NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Barnes, Justin
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5523. The objective of this research project is to understand the influence Indigenous Peoples have had as Permanent Participants at the Arctic Council. The Arctic Council is an international forum consisting of the eight Arctic countries and six Permanent Participant organizations representing Arctic Indigenous Peoples. ...

Principal Investigator: Pearce, David
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5699. The ArcticAir project will characterize airborne microbial communities in the Arctic region, identify potential drivers, determine the risks of microbial invasion and, most importantly, monitor the interannual variability of these airborne communities and the associated environmental drivers. To this end, we will ...

Principal Investigator: Gibson, Ryan
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5683. The study aims to fill in a literature gap describing government land policy, legislation and regulations in the Northwest Territories historically, and further aims to answer the following questions: - What has been the impact of government land legislation, regulation and policy on housing in the NWT? - How has g...

Principal Investigator: Kenny, Tiff-Annie
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5503. The aim of the project is to collect new information on the retail food environment, household socio-economic conditions, and food purchases, through both empirical measures and local knowledge. The goal is to shed new light on market food affordability and food security in the ISR, while building local and regional ...

Principal Investigator: Parlee, Brenda L
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5673. The objectives of this study are: 1. options for elements of the Harvest Study that reflect both scientific best practice and community-specific needs and priorities, including timing of the survey, how to record observations on the health of animals and the land, observations of pressures and stresses on harvest ac...

Principal Investigator: Cherrak, Marion
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5623. This project will be supervised by UNIGE, Geneva University and conducted onboard by Noémie Planat, a PhD student at McGill University. This study will continuously monitor environmental data (greenhouse gasses (carbon dioxide and methane) and standard oceanographic parameters in surface water/water column, and the p...

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: Grosse, Guido
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5656. The objective is to conduct airborne surveys at 3300ft (1000m) altitude to collect high-resolution aerial images and LiDAR elevation data that can be used to describe and quantify rates of permafrost thaw, coastal erosion, thaw slumping, lake change, and vegetation change. Daily survey flights (depending on cloud-fre...

Principal Investigator: Denning, Bryany
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5472. This analysis will seek to provide more detailed insights into recovery supports and services in the Northwest Territories. Through secondary analysis of the data collected during the Addiction Recovery Experiences Survey, The research team will explore the role of social support in addiction recovery, examine whethe...

Principal Investigator: Mailloux, Jena Brianne
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5387. The purpose of this research is to explore the ways in which Applied Theatre can be used in educational settings to create safer environments for 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual) youth located in remote and rural communities. The research will ta...