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Exploring the role of community freezers for food security in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and Gwich’in Settlement Area
Principal Investigator: Skinner, Kelly
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5789. The objective of this study is to assess and describe the feasibility, value, barriers and supports, and overall outcomes of the implementation of community freezers in the context of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) of the Northwest Territories (NWT). The study aims to develop an improved understanding of how ...


Indigenous Knowledge of Berries in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Singer, Claire L
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5495. The goal of this project is to complete a territory-wide Indigenous knowledge study to determine what we know about berries, describe any changes that are being seen in berries, identify potential causes of these changes, and outline what further information needs to be collected. The completion of this work will resu...


Country Foods for Good Health Initiatives across the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Ostertag, Sonja K
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5457. The short-term objectives of this study are to: i) administer a health communication and risk perception survey tailored for the Inuvaluit Settlement Region (ISR) – the Inuvialuit Food Messages Survey; ii) capture Inuvialuit values and perspectives of the country food system through interviews and photos for research ...


Exploring Inuvialuit values and perspectives of the country food system through interviews and photovoice
Principal Investigator: Skinner, Kelly
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4998. The goals of this project are: a) to explore how the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) youth and elders understand, define, and value country foods; and b) to explore the traditional food experiences of ISR youth and elders, including experiences in acquiring, preparing, consuming, and learning about country foods. ...


Country Foods for Good Health: Developing a country food database for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Principal Investigator: Ostertag, Sonja K
Licensed Year(s): 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4532. The short-term objectives of this study are to: 1) determine the current concentrations of contaminants and nutrients in Inuvialuit country foods; and 2) develop a health communication and risk perception survey tailored for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) – the ISR Health Messages Survey. In the long-term, ...


Collaborative Research: Food Sovereignty and Self-Governance – Inuit Role in Managing Arctic Marine Resources
Principal Investigator: Behe, Carolina
Licensed Year(s): 2019 2018 2017
Summary: Objectives of this research are: to synthesize and evaluate existing legal frameworks for Inuit self-governance reflected in legal authorities in the United States (U.S.) and Canada; 2) to evaluate how existing Inuit self-governance approaches operate in practice by examining four co-management case studies as examples of approaches to food sovereignty, in order to gain a comprehensive understandi...


Climate change impacts on Inuit food security in Canada’s Western Arctic: Constructing a comparative anthropological model to guide adaptation planning
Principal Investigator: Douglas, Vasiliki K
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2010
Summary: The purpose of this project is to assist the Inuvialuit in adaptation planning that will meet ongoing environmental and social challenges, while also maintaining their rights under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The existing knowledge, skills and networks that facilitate such adaptations are important community ‘assets’ that form the basis of capacity-building. The goal ...


Healthy Foods North - Experience and Training for Northerners
Principal Investigator: De Roose, Elsie C.
Licensed Year(s): 2010 2009 2008 2007
Summary: The objectives of this component of Healthy Foods North are: 1. Capacity building for community members and students in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, data collection and community engagement, with the practical learning applications being facilitated through HFN. 2.Capacity building, training and education for communications through presentations, outreach, and results...


The Impact of Participation in the Wage Economy on Traditional Harvesting, Dietary Patterns and Social Networks in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Principal Investigator: Todd, Zoe SC
Licensed Year(s): 2009 2008
Summary: The project purpose is to gain a better understanding of how participation in the wage economy impacts the amount, value, and structure of time spent on the land; dietary patterns and the consumption of country foods; and social networks utilized for the sharing and distribution of country foods. The project findings will be utilized by the communities in the development and implementation of comm...


An Investigation of the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Gastroenteritis in the Canadian Arctic
Principal Investigator: Pardhan, Aliya
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: This license has been issued for the scientific research application #928. The objectives of this research are: i) to define the burden of infectious GI illness including incidence of specific diseases, symptoms, hospitalizations ii) to characterize risk factors for exposure including geographic distribution of disease, impact of weather variables and potential impact of climate change iii) to ...


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