Principal Investigator:Reid, John Licensed Year(s):
1993
Summary:
Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Green Plan, this ongoing study is required to: (1) publish a national report on the state of the environment at regular intervals, (2) develop a set of indicators that measure Canada's progress in achieving environmental goals, and (3) establish an ongoing capability to study resources at risk, ecosystem response and the impact of major disruptio...
Principal Investigator:on Aboriginal Peoples, Royal Commission Licensed Year(s):
1993
Summary:
The Royal Commission has a sixteen part mandate and a detailed research plan. Research will be conducted both in-house and by researchers who are contracted to examine specific research topics. One licence has been issued to the Deputy Director on behalf of the Royal Commission for the northern component of this comprehensive study. Both the mandate and the research plan are available from the ...
Principal Investigator:Christophers, Sandy Licensed Year(s):
1993
Summary:
The NWT Council for Disabled Persons will contact NWT Women's Groups and community representatives to develop contact lists for women with disabilities. In addition, the Council will develop and distribute a survey that helps to identify issues and concerns for women with disabilities. These issues will be summarized and recommendations will be made in light of these issues....
Principal Investigator:Cohen, Stewart Licensed Year(s):
1993
1992 Summary:
The Mackenzie Basin Impact Study will assess the potential impacts of global climatic change on the region. The component on land assessment will determine possible changes in land capability. Information on resource management goals is needed so that the study can can assess whether changes in land capability might lead to conflicts over land use....
Principal Investigator:Aharonian, Dave Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher will examine the ability of an aboriginal community to adapt to climate change by documenting past events which have been influenced by the climate. These events will be probed through the oral histories of the community members, especially elders. The views and perceptions as held by the community members, concerning future changes in climate will be determined....
Principal Investigator:Zellen, Barry Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher and his team will engage in a comparative analysis of the Alaska, Inuvialuit and Inuit land claims settlements and their respective decision-making structures, using a case-study review in three settlement areas. There will also be some additional comparison of James Bay and Northern Quebec settlements....
Principal Investigator:Slocombe, D. Scott Licensed Year(s):
1992
1991 Summary:
The researcher and his team will compare conservation and development planning methods and processes in several resource-based regions of the world to assess to what extent such processes take into account environmental and ecosystem problems and needs....
Principal Investigator:Popkov, Yuri V. Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher will determine the dependance of aboriginal employment on land and resources, growth and decline of oil company activity, price cuts on products of the traditional economy, the current system of social assistance, government economic policy, and the readiness of native people to enter the labour market now and in the future within the region....
Principal Investigator:Boyko, S. Vladimir I. Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher and his team will define the tendencies in the process of decentralization of traditional power structures and appearance of the new forms in the NWT to compare with similar trends in the North of Russia. They will investigate the driving forces of these changes, determine if the process is evolutionary and evaluate the role of cultural attitudes and formation of specific political...
Principal Investigator:Langlais, Richard Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher will interview a small number of people living and working in the eastern Arctic to discuss what ecological security means for different people and determine if there is any kind of ecologically significant ideas which could be applied in the future....