Principal Investigator:Charles, Tony Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
The overarching goal of this research project is to make recommendations on how to best support coastal municipalities in implementing hazard responses that are effective, adapted to their specific context and addressing the priorities of their community. First, the team plans to provide recommendations to provincial and federal levels on how to best support municipalities’ efforts in line with th...
Principal Investigator:Wesche, Sonia D Licensed Year(s):
2018
201720162015 Summary:
Building on the long-standing research collaboration, the research team will: 1) work with community Research Assistants to conduct a public engagement process in the six Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) communities; 2) identify and prioritize existing and desired community-based initiatives to support food security in terms of country food, market food and locally-produced food, recognizing the...
Principal Investigator:Goodwin, Rebecca L Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
This project will use ethnographic methods to document the relationships that descendant communities and heritage professionals have with gendered objects, both archaeological and modern. Historically, archaeologists have created and maintained a simplistic and binary understanding of gender in their documentation of Inuvialuit cultural history, without considering their own role in the creation o...
Principal Investigator:Pickett, William Licensed Year(s):
2018
20052002 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...
Principal Investigator:Loseto, Lisa Licensed Year(s):
2018
20172016 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...
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 ...
Principal Investigator:Myles, Richard G Licensed Year(s):2020
2018
201720152014 Summary:
The 2017-2018 Physical Activity Monitor (PAM), specifically, will examine physical activity levels of Canadians and will permit the comparison of activity levels over time, sport participation, and furthermore will examine physical activity and sport opportunities available in Canadian communities, such as availability, usage, and satisfaction with places to walk or bicycle, trails, green spaces, ...
Principal Investigator:Wild, T. Cameron Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
The proposed research will undertake interviews with key informants to answer the following research questions: what is the current state of provincial/territorial harm reduction policy in Northwest Territories (NWT)?; what are key barriers and facilitators to the establishment of harm reduction services in NWT?; and how do key policy stakeholders frame the acceptability and scope of harm reductio...
Principal Investigator:Wang, Rosalie Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
The focus of the Aging, Disability, and Technology (ADT) project is the ethical concern of equity in the availability and adoption of new technology -- the issue of fairness of access and distribution. ADT addresses the need for the implementation of the human rights of persons with technology needs in Canada, including people who are aging well, and people who are acquiring disability as they age...
Principal Investigator:Aporta, Claudio Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
The objectives of this study are:
1. To document Inuit mobility patterns of Inuvialuit;
2. To create a series of regional maps that will show networks of routes connecting the Inuvialuit region, as well as the totality of the Canadian Arctic;
3. To gather further evidence to establish that mobility is a central factor of Inuit occupancy;
4. To gather evidence of systematic use of marine, coast...