NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Evans, Marlene S.
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2020 2019
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6000. The study is continuing to investigate whether contaminant (mercury, other metals, persistent organic contaminants) levels are changing in fish in the Northwest Territories with a focus on Great Slave Lake which the team have been studying since the early 1990s. The plan is to arrange collections of lake trout from t...

Principal Investigator: Asfeldt, Morten
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6010. The purpose of this project is to include local Indigenous voices more prominently in a second edition of Pike’s Portage: Stories of a Distinguished Place. The primary research method will be one-on-one semi-structured interviews with members of the Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation and others who have a significant r...

Principal Investigator: Cunada, Christopher
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6001. The objectives of this project are to establish a baseline for benthic invertebrates’ community structure and composition in the transboundary reaches of the Hay River, and to track the status and conditions over time to contribute to the assessment of ecosystem health and provide an early warning of change or stress...

Principal Investigator: Hoffmann, Tanja
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5938. This project aims to engage with the active Pine Point community, the heritage and legacy of the town, and the landscape of Pine Point itself, to explore how a temporary town can have such a lasting impact. The proposed research will use the following methodologies and methods: Archival research: The research t...

Principal Investigator: Dieleman, Catherine
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5968. The objective of this project are: 1) to improve the understanding of local-scale soil fertility variation in southern NWT by continuing the long-term Northern Agricultural Futures program. 2) to understand the effects of both wildfire and short-term cultivation on nutrient retention in these soils. The intent...

Principal Investigator: Rourke, Sean B
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5928. Overall aim: This three-year implementation science program aims to implement and scale up to 100 interactive dispensing systems (IDS) in partnership with community-based agencies across Canada to provide low barrier access to HIV self-test kits, harm reduction and sexual health materials to reach those who are undia...

Principal Investigator: Belita, Emily
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5950. The objectives of this study are two-fold: 1. To develop and validate national workforce indicators that provide measurable information on the diversity, characteristics, knowledge/skills, and needs of the public health workforce in Canada, and 2. To determine the diversity of the public health workforce in Canada, t...

Principal Investigator: Jones, Sarah
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5926. The objective of the study is to gather Traditional Knowledge from local community members and land users of the Taltson River Aquatic Environment (Nonacho Lake, Lady Gray Lake, Twin Gorges Forebay, Trudel Creek/Lake, Lower Taltson River and Rutledge Lake). These data will be gathered to document changes to the water...

Principal Investigator: Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura L.
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5972. The overall goal of the proposed research is to improve understanding of the controls and impacts of a changing climate on the vulnerability and resiliency of boreal-taiga ecosystems to wildfire. This is being addressed through field sampling and process-based ecological and hydrological modeling of the 2014-2016 wil...

Principal Investigator: Rosolen, Sarah
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5915. Goals • Identify the best variety of strawberry to grow in various locations on the NWT • Develop best practices for growing strawberries • Engage the communities in growing more food locally • Communicate findings with growers in the NWT and other northern jurisdictions Objectives • Develop agriculture data (...