692 record(s) found in the location "Sahtu Settlement Area" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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How are changes on the land affecting water resources around Fort Good Hope and Ts’ude Niline Tuyeta?
Principal Investigator: Comte, Jerome
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5646. This project proposes to evaluate responses of aquatic ecosystems to permafrost thaw, lake drying, and wildfire, as well as their cumulative impacts. The researchers will characterize lake chemistry and biological diversity (microbes and invertebrates) in water (current environmental change) and in sediments (histori...


Reimagining a Northern Housing System: A Case Study of the Partnership between the K'asho Got'ine Housing Society and Housing Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Coad, Abigale
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5662. The purpose of this research is to work with Housing Northwest Territories (HNWT/ Housing NWT) to identify and reduce institutional barriers to self-determination of housing, and to workshop, in partnership with K’asho Got’ine Housing Society (KGHS) and Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN), a northern housing model...


Permafrost and ground hazard mapping between Norman Wells and Wrigley along the Mackenzie Valley winter road using airborne geophysics
Principal Investigator: Froese, Duane G
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5160. The research team will use airborne geophysics (helicopter-based surveys) flying the central Mackenzie Valley corridor along the existing winter road to map permafrost across different landforms and terrain types. The objectives of this study are to: 1) Fly multiple lines of airborne electromagnetic geophysical data ...


Evaluating the impact of cannabis legalization in the Canadian territories.
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...


Influence of Permafrost Continuity on Groundwater Flow and Carbon Fate and Transport
Principal Investigator: Rudolph, David
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5617. Within the Central Mackenzie Valley of the Northwest Territories (NWT), discontinuity and rapid change within the regional permafrost is anticipated to be influencing landscape, hydrology, habitat and ecosystem characteristics along with presenting challenges for the stability of constructed infrastructure. Mapping t...


Secondary Analysis of the Addiction Recovery Experiences Survey Data
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...


Resilient Prototype for Northern Affordable Housing
Principal Investigator: Tsenkova, Sasha
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5490. Overall objectives for the design prototyping phase will include: What model of ownership will create the most sustainable conditions, economically and institutionally, for an affordable housing development in a remote NWT community? What funding frameworks could be applicable in this context and what would be the b...


Understanding A Woman's Journey to give Birth: A Community Engagement Photovoice Project
Principal Investigator: Cruz, Sheila
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5513. The aim is to understand what the escort policy means to the pregnant women and the escorts and what impacts it has on the overall birthing experience. The objectives of this study are: 1) To understand the relationship of the escort to the pregnant woman and the rationale for escort choice when travelling to give bir...


DigitalNWT -- Continuation of License 4885
Principal Investigator: McMahon, Rob
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5515. Along with research outcomes regarding digital technology adoption and use, this project continues to contribute to a strong foundation for sustainable, appropriate digital literacy training in the NWT, at a time of rapid development of digital infrastructure (through the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link and other major in...


Temporal trend studies of trace metals and halogenated organic contaminants (HOCs) including new and emerging persistent compounds, in Mackenzie River burbot, Fort Good Hope, NWT
Principal Investigator: Stern, Gary
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5414. The short-term goals are to determine if burbot contaminant concentrations: 1) Remain below Health Canada guidelines (i.e. <0.5 ppm mercury per gram fish). The research will provide annual data to NWT Health and Social Services for evaluation; 2) Are associated with dietary indicators, i.e. stable isotope ratio data (...


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