Principal Investigator:Logie, Carmen Licensed Year(s):
2021
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4827.
The objectives of this research are to build capacity and leadership in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and research among Northern and Indigenous youth in the NWT; and, to evaluate the effect of arts-based HIV prevention programs on Northern and Indigenous youth’s HIV and sexually transmitted infection ...
Principal Investigator:Jaffe, Peter Licensed Year(s):
2020
201920182017 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4661.
The purpose of the Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative with Vulnerable Populations (CDHPIVP) is to enhance and inform domestic violence risk assessment, risk management and safety planning strategies in order to decrease the risk of lethality for particular vulnerable populations (i.e., Indigenous people;...
Principal Investigator:Collings, Peter F Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
The objective of this project is to develop a research proposal to the National Science Foundation's Arctic Social Science Program in which the communities will be Co-Investigators on the project and the research will be managed and coordinated by community members themselves. This research proposal will investigate issues of health and wellness important to community members and work to develop l...
Principal Investigator:Shiri, Ali Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4547.
The overarching objective of this study is to investigate, develop, and evaluate a real-time, audio-recording digital storytelling and commenting user interface for the Inuvialuit Digital Library in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) in order to facilitate live capturing of Inuit community input and stories while ...
Principal Investigator:McMahon, Rob Licensed Year(s):20212020
2019
Summary:
The goal of this project is to conduct surveys on digital technology development, adoption and use through the NWT.
The focus is on community development and digital literacy in the context of the Indigenous and Northern residents of the NWT. The research team will collect research data through surveys, key informant interviews and focus groups. The first phase of this project focuses on resear...
Principal Investigator:Pearce, Tristan D Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
The broad aim of the TOONIKTOYAK project is:
1) to facilitate the generation, documentation, and two-way sharing of observations, experiences and knowledge of changing climatic conditions and the costs of hunting among hunters, researchers and decision-makers, to enhance the safety and success of our hunters and provide timely information for decision-making.
The specific objectives of the pro...
Principal Investigator:Clark, Douglas A. Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
This research will integrate and map polar bear knowledge systems, and translate findings into a community-based monitoring protocol that will track polar bear population responses to environmental change. Research questions include:1) Are polar bear science data, existing Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), and historical records from the fur trade,explorer’s personal accounts and government ...
Principal Investigator:Pearce, Tristan D Licensed Year(s):
2019
2018 Summary:
The aim of this research is to examine the importance of sewing for Inuit women and the contribution that they make to household and community through sewing.
Specific objectives are to describe the importance of sewing for Inuit women; toidentify the contributions that Inuit women make to household and community through sewing, and; tocompare findings from objectives 1 and 2 among respondents...
Principal Investigator:Pearce, Tristan D Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
The goal is to examine cultural education at Helen Kalvak School and its role in the transmission of traditional knowledge.
Specific objectives are to: 1) identify cultural programming at Helen Kalvak School; 2) document the meaning of cultural education for Inuit students; and to 3) describe how cultural education helps to transmit traditional knowledge such as hunting and sewing as well as o...
Principal Investigator:Giles, Audrey R. Licensed Year(s):
2019
20182017 Summary:
The objective of this project is to better understand how Project Jewel’s on-the-land programming offers culturally safe and trauma and violence informed programs that meet the self-identified needs of residents of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) as the community partner in this research project will be the owner of the data and control the research p...