NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: McDonald, Mandee
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5345. This research explores the work of an informal collective or network of (predominantly) Indigenous women who are regenerating Indigenous thought and political systems through hide tanning. It is an Indigenous feminist research project that explores contemporary hide tanning initiatives amongst Indigenous peoples in or...

Principal Investigator: Fafard, Melanie
Licensed Year(s): 2003 2002 2001 2000
Summary: The purpose of the study is to examine the question of how the Gwich'in define heritage and how they wish to preserve and foster an appreciation of heritage in a way that reflects their own worldview. The fieldwork will include three different components; 1) a group meeting with Teetl'it Gwich'in elders; 2) individual interviews with Teetl'it Gwich'in individuals and; 3) the distribution of a writ...

Principal Investigator: Keillor, Elaine
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1987
Summary: The documentation and recording of the stories and songs of the Dene will hopefully provide a valuable resource for the Dene educational system and culture. Interviews with drummers/singers will be conducted to futher the researcher's understanding of the musical activities of these communities. The researcher would like to analyze the recordings with transliterations and translations from her 19...

Principal Investigator: Christensen, Jill
Licensed Year(s): 1995 1994 1993
Summary: The researchers will continue to collect information on the consumption patterns in traditional and store-bought foods as well as lifestyle patterns (e.g., fishing and hunting activities, health beliefs, traditional food use) of residents of Ndilo and Dettah. This information will be combined with results of the Back Bay Fish Study (contaminants in fish) in order that human health implications of...

Principal Investigator: Oakes, Jill
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: This study is community-based: the researchers will work with the Baffin communities in order that the study meets the needs of each community as well as the region. The work will identify the formal and informal economic contributions Inuit women make. It will also help interested women establish sewing centres and develop marketing strategies. Both Elders and young women will be interviewed t...

Principal Investigator: Kumprey, Robert
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The Researcher and his associate will conduct interviews with public officials, both from government departments and non government organizations. They will compile a bibliography of sources of indigenous land use and occupancy information to show where this information is being used and for what purpose....

Principal Investigator: Zallen, Morris
Licensed Year(s): 1987
Summary: To identify key biological resources (principally migratory birds and mammals) and aspects of human land use (communities and settlements, resource harvesting areas) within or adjacent to proposed flight corridors. Potential concerns related to the above will be addressed by assessing the degree of disturbance from noise & emissions from aircraft. This research includes gathering socio-economic ...