Principal Investigator:McClelland, Patricia Licensed Year(s):
1993
1992 Summary:
To plan for nursing education in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, it is important to know the knowledge and skills that nurses require in the north. This research has been designed to ask employers, nurses and community members to rate common curriculum items in a nursing program as to their importance, and to suggest items which they feel are important but which are excluded from most nursin...
Principal Investigator:McLean, Scott Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher will use archival materials in Cambridge Bay, Yellowknife or Fort Smith in order to document the history of adult education in the Kitikmeot. As well, he will interview government employees involved with Arctic College and the Department of Education. He will analyse how the history of adult education activities are linked to processes of social change in the Kitikmeot....
Principal Investigator:Sadock, Jerrold M. Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher has been working on a scientific grammar of the language of West Greenland, which is closely related to the Inuit dialects of the NWT, and in particular, those of Baffin Island. The aim of the the grammar is to avoid the bias of European languages and be truer to the form of this language itself. The researcher will discuss the grammar with educators and other specialists in Iqalu...
Principal Investigator:Delisi, Joanne C. Licensed Year(s):19941993
1992
Summary:
Ms. Delisi ill investigate the role of art in the lives of women in the Western Arctic, the effect of formal and traditional education in the early learning of women's art forms and how the role of women in the family and society has changed through art. Research will also be conducted to determine how increased pressure on women to support their families has changed the art forms and how the wome...
Principal Investigator:Nowak, Elke Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The Researcher will conduct purely grammatical research by gathering information on the social and political situation of Inuktitut: what changes and/or developments have taken place during the last four years? What is the situation in schools like, what kind of teaching material is available? What is the attitude of young people (under 30 years) toward the language?...
Principal Investigator:Vick, Ann Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researchers will identify and share exemplary programs and processes in circumpolar education. They will investigate the design and results of the research program established to assess the effectiveness of the Piniaqtavut program (developing instructional programs which use community knowledge). They will also explore how the Baffin Divisional Board may be able to utilize other circumpolar re...
Principal Investigator:Stairs, Arlene Licensed Year(s):
1992
199119901988 Summary:
The research will continue to study processes of learning in an Inuit community today. The focus is on various learning settings such as land, settlement and school, and groups of learners such as adults learning new skills and school students....
Principal Investigator:Gowans, Bill Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The Researcher will use a questionnaire to chart responses from all principals in the N.W.T as to their experiences in pre-arrival, arrival and succession....
Principal Investigator:McGrath, George Licensed Year(s):
1991
Summary:
The Researcher will interview planners and developers of the Principal's Certification Course to determine the purpose of the course. A questionnaire will be sent to selected principles to determine the effect of the course. A small number of schools will be visited to confirm the effect, if any, on the organization and operation of these schools and if it can be traced to the participation of the...
Principal Investigator:Hergovich, Eva Licensed Year(s):
1991
Summary:
The Researcher working with the classroom teacher will present two questionnaires to all Grade 7, 8 and 9 students at Atanaarjuat School. The questionnaires will investigate changes in family attitudes which might be attibutable to education and the television media. The first questionnaire will deal with family relationships and the classroom, the second with the influence of television on family...