NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Jacobs, Philip
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5692. The purpose of this research project is to develop an economic model to estimate the costs and benefits of the nurse residency program. The model will incorporate the duration of employment for newly hired registered nurses, before and during their residency. The research team will obtain anonymous data from par...

Principal Investigator: Kirby, Sophie Aurélie
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5528. This project will explore the research question: would integration of trust-based philanthropy principles be a feasible way of preventing and alleviating power imbalances between funders and grantees in the Northwest Territories, and if so, how? In particular, the researchers are interested in how a trust-based phila...

Principal Investigator: McGeer, Jim
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5681. The objectives of this research project are to: 1) develop data on the aquatic toxicology of rare earth elements in northern ecosystems; 2) to contribute to water quality criteria for these metals. Three types of sample collections are proposed. These would be done at selected sites along the Ingraham Trail (hi...

Principal Investigator: Dahlvik, Julia
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5497. This research project pursues a dual perspective: it is interested in both the experiences of citizens and the practices and strategies of public ombuds institutions, that is, what measures they take to ensure equal access to justice for all in the context of increasingly digitalized public services, and with what ef...

Principal Investigator: Malik, Hunaifa
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5633. This research project is intended to produce a list of existing data characteristics or analysis methods that can be modified to address the unique barriers and opportunities for data-based policymaking in the NWT. This list is intended to identify best practices for conducting evidence-based policymaking in data-sca...

Principal Investigator: Henderson, Rita
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5629. Research Question: What unexpected or unusual changes in wildlife populations have researchers, community members, and professionals from various sectors observed while living or working in the Arctic? The main objectives are to: - Identify any potential, previously unknown unusual wildlife events (e.g. altered b...

Principal Investigator: Coad, Abigale
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5662. The purpose of this research is to work with Housing Northwest Territories (HNWT/ Housing NWT) to identify and reduce institutional barriers to self-determination of housing, and to workshop, in partnership with K’asho Got’ine Housing Society (KGHS) and Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN), a northern housing model...

Principal Investigator: Rao, Neesha
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5375. The key deliverable of this research project will be a 30-40 page public policy report that will focus on the experiences of Indigenous women/other unhoused women in Yellowknife who interact with the RCMP. The report will identify systemic gaps and make public policy recommendations for breaking down barriers that im...

Principal Investigator: Brezenski, Jeff
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5636. The purpose of the baseline program field studies is to: characterize existing conditions in the project vicinity and surrounding region to support project planning, permitting, and development of a proposed lithium mine. One continuous air quality monitoring station will be installed to measure ambient concentratio...

Principal Investigator: Horvey, Samantha
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5593. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the Yellowknife family medicine (YK-FM) residency site – Canada’s first circumpolar family medicine (FM) residency training site – on physician workforce and patient care delivered to the people in the NWT, and the community more broadly. The objectives of thi...