NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Nakimayak, Grace Belle
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5663. To collect data, age, quality of residential houses in the community for an average of homes and appliances to map out upgrades and implement energy effiency plans for our homes. A survey collecting various information about quality of materials in the home both interior and exterior. A 5 page paper survey to be c...

Principal Investigator: Mossmann, Bouchra Emilia
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5694. The main objective of this research project is to clarify how Muslims who live around the Arctic Circle make sense of Islam. In the Arctic Circle, Muslim religious traditions seem more challenged than elsewhere. For example, because of the extreme light conditions. Thus, the research team would like to explore: 1...

Principal Investigator: Reid, Thomas
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5507. The objectives of this research are to: 1) Assess the spatial and temporal distribution of particulate and dissolved nutrients/carbon along a large- and small-scale latitudinal gradients in the MRB (I.e. Slave River, Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River, Laird River, Peel River, smaller headwater streams); Correlate...

Principal Investigator: Williams, Bill
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5753. The objective is continued annual collection of relevant data on aspects the Beaufort shelf marine ecosystem. Research activity in the Beaufort region is a brief mission at sea in the autumn of each year to recover and replace the observing system that acquires these data year round. The research activities at home-b...

Principal Investigator: Pearce, David
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5699. The ArcticAir project will characterize airborne microbial communities in the Arctic region, identify potential drivers, determine the risks of microbial invasion and, most importantly, monitor the interannual variability of these airborne communities and the associated environmental drivers. To this end, we will ...

Principal Investigator: Gibson, Ryan
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5683. The study aims to fill in a literature gap describing government land policy, legislation and regulations in the Northwest Territories historically, and further aims to answer the following questions: - What has been the impact of government land legislation, regulation and policy on housing in the NWT? - How has g...

Principal Investigator: Mercer, Louise
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5704. This research project will feed into a better understanding of effective approaches for community-based environmental monitoring and contribute to a better understanding of contaminants and the role of extreme weather events in the Arctic environment. The objectives of this study are to: 1) analyse the presence of...

Principal Investigator: Dahlvik, Julia
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5497. This research project pursues a dual perspective: it is interested in both the experiences of citizens and the practices and strategies of public ombuds institutions, that is, what measures they take to ensure equal access to justice for all in the context of increasingly digitalized public services, and with what ef...

Principal Investigator: Kenny, Tiff-Annie
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5503. The aim of the project is to collect new information on the retail food environment, household socio-economic conditions, and food purchases, through both empirical measures and local knowledge. The goal is to shed new light on market food affordability and food security in the ISR, while building local and regional ...

Principal Investigator: Henderson, Rita
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5629. Research Question: What unexpected or unusual changes in wildlife populations have researchers, community members, and professionals from various sectors observed while living or working in the Arctic? The main objectives are to: - Identify any potential, previously unknown unusual wildlife events (e.g. altered b...