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Advancing impact assessment for Canada’s Socio-ecological systems: Mining in Northern Indigenous Lands.
Principal Investigator: Davidson, Debra
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: TThis licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5378. The objective is to build positive relations between university researchers and the Tli?cho communities; co-create knowledge that is of equal value to the Tli?cho people and to scholarship. This project will enhance the capacity of the Tli?cho people to pursue a sustainable future in accordance with Tli?cho values ba...


The Canadian state's relation to Impact and Benefit Agreements in NWT
Principal Investigator: Levitan, Tyler G
Licensed Year(s): 2011
Summary: The primary goal of this research is to dissect the Federal government's fiduciary obligation to First Nations, and to assess whether the Federal government is indeed fulfilling this obligation with Impact Benefit Agreements (IBAs) . Through a critical examination of IBAs, and an understanding of the State's position with regards to them, the goal will be to add depth to our understanding of the P...


Housing and Being Homeless in Yellowknife
Principal Investigator: Abele, Frances
Licensed Year(s): 2011 2010 2009
Summary: The project will document the factors contributing to homelessness in Yellowknife, with attention to the interaction between housing in Yellowknife and the other communities of the NWT and the particular problems faced by Dene, Metis and Inuit women. As this project is intended to be a companion study to a concurrent study of the impact of colonialism and the intergenerational transmission of har...


Mobility, Identity and the New Economy: A Multi-site ethnography
Principal Investigator: Bell, Lindsay A
Licensed Year(s): 2015 2009 2008
Summary: This licence is being issued for the scientific research application No. 1006. Rapid economic change is influencing how we think of who we are and our ways of belonging to communities and regions. This research project aims to understand these changes through the eyes of two francophone Canada groups: 1) those involved in economic planning and development; and 2) those who are directly involved...


Homeless in a homeland: housing insecurity and resource development in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Christensen, Julia B
Licensed Year(s): 2009 2007
Summary: This licence is issued for the scientific research application No.691. This research aims to understand the meaning of housing insecurity and how it relates to homelessness. This will allow for an improved understanding of northern homelessness, how it is affected by economic growth, and how strategies to improve housing security may help to reduce homelessness. Fieldwork in Paulatuk will i...


Impacts of Climate Change on the Availablilty of Gravel in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, NWT
Principal Investigator: Borsy, Emily Jane E
Licensed Year(s): 2008 2007
Summary: The objective of this research is to obtain primary information about the gravel situation in the ISR from a variety of industry perspectives. The researchers wish to fill in a gap in information linking supply and demand to community stress and vulnerability, obtaining this information through interviews with industry professionals. The research will be conducted in two stages. The first sta...


Separating the Grey from the Green: A case study examining the use of full-cost accounting principles as a decision-making tool for determining the costs and benefits associated with mining in the North
Principal Investigator: Martin, James A
Licensed Year(s): 2006
Summary: This Master’s level research project aims to discover if full cost accounting principles should be considered in decision-making on the costs and benefits associated with mining in the Northwest Territories. The project will consist of an in-depth case study using both primary and secondary data sources, including interviews with the personnel of organizations considered to be regular reviewers of...


NWT community organization wage and benefit survey
Principal Investigator: Woodward, Shalleen
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: A wage and benefits survey will be conducted for 200 NWT community organizations which currently receive funding from the GNWT. The data will be collected through personal interviews of employers and, in some cases, through telephone interviews using a structured questionnaire. Data collected by Lutra Associates Ltd. will be handed over to the Financial Management Board Secretariat (GNWT) for an...


Comparison of costs of health services provided in the Inuvik region: preparation for future oil and gas development
Principal Investigator: Norwich, Ed
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researchers will complete their assessment of different health care systems in order to determine the most cost-effective, flexible and appropriate system for the Inuvik region. The primary goal of this study is to compare costs associated with delivery health care through the `community-based nurse' model and the `medical' model. By collecting information from Dept. of Health sources, this ...


Review and assessment of the Chevron/Fort Good Hope Joint Venture experiences and the application of this assessment to future hydrocarbon development
Principal Investigator: Little, Lois M.
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The research team will develop interview guidelines and a questionnaire in order to collect the experiences of community, industry, government and special interest group members gained during the Chevron/Fort Good Hope Joint Venture and to apply recommendations of this study to future oil and gas developments. The project is guided by a Steering Committee made up of representatives from Chevron, F...


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