Principal Investigator:Riva, Mylene Licensed Year(s):
2024
2023 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5931.
The expected value of this project is to respond to a community-identified need in the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk to better understand the social, cultural, and economic impacts of climate change in the community. Gathering information on community values, priorities and needs is necessary to inform appropriate climate ch...
Principal Investigator:Davidson, Debra Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5981.
The objectives include: Build positive relations between university researchers and the Tli?cho communities; co-create knowledge that is of equal value to the Tli?cho people and to scholarship; enhance the capacity of the Tli?cho people to pursue a sustainable future in accordance with Tli?cho values based on finding...
Principal Investigator:Giles, Audrey R. Licensed Year(s):
2016
2015 Summary:
There are three objectives for this research project:
I) Understand Northwest Territories (NWT) resident male boaters’ behaviours and attitudes towards water safety. Given that rates of drowning are higher in the NWT, it would be dangerous to assume that male NWT residents have the same attitudes and behaviours concerning boat safety as their female and non-NWT resident counterparts. In particula...
Principal Investigator:Dutton, Jessica N Licensed Year(s):
2015
20142013 Summary:
The objectives of this research project are:
1. to explore the third space that exists between western medical diabetes treatments and traditional Aboriginal healing to address what appears to be a false dichotomy presented in the literature on diabetes treatment in Aboriginal communities,
2. to develop a community-based, participatory program of research that will provide opportunities for comm...
Principal Investigator:Crewe, Jodi Licensed Year(s):20202019201820172017
2015
201320122011200920082006 Summary:
The Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Society (ABEKS) uses both local and scientific knowledge to monitor and assess changes in an area that covers the range of the Porcupine Caribou Herd and nearby coastal and marine areas. Interviews with local experts are conducted annually by community researchers. Observations about fish, berries, caribou, unusual animal sightings, weather conditions, a...
Principal Investigator:O'Donnell, Susan Licensed Year(s):2014
2013
Summary:
This collaborative research project aims to study and document the development of the K’atl’odeeche First Nation (KFN) Community Network. It will introduce the history of technology development and use in KFN, including broader social, political, cultural, and economic contexts. The project focuses on KFN's community technology development initiatives, and specifically the KFN Community Network. I...
Principal Investigator:Campbell, Norman Licensed Year(s):
2013
Summary:
The primary goal of the project is to introduce a healthier food program to Aklavik by working with community partners. The DREAM-GLOBAL research team, Aklavik Community Corporation, local health committee, as well as other partners will develop a plan to support programs and policies that will increase the awareness and availability of healthy foods and especially traditional foods, wherever poss...
Principal Investigator:Carter, Blair Licensed Year(s):
2013
Summary:
Four objectives guide this research: 1) to gain an understanding of the current water resource conditions (e.g., quality and quantity) and contextual circumstances (e.g., community culture, history, traditions) impacting local water use in the Deh Cho Region of the NWT; 2) to use a social well-being lens to unpack values that people associate with water resources in the Region; 3) to translate the...
Principal Investigator:Lantz, Trevor C. Licensed Year(s):2022201920182017201620152014
2013
20122011 Summary:
The objective of this research is to work with Inuvialuit and Gwich’in experts to document and share local observations of environmental conditions. Over time, this will build a record of observations, against which future changes can be compared. To document local observations this research will employ methods including participatory photo-mapping, participatory-video, web-based mapping, photo-el...
Principal Investigator:Hampton, Mary Licensed Year(s):20152014
2013
20122011 Summary:
This study will:
1. Integrate several sources of data to create an action plan that maps the socio-spatial problem of intimate partner
Violence;
2. Create narratives describing community response in rural and northern areas of the Prairie Provinces and the NWT; and
3. Generate a grounded theory as a practical tool to create and sustain non-violent communities in these regions of Canada.
The...