NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Giles, Audrey R.
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2020 2019
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5154. The objectives are as follows: 1) to reduce the loss of life, injuries, and property damage due to boating incidents in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR), by encouraging safe boating practices and compliance with regulations through education, awareness and information; and, 2) to produce and circulate materials ...

Principal Investigator: Shiri, Ali
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5103. The overarching objective of this study is to investigate, develop, and evaluate a real-time, audio-recording digital storytelling and commenting user interface for the Inuvialuit Digital Library in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) in order to facilitate live capturing of Inuit community input and stories while ...

Principal Investigator: Lantz, Trevor C.
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4753. The core objective of this research is to work with Inuvialuit and Gwich’in experts to document and share local observations of environmental conditions. Over time this will build a record of observations, against which future changes can be compared. To document local observations this research will employ methods in...

Principal Investigator: Insley, Stephen J
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5109. The main objective is to assess and mitigate the impacts of increased shipping and sea-ice loss on marine mammals in the eastern Beaufort Sea. The primary methodology is passive acoustic monitoring at the western entrances to the Northwest Passage shipping route, particularly the Amundsen Gulf and Banks Island area. ...

Principal Investigator: Etter, Meghan
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5101. The primary objective of the Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey (QNIHS) is to generate high-quality, Inuit-determined, and Inuit-owned data to monitor changes in Inuit health, identify gaps in health services, and inform health decision-making and programming. The overarching goal is to improve the health and w...

Principal Investigator: Beveridge, Leah F
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4900. This project aims to understand whether reconciliation can happen when working marine safety and shipping issues and how. The goal of this project is to help improve future engagement on marine safety and shipping in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region by talking to Inuvialuit about what has worked well in the past, what...

Principal Investigator: Merzouk, Anissa
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4997. The aim of the research programs supported by the Amundsen in 2021 is to study on a long-term basis how climate induced changes are impacting the marine ecosystem, carbon cycle, contaminant transport, biogeochemical fluxes, and exchange processes across the ocean-sea ice-atmosphere interface in the Canadian Arctic Oce...

Principal Investigator: Barker, Anne
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4916. The overall objective of this project is to investigate how Indigenous clothing components could be a part of harsh weather personal protective equipment (PPE), leading to increased personal safety and security in Arctic environments. There are four main tasks for the research project, described briefly here. Fo...

Principal Investigator: Vedam, Saraswathi
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4895. The goal of this project is to develop a valid and reliable person-centered survey to measure the quality of maternity care in Canada among people with various identities, according to the WHO criteria for Respectful Maternity Care and mistreatment. The research team consists of a Steering Council of 10 community m...

Principal Investigator: Ravsasian Kashi, Somayeh (Raha)
Licensed Year(s): 2021 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5027. Pauktuutit is conducting a research project to study the criminal justice response to gender-based violence in Inuit Nunangat in order to increase awareness and understanding of the needs, challenges, and service gaps that face Inuit women. The primary research question is: How can the criminal justice system be made ...