NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Moffitt, Pertice M
Licensed Year(s): 2017
Summary: The objectives of this research project are to: 1. conduct retrospective chart audits to provide epidemiological data on breastfeeding initiation and duration rates; 2. conduct focus group meetings with grandmothers and great-grandmothers to learn about past practices and traditional knowledge about caring for babies; 3. conduct semi-structured interviews with mothers to learn about the determi...

Principal Investigator: Parker, Colleen
Licensed Year(s): 2017 2016
Summary: The objectives of this project are to: 1. establish a long-term geo-spatial ship track database (1990-present) in Arctic Canada; 2. identify temporal and spatial shipping trends and establish ‘zones of high commercial and non-commercial shipping activity’; and, 3. create ‘local marine use zones’ including sensitive ecological and socio-cultural sites for overlay and integration into the norther...

Principal Investigator: Ford, James D
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The objectives of this project are to: 1) perform a literature review of articles relating to best practice for knowledge translation (KT) in the fields of environmental research and indigenous community research; 2) extract theoretically identified best practice from both and merge into a framework of best practice for KT of environmental research in indigenous communities; and, 3) conduct interv...

Principal Investigator: Johnson, Leslie M
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The objectives are to record insights and evaluations of approaches to culturally based wellness promotion and collaborative approaches to holistic healing from Northern perspectives. The research team will review literature on other efforts, and record responses to the teams own Wisdom Engaged activities from a range of northern participants, especially knowledgeable Elders, language and culture ...

Principal Investigator: Vizina, Yvonne N
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: Interview and collect survey data from educators at select Aboriginal post-secondary places of learning about their sustainability practices and policies, links to community-based conservation practices, and involvement with national and international decision-making processes on environmental issues. Three publishable manuscripts will be produced based on research data including: 1) A manuscript...

Principal Investigator: Anderson, David G
Licensed Year(s): 2016 2015 2014 2013
Summary: The research investigates the relations between dogs, fish, caribou and people. The objective is to have a different understanding of domestication and human-animal relations. This research will use semi-structured interviews and participant observation (spending time out on the land). Interviews: The research team will have 20 in-depth semi-structured interviews of one to two hours with Eld...

Principal Investigator: Armitage, Peter
Licensed Year(s): 2015
Summary: To document Aklavik Inuvialuit Traditional Use (hunting, trapping, fishing, collection of berries, camp locations, travel routes, etc.) and some Traditional Knowledge related to focal species in the context of renewing the Yukon North Slope Conservation and Management Plan. Over a 4-5 week period starting in February 2015, the Principle Investigator (PI) and a community co-researcher will inter...

Principal Investigator: Gordon, Leanne D.R.S
Licensed Year(s): 2015
Summary: The objective of this work is to explore the traditional knowledge of beluga whale hunting and harvesting practices of the Inuvialuit. The type of data that will be collected and analyzed includes questionnaires, and interviews with Inuvialuit Elders (Inuvik). Elders will be asked about the tools they used during the hunt and harvesting, way of transportation, exact location of whaling camps a...

Principal Investigator: Krizan, Julia
Licensed Year(s): 2014
Summary: In 2012, ConocoPhillips Canada, as operator of the Amauligak lease, initiated the three-year Amauligak Study Program. The Study Program will identify and determine the feasibility of the most appropriate development concept for potential production from the Amauligak lease located in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Should ConocoPhillips proceed to the development phase with Amauligak, it is anticipated...

Principal Investigator: Mackin, Nancy P
Licensed Year(s): 2014
Summary: The objectives of this research project are to: 1) Learn how northern peoples can continue to adapt to changing climates by applying Elders’ knowledge e.g. healthy seasonal harvests and moss-insulated shelters. 2) Engage First Nations young people in traditional practices such as moss houses reconstruction so the practices shared by Elders can foster climate adaptation well into the future. 3) Bui...