NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Muir, Magdelena A.K.
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The researcher will revise and publish a manuscript which presents a legal and administrative analysis of the land claim agreements and their effect on water management in the Northwest Territories....

Principal Investigator: Slocombe, D. Scott
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: To provide a basis for planning and management of the Pingo Canadian Landmark site, required by the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, the researchers will identify the significance of the biophysical, cultural and economic resources....

Principal Investigator: Thompson, Judy
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: In conjunction with on-going research on Dene clothing in the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Dene seamstresses will be interviewed about their life and work. Community residents will also be consulted regarding a proposed exhibition of Dene clothing. Examples of the sewing of contemporary Dene women will be purchased for the permanent collection at the Museum of Civilization....

Principal Investigator: Bisgaard, Inngi
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researcher will continue to study urban planning in arctic areas. This field season investigation will include how people use outdoor spaces in relation to weather, destinations and playgrounds....

Principal Investigator: Schutta, Susan
Licensed Year(s): 1991 1990
Summary: The Project will involve interviews with southern trained news gatherers and disseminators as well as members of the native community. Interviews will focus on the options Northerners have to creating and disseminating news in the North....

Principal Investigator: Nagy, Murielle
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: In conjunction with the Inuvialuit Social Development Program, the Researchers will gather the oral history concerning the lives of Inuvialuit along the Yukon North Slope. They will document post-contact aboriginal land use as recorded in historic sites, graves, resource extraction areas, caches, look-outs, trails, place names and gathering places in the Yukon North Slope....

Principal Investigator: Gardner, Peter
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: At the community level, the Researcher will investigate why economic development imposed through outside agencies may have failed in some communities. Native residents will be interviewed to determine whether they believe a social institution can evolve from their own culture which can effectively deal with the tradeoffs between sharing of income and profits and the need for saving and investment....

Principal Investigator: Nadji, Kayhan
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1991
Summary: This research will investigate the relationship between the architectural and technical aspects of buildings and severe northern climate....

Principal Investigator: Rohlmann, Monika
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researcher will examine the property regime established under the Inuvialuit Regional Settlement Act. Informal field observations, literature and file reviews and informal discussions with key persons will be carried out....

Principal Investigator: Boyko, Vladimir
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: These researchers will carry out a part of the program of cooperation between Canada and the USSR on the economic and socio-cultural development of the native peoples of the North. They will conduct a cross-cultural and cross-societal analysis using questionnaires, observation, interviews, participation and discussion....