NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Giles, Audrey R.
Licensed Year(s): 2016 2015
Summary: There are three objectives for this research project: I) Understand Northwest Territories (NWT) resident male boaters’ behaviours and attitudes towards water safety. Given that rates of drowning are higher in the NWT, it would be dangerous to assume that male NWT residents have the same attitudes and behaviours concerning boat safety as their female and non-NWT resident counterparts. In particula...

Principal Investigator: Crewe, Jodi
Licensed Year(s): 2020 2019 2018 2017 2017 2015 2013 2012 2011 2009 2008 2006
Summary: The Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Society (ABEKS) uses both local and scientific knowledge to monitor and assess changes in an area that covers the range of the Porcupine Caribou Herd and nearby coastal and marine areas. Interviews with local experts are conducted annually by community researchers. Observations about fish, berries, caribou, unusual animal sightings, weather conditions, a...

Principal Investigator: Campbell, Norman
Licensed Year(s): 2013
Summary: The primary goal of the project is to introduce a healthier food program to Aklavik by working with community partners. The DREAM-GLOBAL research team, Aklavik Community Corporation, local health committee, as well as other partners will develop a plan to support programs and policies that will increase the awareness and availability of healthy foods and especially traditional foods, wherever poss...

Principal Investigator: Lantz, Trevor C.
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Summary: The 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 including participatory photo-mapping, participatory-video, web-based mapping, photo-el...

Principal Investigator: Hampton, Mary
Licensed Year(s): 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Summary: This study will: 1. Integrate several sources of data to create an action plan that maps the socio-spatial problem of intimate partner Violence; 2. Create narratives describing community response in rural and northern areas of the Prairie Provinces and the NWT; and 3. Generate a grounded theory as a practical tool to create and sustain non-violent communities in these regions of Canada. The...

Principal Investigator: Alexie, Elaine D.
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: The purpose of this research project is to gather information on practices of Indigeneity: the spiritual, physical, and cultural practices of the Teetl’it Gwich’in from the community of Fort McPherson. The researcher will be interviewing Teetl’it Gwich’in knowledge holders who can provide insight to the concept of Indigeneity and the significance it holds for them. A major focus of this project ...

Principal Investigator: Southcott, Chris
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: The proposed project will examine the impact of transience on the social cohesion of Arctic communities. Using Inuvik, Northwest Territories as a case study the researchers, in partnership with community groups, will investigate: 1) the extent of mobility in the community, 2) determine what the major negative impacts of this mobility are on community organizations, and 3) discuss what can be...

Principal Investigator: Cliff, Amanda
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2006
Summary: The objective of this Master’s-level study is to evaluate community health in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the context of planning initiatives. Health and well-being can be linked to both environmental and socio-economic factors as well as physiological factors. Therefore, examining variations in services and facilities between communities and any correlated differences in health outcomes ...

Principal Investigator: Guo, Laodong
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004
Summary: The purpose of the study is to better understand how climate and environmental changes affect river water chemistry and material export fluxes, and in turn, how biogeochemical tracers can be used to examine the impacts and biogeochemical consequences of environmental changes. This is the second year of a three-year study. The researchers plan to sample the Mackenzie River starting in late Apri...

Principal Investigator: Parlee, Brenda L
Licensed Year(s): 2004 2003
Summary: This project involves working with the Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board, the Tetlit Gwich'in Renewable Resources Committee and elders/harvesters from Fort McPherson to document traditional indicators and methods for community-based monitoring. The main...