Principal Investigator:Keats, Beth Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
This is the 3rd Phase of the research program looking at how Indigenous Knowledge is included in GNWT decision making and understanding cumulative impact management. The first phases consisted of a literature review, analysis of Reasons for Decisions in environmental assessments (EAs), and qualitative analysis of interviews in Phase 1 & 2, and yielded recommendations for decision-makers and TK res...
Principal Investigator:Fresque-Baxter, Jennifer Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
The Aurora Research Institute (ARI) and Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) have joined with research partners in communities, Canadian universities, and throughout the NWT, including the Northwest Territories Métis Nation (NWTMN), to conduct research on the state of country food systems in the Northwest Territories (NWT). Jennifer Fresque-...
Principal Investigator:Pruys, Sarah Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
The first objective of this research is to explore established and emerging research on how Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Traditional Knowledge (TK) interact in Canada and across the world, and examine what solutions have been proposed thus far. The Principal Investigator (PI) will build on this research by working in collaboration with local Indigenous communities using a community-based...
Principal Investigator:Bakker, Karen Licensed Year(s):
2018
2017 Summary:
The goal is to enhance effective, equitable Indigenous co-governance of water resources through pursuing five objectives:
1)Critically conceptualize the potential for reciprocal coordination of, and complementarity between, evolving common ("Western") and Indigenous water law and governance frameworks;
2)Develop innovative methods for co-researching Indigenous Water Governance, based on collabor...
Principal Investigator:Fresque-Baxter, Jennifer Licensed Year(s):2019
2018
Summary:
The Aurora Research Institute (ARI) and Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) have joined with research partners in communities, Canadian universities, and throughout the Northwest Territories (NWT), including Akaitcho Territory Government, to conduct research on the state of country food systems in the NWT. Jessica Dutton and Jennifer Fresqu...
Principal Investigator:Ruttan, Lia Licensed Year(s):
2018
2017 Summary:
The objective is to carry out research that records, preserves and shares the knowledge, values, experience and techniques used by former Aboriginal firefighters who worked on fire crews based out of Ft. Smith NT. They have years of accumulated experience fighting fire in the NWT, Wood Buffalo National Park and northern Alberta. The research team aim to carry out research by using Indigenous and c...
Principal Investigator:Moffitt, Pertice M Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
The objectives of this research project are to:
1. conduct retrospective chart audits to provide epidemiological data on breastfeeding initiation and duration rates;
2. conduct focus group meetings with grandmothers and great-grandmothers to learn about past practices and traditional knowledge about caring for babies;
3. conduct semi-structured interviews with mothers to learn about the determi...
Principal Investigator:Baydack, Micki Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
The objectives of this project are to: 1) identify the socio-economic predictions made by communities affected by the Diavik Diamond Mining Project; 2) determine the degrees of “accommodation” made in relation to the predicted effects including what measures were taken to mitigate or manage problems created and determine what issues remain unaddressed; and, 3) develop a framework and tool for comm...
Principal Investigator:Belanger, Brendan BB Licensed Year(s):
2017
Summary:
The main objective of this study is to record and highlight Denesoline traditional knowledge (TK) and stories transmitted during a multi-day travel experience on the Snowdrift River. This research aims to highlight the importance of critically analysing the role of the researcher, highlighting Denesoline TK narratives instead of 'systemic others', and in highlighting the roles TK plays in self-det...
Principal Investigator:Grimwood, Bryan S.R. Licensed Year(s):
2016
20152014 Summary:
The purpose of this research has been to work collaboratively with the Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation to reveal and restore Denesoline relationships to the Thelon River watershed. The study has involved three objectives:
1. To foster and celebrate Denesoline cultural livelihoods by recording, experiencing, and exchanging local and traditional knowledge associated with the Thelon;
2. To synthesize,...