NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Orr, Jack
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992 1991
Summary: The Researcher and associate will continue to study walrus hunting activities of hunters. The information will be used to determine the biological and economical value of walrus hunting in the community of Igloolik....

Principal Investigator: Boyko, Vladimir
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: These researchers will carry out a part of the program of cooperation between Canada and the USSR on the economic and socio-cultural development of the native peoples of the North. They will conduct a cross-cultural and cross-societal analysis using questionnaires, observation, interviews, participation and discussion....

Principal Investigator: Judson, Karen
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researcher will examine employment factors and how they relate to quality of life. The objectives include describing spatial, social and economic patterns and interpreting these factors with respect to quality of life....

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: Popkov, Yuri V.
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The research team will study the attitudes towards work and the native peoples of northern Canada. Simultaneously, they will analyze objective conditions and subjective factors. Information will be gathered from official sources, participant observation and interviews in local communities using questionnaires....

Principal Investigator: Dupuis, Michele
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: Ms. Dupuis will continue work she began in 1989 in Lake Harbour to measure the economic importance of household activities, including hunting, fishing, tanning, carving and wage labour. She will also gather information on the acquisition of carving skills for Dr. Arlene Stairs....

Principal Investigator: Reeves, Randall
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The purpose of this study is to understand the historical and present-day dynamics of narwhale hunting. In addition, Inuit hunter and government resource managers have a common interest in ensuring that these marine mammals are harvested at sustainable levels and that product markets remain stable. The succuss of this management strategy will be reviewed....

Principal Investigator: Collin, David
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: This study will examine the social and economic impacts of Canada's only commercial reindeer operation upon traditional patterns of hunting and fishing of the Inuvialuit. The impact of technology and transportation upon the operations will also be examined....

Principal Investigator: Wenzel, George W.
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: In co-operation with the communities of Clyde River and Pangnirtung a study will be carried out to gather data on Inuit experiences with tourism already ongoing in Pangnirtung for comparison with experiences of Inuit in Clyde River's developing program....

Principal Investigator: Sinclair, Noel
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: Mr. Sinclair will study the Arctic College Guide Development course, interview instructors, administrators and other course participants, to determine the effectiveness of the program....