NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Wenzel, George W.
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The researchers are interested in understanding how subsistence hunting contributes to Inuit society in Clyde River. Data will be collected from selected households over the next 3 years on harvesting activities and land use. This information will be used to understand how subsistence and wage economy activities have developed into a mixed economy, and to determine future economic trends based on...

Principal Investigator: Goehring, Brian
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992
Summary: The researcher will continue his study on the different types of economy present in Kitikmeot communities: the traditional econony derived from hunting, fishing and trapping, and the wage economy. This study examines the sources of cash income, particularly those derived from seasonal, part-time and rotational employment. The study's results may identify trends in wage-labour employment and a st...

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: Borre, Kristen
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The researchers will collect samples of plants Inuit indicate are important to their lives, including nutritional, economic, ecological, social, cultural and religious importance. The uses and meaning of the plants and the land on which they grow will be discussed with Inuit and recorded. The way in which Inuit think about plants and how they use them will be analyzed....

Principal Investigator: Chun, Zarah
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The researcher will identify and analyze the cultural factors of both the Inuit producer and the non-Inuit consumer which influence the production and design of Broughton Island products. Information collected will possibly be used by Inuit to create a successful product line....

Principal Investigator: Driscoll, Bernadette T.
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1991 1990
Summary: The Researcher will examine indigenous clothing design and clothing change in the Kitikmeot region. She will record the historical change from fur to fabric clothing as well as investigate the continuing importance of fur clothing to hunters and detail the social and economic significance of maintaining sewing skills within Inuit families....

Principal Investigator: Wenzel, George W.
Licensed Year(s): 1978
Summary: To study the effect of a one-time sudden increase in spending on the native economy. To determine what the money was spent on and who derived benefit from it....