Principal Investigator:Lake, Tasha Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5979.
This study is interested in learning about how staff and service-users from community-based organization in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories experienced the 2023 wildfires, evacuation and return home. The team will capture these voices through interviews and discussion groups with staff and service-users. This rese...
Principal Investigator:Roberts, David J Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5952.
During the summer of 2023, wildfires in the Northwest Territories forced the evacuation of over 20,000 people from Yellowknife. Due to climate change, wildfire risk continues to increase and Canadian cities such as Yellowknife must grapple with how to prepare, respond to, and recover from disasters while also priorit...
Principal Investigator:Parewick, Kathleen S Licensed Year(s):2007
2006
Summary:
Conducted in conjunction with a series of physical and life science ArcticNet projects, this collaborative study explores how local planning and development functions might serve to build community resilience. Engaging Arctic coastal community members in timely knowledge-sharing and planning respecting ongoing adaptations to local environmental changes is an immediate objective with the longer-ter...
Principal Investigator:Lyons, Natasha L. Licensed Year(s):2006
2005
Summary:
This project was first suggested by the Aklavik Community Corporation and is a collaboration between the researcher and the community. The Inuvialuit community in Aklavik recognizes that Elders' knowledge is being lost very quickly and this has spurred...
Principal Investigator:Ruttan, Lia Licensed Year(s):
2003
2002 Summary:
The objective of this study is to understand the process whereby Aboriginal elders in the community of Fort Smith have engaged in exploring and responding to historical events over the past century. These accounts have not yet been collected or analyzed...
Principal Investigator:MacPherson, Mike Licensed Year(s):
2000
Summary:
Critical self-reflection is important for people to deal with the challenges of late modern or postmodern society, which are characterized by pluralism, rapid change and unpredictability. Critical self-reflection has been ignored in the foci of adult learning and there have been few studies examining the process of stimulating such thought. The researcher will use the facilitated experience wit...
Principal Investigator:Main Johnson, Leslie Licensed Year(s):
2000
1999 Summary:
It is hoped that this project will help to pass on the traditional knowledge of Elders to younger generations before this knowledge and their skills are lost. Documentation of Gwich'in TEK may also help in developing sustainable ways of living within northern lands in the future.
The reseacher's specific activities include: extended particpatory trips on the land to Gwich'in trapping camps, fish ...