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Impacts of wildfire on runoff response and downstream water chemistry in a region with rapid permafrost loss
Principal Investigator: Olefeldt, David
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5892. Objective summary: To assess the effect of wildfires on changes in water quality in the Dehcho and South Slave region, which are affected by runoff from peatlands (containing e.g., organics, nutrients, and mercury/methylmercury), which are already experiencing increased permafrost thaw due to climate change. Synop...


The export of terrigenous dissolved organic carbon from boreal terrestrial ecosystems to the Arctic Ocean and its vulnerability to environmental change
Principal Investigator: Fichot, Cedric
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5897. The primary objective of this funded project is to develop a sophisticated model that can simulate the mobilization, transport, transformations, and export of tDOC from the Mackenzie River watershed to the Arctic Ocean. The model will be used to simulate the transfer of tDOC during the past two decades and for plausi...


Impact of wildfire and forest management on permafrost and post-fire regeneration
Principal Investigator: Baltzer, Jennifer L
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5902. This project has two main objectives: 1) To monitor the recovery of NWT forests following wildfire to better understand post-fire changes on forest composition and ground vegetation 2) To develop baseline information about proposed forest management areas to support assessment of harvesting impacts on these areas...


Interviewing local news reporters
Principal Investigator: Nagel, Tyler
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5632. For the fieldwork proposed by this ethics application, the research question is: "What is the information ecology in Canadian communities served (and not served) by professional journalism?" The immediate goal of the proposed research is to describe, understand, and interpret the information ecosystems in rural areas...


Elections NWT Survey (2024)
Principal Investigator: Goodman, Nicole
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5900. To provide Elections NWT with feedback regarding voter experiences with online voting and how the wildfires may have changed uptake. The survey will be programmed and hosted using the Brock University Qualtrics platform. All persons who voted online will be sent a recruitment email inviting them to take a 5-minute...


Secondary Analysis of the Addiction Recovery Experiences Survey Data
Principal Investigator: Denning, Bryany
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5856. This analysis will seek to provide more detailed insights into recovery supports and services in the Northwest Territories. Through secondary analysis of the data collected during the Addiction Recovery Experiences Survey, we will explore the role of social support in addiction recovery, examine whether there are de...


Geothermal potential of the Southern Mackenzie Region
Principal Investigator: Raymond, Jasmin
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5830. The research project aims to evaluate the geothermal potential in the communities of Hay River, Entreprise, Fort Entreprise and Kakisa in NWT where a geothermal gradient favourable to geothermal resource development is known to exist and can exceed 40°C/km. Giving those diesel dependent communities access to clean en...


“How I Survived”: An Exhibit on Recreation at Northern Residential Schools, Hostels, and Indian Day Schools
Principal Investigator: Dunkin, Jessica
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5769. The objectives of this research are: to share the stories of residential school survivors; to provide context for their experiences through related archival research; and to develop materials and resources that reflect and respect their diverse experiences of recreation while at residential school, hostels, and feder...


HEARTcare planning for Educational Workers: Mobilizing Interventions for Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
Principal Investigator: Kendrick, Astrid H
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5804. The Northwest Territories Teachers' Association (NWTTA) is set to join in the final year of the SSHRC study (Febuary 2024-July 2025). A survey will be sent to the membership of the NWTTA to explore the scope and experiences of compassion fatigue and burnout in NWT educational workers. The results from this survey wil...


An Evaluation of Contribution Agreements Used to Fund Indigenous-Led Stewardship Initiatives
Principal Investigator: Lightbourn, Ryleigh
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5817. Through interviews, this research seeks to evaluate contribution agreements used to fund Indigenous-led stewardship initiatives (for example, Indigenous Guardians, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, and Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring) in order to inform future conversations on the re-storying of...


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