NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Froese, Duane G
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5763. This proposed research will build on the previous years’ studies completed in the Mackenzie River valley by researchers at the Permafrost Archives Laboratory at the University of Alberta. The objective of fieldwork being completed in 2023 are as follows: 1) An evaluation of the integrity and containment of contaminan...

Principal Investigator: Goodman, Nicole
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5900. To provide Elections NWT with feedback regarding voter experiences with online voting and how the wildfires may have changed uptake. The survey will be programmed and hosted using the Brock University Qualtrics platform. All persons who voted online will be sent a recruitment email inviting them to take a 5-minute...

Principal Investigator: Denning, Bryany
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5856. 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, we will explore the role of social support in addiction recovery, examine whether there are de...

Principal Investigator: Smith, Sharon S
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5776. This project continues the on-going monitoring program of the same title (Licence # 17182) Permafrost monitoring and collection of baseline terrain information in the Mackenzie Valley Corridor, NWT). This phase of the project is largely data collection. Objectives are: • To provide baseline knowledge of permafrost ...

Principal Investigator: Skinner, Kelly
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5837. The proposed research aims to learn from and enhance community capacity to address priorities and inform both climate change and food security action and support-structures at local, regional, and territorial scales. This research will examine research questions related to food security and climate change across o...

Principal Investigator: Dunkin, Jessica
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5769. The objectives of this research are: to share the stories of residential school survivors; to provide context for their experiences through related archival research; and to develop materials and resources that reflect and respect their diverse experiences of recreation while at residential school, hostels, and feder...

Principal Investigator: McMahon, Rob
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5843. Telecommunications services in remote communities of northern Canada are usually more expensive, slower, less available, less reliable, and of lower quality regarding service compared to their southern and urban counterparts. The global pandemic has further highlighted the digital divide and broadband service dispari...

Principal Investigator: Kendrick, Astrid H
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5804. The Northwest Territories Teachers' Association (NWTTA) is set to join in the final year of the SSHRC study (Febuary 2024-July 2025). A survey will be sent to the membership of the NWTTA to explore the scope and experiences of compassion fatigue and burnout in NWT educational workers. The results from this survey wil...

Principal Investigator: Andrew, Leon
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5840. The anticipated outcome of the plan and associated research will be a body of evidence supporting the biocultural and socioeconomic significance of the Ni´o Ne? P’e?ne?´ area, a framework for caribou conservation and habitat protection. Furthermore, the program will support establishment of Indigenous-led Guardia...

Principal Investigator: Lightbourn, Ryleigh
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5817. Through interviews, this research seeks to evaluate contribution agreements used to fund Indigenous-led stewardship initiatives (for example, Indigenous Guardians, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, and Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring) in order to inform future conversations on the re-storying of...