NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Johnson, Noah
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5874. The objective of the study is to collect environmental data surrounding the Giant Mine to serve as a baseline, before remediation efforts, to move the treated water discharge to Yellowknife Bay. These activities are also to assure the community that the Giant Mine Remediation efforts are improving environmental quali...

Principal Investigator: Blowes, David W.
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5447. The objectives of this project are to: 1) determine the magnitude and rate of release of arsenic and other toxic elements from the Giant Mine tailings to groundwater; 2) evaluate remediation alternatives for tailings management, including the effects of proposed engineered covers; and, 3) apply novel characterization ...

Principal Investigator: Blowes, David W.
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5446. The overall goals of the four projects proposed within Phase 1 are to provide an enhanced understanding of the physical and geochemical properties of the roaster waste; and, to screen for potentially viable remediation alternatives that may warrant additional research (e.g., long-term laboratory experiments, pilot-sca...

Principal Investigator: Shankardass , Ketan
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5105. The purpose of the Study is to: 1) Meet Measure 10 of the Environmental Assessment to: a) Evaluate the overall health impacts of stress in the population currently living in proximity to Giant Mine: residents of Yellowknife, Dettah, and Ndilo who have been living in the area for at least one year; b) Understand the im...

Principal Investigator: Chan, Laurie H. M.
Licensed Year(s): 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5010. The Health Effects Monitoring Program is a human biomonitoring study aimed to assess the exposure and health impact of arsenic and other contaminants on the human population of Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah in the Northwest Territories, as part of the Giant Mine Remediation Project. The overall objective of the pro...

Principal Investigator: Markey, Andrea
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5013. The main objective of the 2021 Giant Mine Large Bodied Fish Tissue Program is to update the dataset for large-bodied fish tissue chemistry in the area. The fish survey will focus on fish species that are thought to be frequently consumed by people in the area. This work is to supplement baseline data for Aquatic Effec...

Principal Investigator: Coombs, Matthew
Licensed Year(s): 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4806. The objective is to fish for adult Arctic grayling in Lower Reach 1 of Baker Creek. Baker Creek is a seasonal creek that flows through the Giant Mine site into Yellowknife Bay of Great Slave Lake. Giant Mine is currently in care and maintenance and will be undergoing closure and reclamation activities, which include r...

Principal Investigator: Sandlos, John K
Licensed Year(s): 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Summary: Objectives This project will take on the challenge of using academic and non-academic media to examine and communicate community perspectives on the history, and current problem, of arsenic deposition in Yellowknife. The research team will not only ask how these historical memories have influenced the current controversy over the Giant Mine Remediation Project, but will also examine the challenge...