NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Coad, Abigale
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5662. The purpose of this research is to work with Housing Northwest Territories (HNWT/ Housing NWT) to identify and reduce institutional barriers to self-determination of housing, and to workshop, in partnership with K’asho Got’ine Housing Society (KGHS) and Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN), a northern housing model...

Principal Investigator: Marion, Marcelle Marilyn
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5552. The core question is based on Tlicho concepts of well-being, and the traditional understanding and worldview of “walking together” and what ecclesial model seems to best reflect healing and respect. The research has several objectives: 1) To conduct exploratory qualitative research on religion and culture in a Tl...

Principal Investigator: Rao, Neesha
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5375. The key deliverable of this research project will be a 30-40 page public policy report that will focus on the experiences of Indigenous women/other unhoused women in Yellowknife who interact with the RCMP. The report will identify systemic gaps and make public policy recommendations for breaking down barriers that im...

Principal Investigator: Danby, Ryan K
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5610. The purpose of this project is to map and analyze changes in vegetation productivity and phenology across the range of the Bathurst caribou herd. The project is rooted in two basic objectives: 1) Map changes in vegetation productivity on an annual basis across the herd’s range using satellite imagery obtained from NA...

Principal Investigator: Brezenski, Jeff
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5636. The purpose of the baseline program field studies is to: characterize existing conditions in the project vicinity and surrounding region to support project planning, permitting, and development of a proposed lithium mine. One continuous air quality monitoring station will be installed to measure ambient concentratio...

Principal Investigator: Horvey, Samantha
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5593. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the Yellowknife family medicine (YK-FM) residency site – Canada’s first circumpolar family medicine (FM) residency training site – on physician workforce and patient care delivered to the people in the NWT, and the community more broadly. The objectives of thi...

Principal Investigator: Hobin, Erin P
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5586. The study has five objectives: 1) To examine prevalence and patterns of non-medical cannabis use, including use among young adults, age of initiation, and levels of dependence; 2) To examine the cannabis retail environment, including the extent to which consumers shift from illicit sources to legal retail sources, and...

Principal Investigator: Chin, Krista
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5647. The main objective of this research project is to further inform the story of how cumulative effects impact lake systems in the Yamba River basin. The research team intends to accomplish this by collecting benthic macroinvertebrates in 70 lakes in the Yamba River basin to compliment water quality data that were colle...

Principal Investigator: Jaremko, Jacob
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5539. The objective of this project is to determine whether it is feasible to integrate a portable ultrasound/AI screening tool for hip dysplasia into routine primary-care practice, particularly in communities where access to tertiary care is difficult; and, to estimate rates of DDH in NWT in non-Indigenous and Indigenous p...

Principal Investigator: Singer, Claire L
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5608. Objectives: To investigate the relative invasibility of different regrowth stand types post-fire; and, To complete river surveys of invasive plants downstream of Hay River and Fort Liard. Burns: To assess the invasibility of different regrowth stand types, samples will be taken along transects running perpend...