Principal Investigator:Cox, Amelia Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5970.
1) To assess the impact of recent 2023 wildfires on the aquatic ecosystem in small ponds in the Dehcho and South Slave area.
2) To assess whether small ponds impacted by the 2014 wildfire season had recovered to pre-fire conditions.
3) To assess whether there were cumulative impacts of repeated wildfires on small ...
Principal Investigator:Spring, Andrew Licensed Year(s):2023
2022
2021202020192018 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5200.
The objectives of this research project are to:
1. foster training and knowledge sharing to ensure that traditional foods continue to provide an important component of affordable, sustainable healthy food system for Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation;
2. conduct a detailed needs assessment for a food security and climate chan...
Principal Investigator:Parlee, Brenda L Licensed Year(s):
2019
2019
2019
20172016 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4369.
Tracking Change: Local and Traditional Knowledge in Watershed Governance is a six-year research program funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and led by the University of Alberta, Mackenzie River Basin Board, and the Government of the Northwest Territories in collaboration with many other value...
Principal Investigator:Spring, Andrew Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
Research will be conducted through shared on-the-land experiences with researchers and community members as well as focus groups within the communities and/or on-the-land. This includes interactive experiences in traditional knowledge as it arises from “way of life” practices on-the-land, consideration of knowledge and its communication at different scales and from different sources, and science-b...
Principal Investigator:Errington, Ruth Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
After 10 years of warming climate conditions, the Canadian Fire Service is leading a field project to re-measure a series of permanent monitoring plots to identify any changes to the forest stand structure, tree growth rates, plant community composition, tree, shrub, herb, and lichen biomass. These changes will be associated with climate trends and environmental factors such as soil type, presence...
Principal Investigator:Carter, Blair Licensed Year(s):
2014
Summary:
Objectives of this research project are to:
1) compile existing baseline data and traditional knowledge to establish a preliminary state of knowledge report on local climate changes and their impacts to land, water, animals, traditional harvesting practices and subsequent impacts to community health and well-being;
2) assess the vulnerability of Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation community members to clim...
Principal Investigator:Ritchie, Douglas G. Licensed Year(s):2006
2005
Summary:
This project will consist of community workshops on selected climate change issues. A specific impact will be identified as a theme for a 1-2 day workshop in up to 5 regions across the NWT, and strategies to deal with those impacts will be mapped out. Objectives are to bring traditional knowledge holders and scientists together to share observations and predictions, discuss what likely impacts wi...