NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Wheeler, Helen
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5910. This project will contribute to the BARIN (Beavers And Socio-ecological Resilience in Inuit Nunangat) research program which addresses changing beaver population and the impacts on lakes and streams, fish and communities and wellbeing. This permitting application is for the beaver population change component of the s...

Principal Investigator: Beddoe, Ryley
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5870. The objectives of this research are to: 1) Monitor the thermal regime of the embankment, arch, piles and road subgrade post the construction of the arch replacement. 2) Use measured ground temperatures to calibrate numerical models for understanding and predicting bridge, road and embankment stability 3) analyze m...

Principal Investigator: Nwaishi, Felix
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5684. The main objective of this research project is to explore research that is built on Indigenous knowledge and integrates recent advancements in western science disciplines (i.e., environmental metagenomic and ecosystem probing) to assess the potential emergence of novel antimicrobial compounds and/or antimicrobial res...

Principal Investigator: Lesack, Lance
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5896. Goal (1) Improve our understanding of methane cycling in Mackenzie Delta lakes and how it is affected by the changing water levels. Goal (2) Decipher the impact of water level changes on the ability of the Mackenzie Delta to affect riverine carbon and nutrient flow to the ocean. Specific activities for the co...

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 ...