NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Pollock, Katina
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5319. The objective of this study is to understand how decisions are made in the different school governance systems in NWT, and subsequently, how these systems influence the presence or absence of local voice in school-related decision making. A tertiary objective of this study is to compare the findings from NWT, to findi...

Principal Investigator: Poelzer, Greg
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5238. Arctic cities face multiple challenges from social and economic transformations, deteriorating infrastructure, a changing environment, and pressures on their governance systems. To respond effectively, mayors, city councils, agency leaders, local citizens and residents, and other stakeholders need a clear set of indic...

Principal Investigator: Mallett, Alexandra
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5165. Along with community partners, the project will seek to determine: 1) the extent to which changes are occurring with respect to electricity generation and use at the community level in three communities in NWT; 2) how, what and who is involved in the governance of energy within communities and how this is evolving; an...

Principal Investigator: Irlbacher-Fox, Stephanie
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4933. The goal of this project is to create an edited volume (a book) on best practices in modern treaty implementation from Indigenous Governments across Canada. The research team want this volume to be a well researched, accessibly written, and academically rigorous series of case studies of treaty implementation methods ...

Principal Investigator: Bakker, Karen
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017
Summary: The goal is to enhance effective, equitable Indigenous co-governance of water resources through pursuing five objectives: 1)Critically conceptualize the potential for reciprocal coordination of, and complementarity between, evolving common ("Western") and Indigenous water law and governance frameworks; 2)Develop innovative methods for co-researching Indigenous Water Governance, based on collabor...

Principal Investigator: Neville, Kate J
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017
Summary: In this project, the research team aim to better understand current controversies over pipelines in North America by examining the historical context of pipeline regulations, financing, and public debate. The team plan to focus on the 1970s debates over pipelines in the Canadian north, as a pivotal time for oil and gas infrastructure in Canada, and with the Berger Inquiry presenting a major challe...

Principal Investigator: Noble, Bram F
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017 2016
Summary: This project will determine what information Regulators require about cumulative effects or conditions in order to make informed decisions regarding development impacts to water quality in the NWT, and whether and how that information is, or can be, provided through NWT Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program (CIMP) or other agencies responsible for monitoring. The objectives are as follows: 1)...

Principal Investigator: Parlee, Brenda L
Licensed Year(s): 2019 2019 2019 2017 2016
Summary: The broad goal of the project is to create opportunities to collaboratively document and share local and traditional knowledge (LTK) about social-ecological change in the Mackenzie River Basin, Lower Mekong, and Lower Amazon Basins and determine its’ role in watershed governance. The project will fund 8-10 community-based and collaborative research activities in the Mackenzie River Basin that deal...

Principal Investigator: Hall, Teall S
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The goal is to highlight how current settler-colonial relations in Canada has failed to include Indigenous peoples into environmental decision-making. The goal of this study is to investigate how Indigenous perspectives were considered during the negotiation process as well as the final output of the agreements for the Mackenzie River Basin Bilateral Water Management Agreement between the Governme...

Principal Investigator: Marlin, Marguerite
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: This research examines two parliamentary states with large Arctic expanses and more Southern political centers – Canada and Russia – in order to determine the extent to which representation of Arctic interests is accomplished through different parliamentary systems and through parliamentary committees in particular. The main research question is: What are the key historical, institutional, and...