Principal Investigator:Popkov, Yuri V. Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher will determine the dependance of aboriginal employment on land and resources, growth and decline of oil company activity, price cuts on products of the traditional economy, the current system of social assistance, government economic policy, and the readiness of native people to enter the labour market now and in the future within the region....
Principal Investigator:Boyko, S. Vladimir I. Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher and his team will define the tendencies in the process of decentralization of traditional power structures and appearance of the new forms in the NWT to compare with similar trends in the North of Russia. They will investigate the driving forces of these changes, determine if the process is evolutionary and evaluate the role of cultural attitudes and formation of specific political...
Principal Investigator:Langlais, Richard Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher will interview a small number of people living and working in the eastern Arctic to discuss what ecological security means for different people and determine if there is any kind of ecologically significant ideas which could be applied in the future....
Principal Investigator:Notzke, Claudia Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The Researcher will collect information for a book on aboriginal natural resource management in Canada. The focus of the work will be concentrated with wildlife co-management, native participation in the design, use and management of new national park reserves and the question of how the settlement of claims ties in with current land use planning practices....
Principal Investigator:D'Anglure, Bernard Saladin Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The research will involve the study of Inuit leaders and political development. How one became a leader among the Inuit, traditionally and in the present time using factors such as kinship, leadership, personal performance, authority and religious power will be be investigated....
Principal Investigator:Roberts, Karen Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The research is an evaluation of co-management practice in the Western Arctic as it is established under the Inuvialuit Final Agreement. The study will use the Inuvialuit Wildlife Management Advisory Council for the NWT as the case study and will involve attending meetings and conducting key informant interviews....
Principal Investigator:Downie, Bruce K. Licensed Year(s):
1992
1991 Summary:
Begun in 1991, the researcher and his associates will continue to prepare a management plan for the Pingos Canadian Landmark....
Principal Investigator:Squires, Bert Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The Canadian Standardized Test of Fitness will be administered to ascertain selected components of fitness. A modified version of the Campbell's (1988) Lifestyle Questionnaire will be administered to ascertain selected aspects of lifestyle. The researcher will determine if the lifestyle of the study participants is adequate or detrimental to their well-being....
Principal Investigator:Morgan, James P. Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
This project was identified by the CPS as essential to effective co-management of wildlife in northern national parks. A broader look at how each park implements co-management and how other agencies have been successful in co-managing wildlife is required to form a formulate a consistent approach across the northern national parks system....
Principal Investigator:Riley, Toni Licensed Year(s):
1992
1991 Summary:
The Researchers will assess the needs of heritage staff and volunteers throughout the NWT. Target groups include participants who have attended Northern Heritage Centre workshops and those actively working in the heritage field such as community historical societies, libraries, cultural centres and local museum projects....