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:Moore, Jonathan Licensed Year(s):
2018
2017 Summary:
The objective of this research is to establish a community-based monitoring program in the Peel River watershed, based in Fort McPherson.
Previous research has shown that multiple whitefish ecotypes (non-anadromous, semi-anadromous and anadromous, utilize the Peel River as spawning habitat, but it is unclear how much each ecotype contributes to harvester catches. As different ecotypes occupy d...
Principal Investigator:Beveridge, Meghan Licensed Year(s):2018
2017
2016201520142013 Summary:
The purpose of the project is to work in collaboration with Northwest Territories (NWT) communities to collect water quality data to answer community concerns and questions about the health of NWT waters, to enhance understanding of cumulative impacts and to contribute to decision making.
There are three associated objectives:
1) collect water quality data at locations throughout the NWT, to ...
Principal Investigator:Laidlaw, Shawn Licensed Year(s):
2013
2012 Summary:
The purpose of this project is to:
1) coordinate monitoring and research efforts in the watershed between the community, government, and universities;
2) understand current aquatic health of the watershed using water quality, macroinvertebrates, aquatic furbearers and fish as indicators of ecosystem health;
3) understand historical environmental change and contaminant loading in the watershed u...
Principal Investigator:Madsen, Eric Licensed Year(s):2001
2000
Summary:
This research will monitor and evaluate the potential environmental effects from the construction and operation of a diamond mine. The activities planned for 2000 include: water sampling in Lac de Gras and east island streams and lakes, fish-out study on inland lakes, radio-tagging of lake trout in Lac de Gras, tissue sampling of Slimy Sculpin in Lac de Gras, benthic invertebrate sampling and lake...