year duration of the project, evaluation...