NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Tamm, Sabine
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The researcher will carry out a project to develop a framework for social impact studies of eco-tourism in the NWT by interviewing Federal and Territorial government officials, commercial outfitters and Chambers of Commerce representatives to obtain their views on the range of social impacts which can be properly attributed to eco-tourism....

Principal Investigator: Waterway, Marcia J.
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The Researcher and her team will sample approximately twenty different species of sedges in a range of wetlands between Edmonton and Yellowknife. They will find out the range of conditions in which each species grows best and will determine whether broad tolerance results from inherited variability or from the ability of individuals of each species to tolerate different conditions....

Principal Investigator: Sinclair, Noel
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: Mr. Sinclair will study the Arctic College Guide Development course, interview instructors, administrators and other course participants, to determine the effectiveness of the program....

Principal Investigator: Yazdanmehr, Susan
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: A survey of teachers, education administrators, community health and social service personnel, selected personnel in the Territorial departments of Education, Health and Social Services will be conducted. The information is to be used to develop further implementation strategies for comprehensive school health in the N.W.T....

Principal Investigator: Webster, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: Mr. Webster will conduct directed and indirected interviews with representatives of concerned interest groups in Snowdrift. His data sampling will be limited to groups and organizations. He will also review social policy procedure manuals. This is the first year of a two year research project....

Principal Investigator: Shimpo, Mitsuru
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: Dr. Shimpo will study the needs of the Dene as perceived by themselves and their educators regarding education and work. Through questionnaires and interviews, educational and training strategies may be developed which reflect a Dene perspective....

Principal Investigator: Norn, Lloyd
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: Mr. Norn will conduct interviews with Elders in the community by means of a questionnaire to extract information regarding use of presciption medication in the community of Fort Resolution....

Principal Investigator: Lux, Patricia
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The Researcher will conduct a literature search and statistical analysis on information available on attitudes toward abortion. Medical personnel and some community leaders will be interviewed to gain insight into the acceptance of abortion in the north. The researcher will not be contacting or surveying the public....

Principal Investigator: Little, Lois M.
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The Researcher will carry out a needs assessment. Interviews will be conducted with 30 employers, organizations and trades women. A small sample of men working in trades will also be interviewed....

Principal Investigator: Wein, Ross
Licensed Year(s): 1989
Summary: Dr. Wein and his research team are studying permafrost-based wetland forests that were burned by severe fires in 1981....