NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Douglas, Vasiliki K
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2010
Summary: The purpose of this project is to assist the Inuvialuit in adaptation planning that will meet ongoing environmental and social challenges, while also maintaining their rights under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The existing knowledge, skills and networks that facilitate such adaptations are important community ‘assets’ that form the basis of capacity-building. The goal of...

Principal Investigator: Goodjohn, Mitchell T.
Licensed Year(s): 2013 2010
Summary: The objective of the TK Programme is to collect baseline data to enhance BP's understanding of traditional resources and the marine environment in the Project area; and the use of resources by community members. The information will be used to assess the potential and residual impacts of the Project on traditional resources and their use, as well as the marine environment. The information will b...

Principal Investigator: Parlee, Brenda L
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: The goal is to learn more about the socio-economic dimensions of changing caribou populations (Cape Bathurst, Bluenose West and Porcupine) in the Inuvialuit region including i) local perceptions of caribou population change; ii) impacts on livelihood and food security; iii) responses of individuals/households and communities. The work will aim to answer the following questions: 1) What role do...

Principal Investigator: Lyons, Natasha L.
Licensed Year(s): 2010 2009
Summary: This study will facilitate the interaction of Inuvialuit community members with a museum collection purchased from their forebears on the Anderson River in the mid 19th century, and will document present-day Inuvialuit knowledge about this collection. The project will also generate opportunities to build capacity amongst youth in videography and ethnographic documentation techniques. Finally, proj...

Principal Investigator: Maraj, Ramona
Licensed Year(s): 2011 2010
Summary: The researcher will gather local and traditional knowledge related to the population status of polar bears, and the influence that climate change has had on polar bears and their habitat in the Beaufort Sea. The information from interviews will be used to develop a description of acceptable management practices and management goals for polar bears. The researcher can then compare that information ...

Principal Investigator: Pearce, Tristan D
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: The researcher will work in collaboration with community members, local stakeholders, scientists and policy makers to develop adaptation plans that address climate change vulnerabilities in the subsistence economies in two communities in the ISR. The project will use participatory methods to develop adaptation plans in the case study communities: • Secondary sources of information: Existin...

Principal Investigator: Ouellette, Nathalie
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: The goal of this oral history project is to learn about and document the significance of the Roman Catholic Mission House and Notre Dame de Lourdes Grotto in Paulatuk for community members through their experiences and recollections of various events associated with the mission. The Researcher wishes to document all aspects of the mission, related but not limited to subjects such as religious life...

Principal Investigator: Cooper, Elizabeth J
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: The researcher is working on an MA thesis, and this research is part of the thesis work. The thesis is ethno-historic meaning that the researcher is interested to have community stories as well as the stories from information that is already written. Stories of interest are of when the hospitals were open as well as before and after they closed. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted wit...

Principal Investigator: Smith, Jane E
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: The goals of this research are: 1. To implement a program of culturally appropriate palliative care that meets the identified needs of each community, 2. To develop culturally appropriate educational resources for clients and their families, communities, and health care workers, 3. To establish a resource of equipment that can be utilized throughout the region to assist those with home palliati...

Principal Investigator: Martin, Marissa
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: This study will focus on the following: 1) The development of a formal performance measurement framework focused on the Closing the Aboriginal Student Achievement Gap Initiative. This framework will serve as a blueprint for program managers to use in measuring and reporting on the results and outcomes of this Initiative over its lifecycle. 2) The development of a supporting decision making logi...