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Journalisten am Polarkreis (Journalists in the North)
Principal Investigator: Raphael, Fabian
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: This license has been issued for the scientific research application #972. The objective of this research is to study how climatic extremes and geographical isolation affects Yellowknife journalists. 20 qualitative interviews will be conducted with journalist in the NWT. Conversations will concern: Do climatic and geographical conditions affect the selection and implementation of news topics?...


The Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus and Its Impact on Cervical Dysplasia in the Northwest Territories: Component II
Principal Investigator: Mao, Yang
Licensed Year(s): 2009 2008
Summary: This license has been issued for the scientific research application #938. The objectives of this study are: 1. examine the impact of social, demographic, lifestyle and behaviour factors to the HPV infection prevalence in NWT; 2. establish the baseline for evaluating the HPV vaccine program in future. The study population includes: women from the following 12 communities: Behchoko (Rae-Edzo)...


What are the issues related to Regional Intergovernmental Cooperation and Coordination within Disaster and Emergency Management?
Principal Investigator: Russell, Ivan
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: This licence is issued for the scientific research application #919. The goals of this research project are to 1) examine intergovernmental disaster and emergency management (DEM) coordination and cooperation requirements at the regional level; 2) highlight areas within the northern DEM structure that meet these requirements; 3) identify possible areas of improvement and assess opinions and con...


Transferring Mine Knowledge: a Look at Complex-Value-Based Strategies in the Wek'eezhii Region of the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Chouinard, Rebecca R
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: This license has been issued for the scientific research application #875. This research aims to define a recognized model for transferring technical knowledge related to mining operations to communities and resource managers in an un-biased manner that speaks to the needs and values of the community. If successful, this knowledge-transfer model will aid in negotiations, regulatory reviews, and...


Understanding the Self-perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Positive, Empowered, and Safer Sexuality among Young Women in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Lys, Candice L
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: The objective of this study is to understand the factors that either help or prevent young women in the NWT from experiencing positive, empowered and safer sexuality. This is a qualitative study, which means that the researcher will gather words instead of numbers about the perceptions, thoughts, and experiences of young women in the NWT. The researcher will interview women who want to parti...


Complexities surrounding multijurisdictional environmental assessment: Negotiating a place for public participation and learning
Principal Investigator: Fitzpatrick, Patricia
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: The purpose of this research is to understand how different environmental assessment (EA) processes across Canada are harmonized, and how harmonization impacts public participation. The Mackenzie Gas Project is the most complex assessment in this regard, makes an ideal study model of EA. The first objective of this research, that has already been completed, involves documenting the frequency of...


The Dynamic of Change: Place Attachment in Yellowknife
Principal Investigator: Shuwera, Brittany B
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: The research will examine how long-standing residents (people living in Yellowknife over 20 years) give meaning to places in the area and how that meaning has changed over the past twenty years. The research will involve a sample of about twenty Yellowknife residents (chosen using a snowball sample) who will participate in an interview. These interviews will be recorder using: an audio recorder,...


Mining and Northern Development: Towards a Historical Political Ecology
Principal Investigator: Keeling, Arn M
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: This licence was issued for the application no. 811. This project aims to understand the social and environmental effects of historical mining in the Northwest Territories through historical research and visits to communities and mine sites. The researchers also hope to learn how community members can contribute their knowledge and experiences to understanding this history. In 2008, one rese...


Determining the attitudes of women and maternity care providers toward birth: conflict, confusion, and concordance
Principal Investigator: Klein, Michael C
Licensed Year(s): 2006
Summary: , which was submitted in August 2006. The application has been distributed for consultation, concerns have been addressed, and the application was approved by the community organizations and received ethics approval. The licence was not issued at the time. The study will only be conducted now in 2008. The objective of this study is to determine the attitudes and beliefs of urban and rural mater...


The Induction Program in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Abu Rass, Ruwaida
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: The goal of this research is to examine the usefulness of the NWT Teacher Induction and Mentorship Program for the adjustment process of novice teachers in the NWT. The results of this research will be compared with the results of the two year study that has been conducted by the researcher about the adjustment proves of the new teachers in Bedouin schools in the Negev region in southern Israel...


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