NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Kelly, Richard
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5877. The main objectives are: 1. to fly a novel Ku- and L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system over snow covered tundra land, lakes and sea ice in winter to obtain unique radar observations of these environments; 2. to use collected field measurements acquired by J. Thériault's project (license #5743) at Trail Valle...

Principal Investigator: Sonnentag, Oliver
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5891. The project brings together expertise from historically separated knowledge systems and scientific communities, integrating Indigenous perspectives with atmospheric biogeosciences, ecology, airborne remote sensing, and computer science. The project builds on the collective desire to engage community members in knowle...

Principal Investigator: Kokelj, Steve V
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5855. The primary objectives of this research are 1) to develop and test new methods of characterizing permafrost and monitoring permafrost landscape change with a focus on the Beaufort Delta, central Mackenzie Valley and North Slave regions; 2) mapping sensitive permafrost terrain across NWT by integrating expert ass...

Principal Investigator: Insley, Stephen
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5806. The main objective is to assess and mitigate the impacts of increased shipping and sea-ice loss on marine mammals in the eastern Beaufort Sea. The primary methodology is passive acoustic monitoring at the western entrances to the Northwest Passage shipping route, particularly the Amundsen Gulf and Banks Island area. ...

Principal Investigator: Insley, Stephen
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5805. Our project has two main objectives: 1) Examine the impacts of underwater noise from vessel traffic on ringed seals. 2) Examine the spatial ecology of ringed seals in the western Canadian Arctic and estimate their exposure to underwater noise from vessel traffic. Within all of these objectives, the team will b...

Principal Investigator: Insley, Stephen
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5810. The goal of this project is to design and maintain a long-term, locally-based, diet and condition data collection program focused on ringed seals (Pusa hispida) and bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) in the Darnley Bay, Sachs Harbour and Ulukhaktok areas of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, NT. To accomplish our ...

Principal Investigator: Poelzer , Greg
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5786. Arctic cities face multiple challenges from social and economic transformations, deteriorating infrastructure, a changing environment, and pressures on their governance systems. To respond effectively, mayors, city councils, agency leaders, local citizens and residents, and other stakeholders need a clear set of indi...

Principal Investigator: Langer, Moritz
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5833. This research aims to describe permafrost conditions and assess environmental risk at several drilling waste sumps in the Mackenzie Delta region, NWT. The objectives of this project are: 1) Assess the vulnerability of drilling mud sumps in the Mackenzie Delta region under varying site conditions and different clim...

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...

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...