NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Campbell, Kiyo
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5750. The Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (AHTC) and Fisheries Joint Management Committee (FJMC) are working together to conduct burbot monitoring work including contaminants testing. The project aims to answer four main questions: • Has loche health and liver condition changed since the 2007 GRRB loche monitoring ...

Principal Investigator: Schaeffer, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5784. This project aims to better characterize tectonic activity and evolution across the study region through improved monitoring of earthquakes and GPS motions. Using a temporary network of seismometers, we will produce an updated catalogue of earthquakes targeting more precise locations and depths, frequency, and magnit...

Principal Investigator: Ensom, Timothy P
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5783. The response of permafrost to disturbance can be better understood through long-term monitoring at sites of interest. The objectives of this research application are to; 1) help connect and engage local partners and interested stakeholders in the monitoring of drilling waste sumps, aggregate quarries, and 2) assist t...

Principal Investigator: Dobrow, Mark
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5778. The purpose of this study is to gather information that organizations can use to improve how they support health and wellness. This study will help the research team understand how organizations can learn from communities, specifically Gwich’in and Tli?cho communities. This study is being done as a collaboration ...

Principal Investigator: Whalen, Dustin JR
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5770. Objectives: To update the assessment of the state of the ISR coastline; To gain a better understanding of coastal permafrost and impacts of change; and, To gain a better understanding of coastal dynamics with respect to unique ecosystems and communities. Objective 1: To update the assessment of the state of the...

Principal Investigator: Schnellert, Leyton
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5734. The research will include working with school educators, division consultants, and Indigenous mentors. Data collection will include gathering data from the following sources: literature, focus groups, interviews, participant reflective journaling, and a research journal. The researcher will look for themes and patter...

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: Gifford, Wendy
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5744. The purpose of this study is to implement the Inuit Cancer Resources to enable nurses, Community Health Representatives (CHRs), and other health service providers to deliver culturally safe cancer care and improve the quality of healthcare delivery and quality of life for Inuit cancer survivors and their families. ...

Principal Investigator: Logie, Carmen
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5787. The objectives of this research are to: 1. Build capacity and leadership in HIV prevention and research among Northern and Indigenous youth in the NWT; and, 2. Evaluate the effect of arts-based HIV prevention programs on Northern and Indigenous youth’s HIV and STI knowledge, cultural connectedness, self-esteem, e...

Principal Investigator: Juhls, Bennet
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5751. The project aims to directly observe seasonally strongly variable organic carbon concentrations and chemistry of the Mackenzie River and thus its fluxes to Arctic coastal waters. We aim for weekly observations of Mackenzie River biogeochemistry resolving the major phases of the hydrological year (winter under-ice flo...