15 record(s) found in the location "Inuvialuit Settlement Region" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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“Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland”: An Examination of the Impacts of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry on Hydrocarbon Development in the Northwest Territories 1977-2013
Principal Investigator: Beaulieu, Michel S
Licensed Year(s): 2014 2013
Summary: The primary purpose of this research project is to determine how key recommendations from the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry (commonly referred to as the Berger Inquiry or, for the purpose of this research, the Inquiry) have affected oil and gas development in the Northwest Territories (NWT) over the past thirty-six years. Through analysis of the Inquiry and the recommendations that resulted fr...


Exploring the History of Education in the Mackenzie Valley Region, 1940-1996
Principal Investigator: Fraser, Crystal G
Licensed Year(s): 2013
Summary: The researcher is examining the history of education in the Northwest Territories from 1940 to 1996. The objectives of this project are three-fold: 1) developing a historical narrative explaining the changing nature of education during the time frame; 2) interacting with community members to bring Aboriginal voice and perspective to academic research; and 3) reflect on northern history in regional...


Environment, Commerce, and Science in Western Arctic History
Principal Investigator: Stuhl, Andrew T
Licensed Year(s): 2011 2010
Summary: There are several goals for this research project. The first is to reach a greater understanding of the broad patterns of scientific research, natural resource development, and environmental change in the Beaufort-Delta from 1889 until today. The second goal for this research is to follow a public-scholarship approach throughout the research process, from developing and refining the research que...


Local attitudes of the Anglican Church towards its Aboriginal membership in the Yukon / Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Gaver, Cheryl A
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2006
Summary: The objective of this project is to assess (1) whether attitudes evident during the period of the residential schools have changed at a congregational level, and (2) whether cultural differences that also played a role in what happened in the schools are better understood and accommodated. Some of the questions to be considered: (1) What impact have the residential schools had on the relationsh...


Pitquhiraluavut Puiglimiatavut (We will not forget our ways): Bringing home photogrpahs of the Inuinnait collection at the British Museum
Principal Investigator: Balanoff, Helen
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2007 2007
Summary: Through a partnership of Inuinnait communities and the British Museum, this project aims to repatriate traditional knowledge (language, literacies, narratives, values & beliefs) through viewing and visiting "things that talk" (historical photographs and objects) currently in the British Museum in London England. This is a continuation of the Ulukhaktok Literacies Project, where the researchers...


Swimming Against the Mainstream: The NWT Aquatics Program in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT
Principal Investigator: Giles, Audrey R.
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The objectives of this study are to (a) document the history of the NWT Aquatics Program in Tuktoyaktuk (b) expand understandings of Inuvialuit practices concerning water, (c) examine whether a Shallow Water Pool Lifeguard certification is viable (d) the creation of both documents and presentations that can provide decrease water-related fatalities and physical inactivity. Since its inception i...


Landscapes of Power: Native Peoples, National Parks, and the Making of a Modern Wilderness in Northern Canada and Alaska, 1940-2000
Principal Investigator: Martin, Brad
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2004
Summary: The main objective of this historical research project is to examine how and why relations between indigenous groups and national park administrators in northern Canada and Alaska changed in the second half of the twentieth century. A secondary objective is to write a general history of national park establishment and management in these regions. The researcher will travel to and from the resea...


Thick description of the change of Canada's First Nations traditions in history: Discussion of Clifford Geertz's anthropological approach based on field studies in Canada
Principal Investigator: Fremgen, Barbara A.
Licensed Year(s): 2006 2006
Summary: This doctoral study aims to explore Clifford Geertz’s approach towards understanding culture and humanity. Geertz’s methodology of “thick description” will be employed to arrive at an understanding of the issues of identity, culture and change among indigenous peoples in Canada. This year the study will focus on working with the Inuvialuit communities of Inuvik and Holman. The primary method o...


Researching Forms of Aboriginal Literacy in a Northern (NWT) Community
Principal Investigator: Chambers, Cynthia
Licensed Year(s): 2006 2005 2004
Summary: As part of developing an understanding of northern aboriginal ways of learning, teaching and communicating, this study aims to examine the traditional (pre-contact), historical (post-contact) and contemporary forms of literacy in the Inuinnaqtun-speaking community of Holman. It is also hoped that this study will generate new knowledge on locally-based and culturally-appropriate research methods fo...


Tuktoyaktuk Place Names Project
Principal Investigator: Hart, Elisa J.
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004 2003
Summary: There is little information available for local schools on traditionally used places and place names. The purpose of this project is to get more in-depth information on a list of traditionally named places that has been provided by Tuktoyaktuk elders. Th...


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