NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Salokangas, Raila M
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The goal of this research is to investigate the meaning of education for Inuvialuit youth and their families in the community of Tuktoyaktuk, specifically; how has the meaning of education changed for the Inuvialuit families? Further, how has education contributed to social change and how does social change contribute to changes in education? Also, is the meaning for education different for local ...

Principal Investigator: Borsy, Emily Jane E
Licensed Year(s): 2008 2007
Summary: The objective of this research is to obtain primary information about the gravel situation in the ISR from a variety of industry perspectives. The researchers wish to fill in a gap in information linking supply and demand to community stress and vulnerability, obtaining this information through interviews with industry professionals. The research will be conducted in two stages. The first sta...

Principal Investigator: Paci, Chris J
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The importance of this research is to articulate northern science research capacity, the role of colleges in building northern capacity, and the knowledge-based investments Canada is making in the North. Members of the research team will visit the Aurora College campuses in Yellowknife, Fort Smith and Inuvik to undertake literature searches. Other than accessing college libraries, the research tea...

Principal Investigator: Andrachuk, Mark
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The aims of this research project are to document strategies that have been successful among the residents of Tuktoyaktuk in dealing with environmental changes, and to identify the ways that the residents have made use of traditional knowledge and scientific knowledge when adapting to environmental changes. Upon arrival in Tuktoyaktuk, the research team will discuss the research and identify r...

Principal Investigator: Archie, Billy
Licensed Year(s): 2006
Summary: Statistics indicate a burden of chronic diseases in the community of Aklavik, with 17.6% of individuals receiving care for one or more chronic conditions. Driven by elders and youth of the community, measurement of risk factors and associated diseases is planned so that programs to promote wellness can be implemented and evaluated. A mechanism for youth to collect and manage data around risk fac...

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...

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...

Principal Investigator: Robinson, Suzanne M
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2006 2005 2004
Summary: The main goal of this Master’s level project is to create a local video featuring local people. The open-ended interview format is designed to allow community members to have the chance to tell their stories and express their views about how education and learning are an important part of their families. The methods to be employed in the project will consist of personal reflective journaling, inte...

Principal Investigator: Pearce, Tristan D
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: This project will partner with the community of Ulukhaktok and involve community youth as researchers to develop an understanding of how social change and climate change interact to affect the functioning and well-being of arctic communities, specifically for younger generation community members. The research methods in this study will be applied via an open and evolving process directed in col...

Principal Investigator: Collings, Peter F
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: This study is an examination of subsistence involvement among the first cohort of Inuit born and raised within the context of settlement life. The study is part of a longitudinal and comparative study of subsistence in two communities: Ulukhaktok (Northwest Territories) and Clyde River (Nunavut). In particular, the research seeks to determine the importance of a number of factors (traditional mate...