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Integrating Gwich’in and Inuvialuit perspectives into a community school in the Northwest Territories: a case study

Principal Investigator: Debassige, Brent
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The goal of this study is to investigate how teachers, staff, and community members are integrating Inuvialuit and Gwich’in issues, perspectives, and languages in one school in the Northwest Territories. The information gathered from this case study will help to inform and improve professional development opportunities offered in the school. In this basic qualitative study, the research support st...

HBSC - Health Behaviour in School-aged Children

Principal Investigator: Pickett, William
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2005 2002
Summary: The study titled, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), is a cross-national research project conducted by the Social Program Evaluation Group (SPEG) at Queen’s University in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO Europe) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The HBSC study aims to gain insight into, and increase understanding of, the health behaviours and attitud...

Improving the utilization of cancer screening services in northern Indigenous communities

Principal Investigator: Sharma, Sangita
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017
Summary: Cancer screening involves different tests to detect many types of cancer at earlier stages, and can increase successful treatment and decrease the burden on patients. Screening can also increase survival rates and prevent early deaths due to cancer. Three screening programs have been established in Canada for early detection of breast, colorectal, and cervical cancers. The team will work with comm...

Exploring Indigenous Digital Literacy with Gwich'in Tribal Council Department of Heritage

Principal Investigator: McMahon, Rob
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017
Summary: This project builds on a successful pilot held in Summer 2017 to support an emerging research partnership between the University of Alberta and the Gwich'in Tribal Council (GTC) that focuses on Digital Content and Connectivity in the North. The project partners are jointly developing free two-day workshops on this topic to be held in the Gwich'in communities (Fort McPherson/Tsiigehtchic, Aklavik a...

Examining the impacts of climate and environmental change on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of the Mackenzie region, NWT

Principal Investigator: Pisaric, Michael FJ
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Summary: This research will continue the long term objective of documenting and understanding the impacts of recent climate change on northern terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The short term objectives of my research for 2018 are: 1) to investigate the impacts of permafrost degradation and subsequent thaw slumping on freshwater ecosystems; 2) to examine the limnological implications of drained lakes on ...

Breaking Trail: Developing community-engaged curriculum with former residential schools students in the NWT

Principal Investigator: Porter, Dave M
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017
Summary: The objectives of this project are: 1) to document the community engagement and curriculum development process and provide a visual representation of the process; 2) to explore the experiences of community stakeholders who participated in the process; 3) to share the strengths and weaknesses of this curriculum development approach from the perspective of community participants and government; a...

Government of Northwest Territories - Inuvik Wind Design Basis and Performance Specification: Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Land Use Workshop

Principal Investigator: Higginson, Deanna
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The purpose of conducting the one-day traditional knowledge and land use workshop is to learn more about traditional land use in the project area, and to better understand through the traditional knowledge of Indigenous people in the Inuvik area about the potential effects that the project may have on the land and resources (including plants, wildlife, birds, etc.). More specifically, the obje...

Knowledge Co-Production for the Identification and Selection of Ecological, Social, and Economic Indicators for the Beaufort Sea

Principal Investigator: Loseto, Lisa
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017 2016
Summary: The overarching objective of this project is to bring together indicators from multiple sources, along with multi-stakeholder perspectives, to provide a comprehensive evaluation of indicators to meet the goals of managing agencies. In order to accomplish this the research team aim to: 1) identify the stakeholder objectives to be used for monitoring marine resources; 2) create comprehensive data on...

National Collaborative Centre of Indigenous Education

Principal Investigator: Newhouse, David
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The centrepiece of the National Collaborative Centre of Indigenous Education (NCCIE) is a website that educators, practitioners, policy makers, and others will be able to access to learn about examples of best practices in Indigenous education found across the country. The website’s primary goal is to serve as an on-line library and resource centre whereby educators/practitioners can connect in a ...

Exploring the Effectiveness of Vegetation for Water Sewage Treatment

Principal Investigator: Simon, Angel
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The objective of this study is to assess the efficiency of the common cattail in the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus forms from wastewater to aid in the improvement of the sewage lagoon at the Inuvik Wastewater Treatment plant. Common cattail seeds will be placed in a germination chamber at Aurora Research Institute for four weeks, with watering and rotation of the plants being done twice a...