NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Jaker, Alessandro M
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The first objective is to produce a list of placenames, with their geographical coordinates and an English translation of the placenames, to leave with the Land & Environment Office, as well as a bilingual, interlinear transcript of any stories about places or placenames that the Principal Investigator (PI) collect from elders. The second objective is to produce a Tetso?´t'ine´ (Chipewyan) diction...

Principal Investigator: Saunders, William C
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The specific research objectives are to address the following Research Questions: 1. How are other jurisdictions managing health information and communication technology (ICT)? 2. Has centralized ICT been done in other jurisdictions? If so, what are the successes, failures, and lessons learned? Have any of these centralization attempts been reversed to remain in their own domains? 3. Is evidenc...

Principal Investigator: Bull, Julie R
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: A qualitative research orientation is most suitable for the proposed research. It is not enough to merely describe the multiple parts, it is about the integration of them toward action. An interdisciplinary methodological framework informed by Decolonizing Methodologies, Autoethnography, and Narrative Inquiry will guide this research. The Principal Investigator (PI) will use complementary story-ge...

Principal Investigator: Underwood, Kathryn
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The project adopts an Institutional Ethnography approach through annual interviews with families over a 6-year period. This study of institutional practices will draw on more than 800 interviews with families. The research team then consider how the construction of children and families in these services intersects with cultural identities. For example, the team will examine how disability can dev...

Principal Investigator: Campbell, Joseph W
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Summary: Follow-up on exploration activity associated with Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board land use permit MV2014C0005 on Terrax Minerals Inc. City of Yellowknife Gold Project. Work would include initial environmental baseline work, and expansion of research programs to establish sufficient study for possible future Environmental Impact Assessment of potential mine development if exploration activiti...

Principal Investigator: Scott, Shannon D
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The purpose of the study is to work with parents to develop, refine, and evaluate the usability of arts-based, digital knowledge translation tools on pediatric conditions. A mixed methods design will be used to determine the usability of knowledge translation tools: 1. Cross-sectional survey: Study staff will approach parents/primary caregivers in the waiting rooms of the general emergency ...

Principal Investigator: Hobin, Erin P
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The primary purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate patterns of cannabis use. Canada has committed to legalizing recreational cannabis use in summer 2018. It is critically important to have sufficient evidence to inform the development of specific regulations, including product labelling, warnings, and marketing restrictions. Consumer perceptions research can help to inform key decisions in t...

Principal Investigator: Mulders, Annemieke
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The objectives of this project are to: 1) reduce the stigma associated with addressing the issue of violence against women and girls in the NWT; and, 2) study possible improvements in the service offered to women and girls who experience Intimate Partner Violence. Interviews will take place in the shelters in a private area will be used. Posters will be used to let women in the shelters know...

Principal Investigator: Hucklebridge, Sherry
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The specific focus of this study is on relative clauses in Tlicho Yatii. The term `relative clause' is used to refer to clauses that define, identify or describe nouns. For example, in the sentence `The students who Ann liked got an A', the clause `who Ann liked' is a relative clause. Unlike English, Tlicho Yatii has few adjectives, and relative clauses are used for all description of nouns in the...

Principal Investigator: McPeak, Sara E
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The objectives of this project are to test if passive seismics can be used to map the thickness of overburden in a permafrost-rich environment; and, to compare overburden thickness derived from passive seismic data and known overburden thickness from drilling. This project will test to see if the earth’s natural vibration can be used to determine how much sand, gravel, soil and permafrost are a...