692 record(s) found in the location "Sahtu Settlement Area" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Exploring health impacts of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Chatwood, Susan
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5254. The objective is study the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories. The research team hope this study will produce high level policy recommendations for future pandemic response. Furthermore, the team hope the co-development of COVID 19 data and evidence will contribute to the development ...


Permafrost monitoring and collection of baseline terrain information in the Mackenzie Valley Corridor, NWT
Principal Investigator: Smith, Sharon S
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5419. This project continues the on-going 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 and terrain conditions (specifically ground temperature and active la...


Vulnerability of northern drinking water sources to environmental change
Principal Investigator: Comte, Jerome
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5418. The overarching goal of this project is to assess the implications of climate change on drinking water quality and practices, and to implement a community-based monitoring program. Specifically, the research team will: 1) engage and work with local communities to co-design and undertake a drinking water quality monito...


Prescribing planetary health in a circumpolar health region
Principal Investigator: Redvers, Nicole
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5401. The Principal Investigator (PI) will carry out focus groups with public and community stakeholders, and interviews with physicians to help identify views on planetary health informed healthcare, views on the introduction of planetary health informed prescribing into the regional health care system, and the potential b...


Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study (proposed fieldwork dates from November 2022 through February 2023)
Principal Investigator: Pickett, William
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5391. The study titled, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), is a cross-national research project conducted by the HBSC research team at Queen’s and Brock Universities in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO Europe) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The HBSC study aims to gain insig...


Examining the application and use of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative within Rural and Urban health facilities in Canada and Australia among Indigenous Mothers.
Principal Investigator: Neufeld, Hannah
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5373. The objectives of this research are to gather the firsthand experiences of policymakers, administrators, and health care providers on implementing and supporting access to maternal health services among Indigenous mothers; and to apply and adapt the Interactive Theory of Breastfeeding to explore theoretical concepts i...


Tǫdzı (Boreal Caribou) Range Planning and Atlas
Principal Investigator: Andrew, Leon
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5053. The Todzi Ne´ne´ Plan will be created through a collaborative planning process, and will focus on developing a way forward for maintaining a healthy, self-sustaining Todzi population. A community level plan will be developed in each of the Sahtú communities with a community conservation planning approach and will be b...


Assessing One Health competencies and learning outcomes: focus groups of climate change professionals
Principal Investigator: Parmley, Jane
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5194. The objective of this work is to identify the competencies (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) needed for success in climate change-related employment positions, and in turning climate change mitigation and adaptation knowledge into action. This study is needed to better prepare future One Health professionals to tackl...


Monitoring of mercury, flame retardants and other chemicals in lake trout and cisco from Great Bear Lake
Principal Investigator: Evans, Marlene S.
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5359. This study is designed to find out whether contaminant levels are changing in fish (lake trout and cisco) in Great Bear Lake. Of particular interest is mercury. It complements ongoing fish population studies being conducted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on Great Bear Lake and contributes to Deline's resear...


Contaminants (PAHs, mercury) in the Mackenzie River and fish health assessments: implementation of classic and new molecular screening tools for environmental monitoring and stressor assessment
Principal Investigator: Evans, Marlene S.
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5333. This study will determine the concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in small-bodied fish in the Norman Wells/Imperial area near nature oil seeps and industrial activities with comparisons to be made with upstream (Tulita area) and downstream (Fort Good Hope) areas. The research team will also asses...


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