NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: McDonald, Jonathan
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5691. The objectives of this project are to add baseline water quality and fish data for the Slave River at Fort Smith and for the Fort Smith Métis Council (FSMC) and Northwest Territory Métis Nation (NWTMN) to lead this work. Fort Smith community members have expressed concerns about cumulative effects on the transboundar...

Principal Investigator: Cunada, Christopher
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5661. The objectives of this project are to establish a baseline for benthic invertebrates’ community structure and composition in the transboundary reaches of the Slave and Hay Rivers, and to track their status and conditions over time to assess ecosystem health and provide an early warning of change or stress in the envi...

Principal Investigator: Evans, Marlene S.
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022 2017 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5669. This research 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 research team has been studying since the early 1990s. The team plans to arrange collection...

Principal Investigator: Dahlvik, Julia
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5497. This research project pursues a dual perspective: it is interested in both the experiences of citizens and the practices and strategies of public ombuds institutions, that is, what measures they take to ensure equal access to justice for all in the context of increasingly digitalized public services, and with what ef...

Principal Investigator: Scalia, Phil
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5670. The main objective of this research project is to assess the site and develop and cost a remedial action plan. Data gap assessment will be undertaken, wherein the research team will identify any data gaps in the previous work completed to date. The team will then prepare a sampling plan to be completed in the sum...

Principal Investigator: Hall, David
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5585. This follow up research has two inter-related goals: 1) Acknowledge and include rightsholder and stakeholder voices in addressing bison health by understanding their attitudes and preferences. 2) Provide an opportunity to get feedback from rightsholders and stakeholders on our past and ongoing bison health socioeco...

Principal Investigator: Canam, Rebecca
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5572. The objective of this field season is to gather more information on the depositional history of the Sosan Group. This will be accomplished through field observations, such as noting sedimentary structures and measuring detailed stratigraphic sections. This will help determine what processes deposited the sediment...

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...

Principal Investigator: Singer, Claire L
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5608. Objectives: To investigate the relative invasibility of different regrowth stand types post-fire; and, To complete river surveys of invasive plants downstream of Hay River and Fort Liard. Burns: To assess the invasibility of different regrowth stand types, samples will be taken along transects running perpend...

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...