Principal Investigator:Freeman, Lisa Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
The relationship between resource development, affordable housing and government interventions in northern communities is a long and complicated one. Housing insecurity has been a concern in the Northwest Territories (NWT) since the establishment of settlements and the introduction of state-run housing programs in the mid-20th century. Chronic housing need is worsening in many settlement communiti...
Principal Investigator:Montgomery, James Licensed Year(s):
2015
Summary:
The objectives of this study are to develop a roadmap to identify key policies and technologies that allow for net-zero emissions buildings to be constructed in the northwest of Canada and the United States. Given the diversity of jurisdictions in in the region, the “strategies” contained within the Roadmap will aim to catalyze new legislation or policy in each jurisdiction by highlighting key opp...
Principal Investigator:Hampton, Mary Licensed Year(s):2015201420132012
2011
Summary:
This study will:
1. Integrate several sources of data to create an action plan that maps the socio-spatial problem of intimate partner violence;
2. Create narratives describing community response in rural and northern areas of the Prairie Provinces and the NWT; and
3. Generate a grounded theory as a practical tool to create and sustain non-violent communities in these regions of Canada.
The ...
Principal Investigator:Posynick, James Licensed Year(s):
2005
Summary:
The objectives of this study are to increase access to justice by increasing the availability of Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR) processes to NWT residents and to assist communities in using existing ADR or developing socially/culturally and legally...
Principal Investigator:Pisani, Shane Licensed Year(s):
1998
Summary:
My research collection will be comprised of both interviews for key stakeholders and surveys amongst all stakeholders in the tourism industry. I am anticipating beginning interviews and surveys in early August and completing the research by mid-September 1998. The interviews and surveys will involve government agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGO's)- no individual names will be used. T...