Principal Investigator:Lizotte, Amy R Licensed Year(s):
2012
Summary:
The research seeks to identify a practical and tangible solution to localizing Yellowknife food and to empower a slower food movement in Yellowknife. The literature review will highlight success stories from NWT’s past and current food initiatives as well as other remote communities’ food successes, while drawing from the experiential knowledge and observations of interviewees. The interviews with...
Principal Investigator:Gordon, Dylan Licensed Year(s):
2012
Summary:
This research has two goals: 1) to determine how harvesters of wild mushrooms operating in the Northwest Territories find, harvest, process and sell them; and, 2) to determine how this process impacts the social, environmental and economic interests of local communities and the land.
The method is called ethnographic participant observation. This means to observe the actions of the study partic...
Principal Investigator:Tymchak, Michael Licensed Year(s):
2002
Summary:
This review was initiated by Aurora College as part of explorations along with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment related to providing opportunities for northerners to complete the Bachelor of Education degree in the NWT. The project pur...
Principal Investigator:Beddoes, Colin Licensed Year(s):2000
1999
Summary:
The objective of this study is to carry out a strategic analysis of the opportunities and constraints facing the Dene in their implementation of eco-cultural tourism. Transportation to and on site will be by automobile. Data collection will be carried out while working under the direction of planning staff at the Dene Cultural Institute (DCI). Data collection will involve non-structured intervi...