Principal Investigator:Huxtable, Lynn Licensed Year(s):20212013
2005
Summary:
This project is a follow-up to a similar project that was done across Canada in 2001, and to the focus groups that were done in November 2003. The researchers want to find out what is changing in the ways that young people use the Internet. Issues they...
Principal Investigator:Brown, Micaela Licensed Year(s):
2004
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The main rationale for this project is to contribute to the ongoing development of Network North, a health and research information-sharing network being formed by both institutional and northern community partners. Within this larger framework, this res...
Principal Investigator:Bronson, Jackie Licensed Year(s):
2004
Summary:
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the scope of health within Environmental Assessment (EA), and to assess the state of EA practice with regard to the incorporation of human health impacts within Canada's northern natural resource sector. The re...
Principal Investigator:Fitzpatrick, Patricia Licensed Year(s):
2004
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This research explores the relationship among learning, public involvement in environmental assessment (EA) and sustainable development. The central research question is: Can organizational learning take place through participation in EA? A case study of...
Principal Investigator:Saxon, Leslie A. Licensed Year(s):2005
2004
2003 Summary:
This research on stories of Dogrib travel and language will result in a book/CD for Dogrib community members. Dogrib elders and others will be interviewed in the research process, and community language workers will be trained. The language research will...
Principal Investigator:Galbraith, Lindsay Licensed Year(s):
2004
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This research is concerned with increasingly fractious relations between mining firms and local communities in Canada's hinterlands, and the systems of governance that aim to mediate these relations. More specifically, this research seeks to understand t...
Principal Investigator:Little, Lois M. Licensed Year(s):
2004
Summary:
Aboriginal people make up half of the total NWT population but are underrepresented in segments of the voluntary sector. The NWT Literacy Council, the YWCA of Yellowknife, and the Native Women's Association of the NWT want to gain an understanding of Abo...
Principal Investigator:Ward, Angela Licensed Year(s):
2004
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The purpose of this study is to determine the policy and practice factors that account for the differences in adult literacy levels between Canada and Sweden. Literacy advocates are anxious to understand why Swedish adults have demonstrated literacy leve...
Principal Investigator:Stephen, Bob Licensed Year(s):
2004
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This research has two main objectives; 1) to better understand the literacy needs and preferences of NWT seniors; and 2) to make recommendations for more effective literacy supports and services for NWT seniors. This research will provide a snapshot or p...
Principal Investigator:Dowlatabadi, Hadi Licensed Year(s):
2004
Summary:
The overall objective of this project is to provide a set of tools to estimate the cumulative impacts of a development project based on its power as an "attractor" to subsequent development. The researchers will make a short visit to Yellowknife to talk...