NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Anderson, David G
Licensed Year(s): 2000 1999 1998
Summary: The aim of this project is to develop a forest management plan which is sensitive to the priorities identified by Gwich'in Elders and contemporary Gwich'in forest users. The research will involve a mixture of community and archival research, as well as workshops with elders, contemporary forest users and researchers representing the various foci will come together to use the information to derive ...

Principal Investigator: Collings, Peter F
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: Research will be conducted in Holman from January 1 through December31, 1997. Data will be collected through a series of survey and questionnaire procedures, which will include the following: 1) a household census interview, 2) health and functionality interviews, 3) an age interview 4) life history interviews, and 5) a biweekly hunting/fishing/food sharing survey. It is expected that the researc...

Principal Investigator: Richardson, Denrick
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: The study will follow an ethnographic or qualitative approach. An attempt will be made to interview a total of 100 people representing influential people in the communities....

Principal Investigator: Hart, Elisa J.
Licensed Year(s): 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Summary: The researchers will complete the last steps of a research project that began in 1991. This will include reading over compiled information with elders for verification; flying along the coastline with elders to help verify locations of places that there is some confusion over and record their coordinates with a GPS; and setting down at sites that elders suggest to talk a bit more about the histor...

Principal Investigator: McElroy, Ann P.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1992
Summary: The research will involve 2-3 weeks of library and museum study in Iqaluit. The researcher will review books, articles and reports on the history of Baffin Island and the Arctic in order to help her teaching at SUNY Buffalo and to write a history of Baffin Island. During a one-week visit to Pangnirtung the researcher will visit families and take notes on changes since 1974 when the researcher la...

Principal Investigator: McNeal, Joanne
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992
Summary: Phase One and Two were completed in 1992 and 1993. Phase 3 (completion) will review previous interviews and additional interviews will be conducted. Current interviews will become part of an international project headed by Dr. Rita Irwin of UBC....

Principal Investigator: Jaunzems, Leah T.
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The researcher plans to interview elderly Inuit to determine their views on their quality of life (both past and current). Information will be collected on the elders' views about their role and involvement in community life, their views on what it is (and was) like to be an elder in Inuit society, and the types of support services (formal and informal) as well as facilities available to them....

Principal Investigator: Cockcroft, Toby R.G.
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The researcher will be collecting information on Inuit folklore and mythology from Iqaluit residents. This information will be used to determine how interpersonal relationships and society are represented in folklore and mythology. This study will result in a comprehensive collection of local Inuit stories which will be provided to the community....

Principal Investigator: Henderson, Lyle
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The researcher will work with Luke Suluk, a recognized expert regarding archaeology and traditional Padlimiut culture. Mr. Suluk will identify different archaeological features and describe their significance. Elders and youth from Arviat will also participate in the research. This research will support a presentation to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada to determine if Arviaq sh...

Principal Investigator: King, Jonathan
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The researcher will conduct interviews with Igloolik people about the significance of traditional clothing to the Inuit. Information will also be collected about the use of contemporary versus traditional clothing, and how traditional skills and ideas have been transferred to the tailoring of clothes using contemporary materials. Information will be used to assist in developing an exhibition whi...