NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Ireland, Jeanette
Licensed Year(s): 1990 1989 1988
Summary: Jeanette Ireland has been collecting oral Inuit stories from elders of various eastern Arctic communities and written Inuit textbooks. She wants to see how Inuit stories change when they are translated into English. By learning about this change, she can make recommendations to improve Inuit textbooks that are written for schools. In this way, the textbooks would reflect how Inuit think and feel a...

Principal Investigator: Valle, Madelyn Della
Licensed Year(s): 1987
Summary: To observe the EATEP ina ction and interview participants of the program, including staff and students. Consent to participate in the interview will be obtained by the researcher after a full explanation of the objectives and an assurance of maintaining confidentiality. Questions will focus on 1)curriculum dev. 2)lang. training 3)pedagogy; & 4)structural set up of the system. This program will ...

Principal Investigator: Dunn, James M.
Licensed Year(s): 1987
Summary: Students enrolled in a University of Colorado Course "Geography 498: Arctic Field Research Techniques: will investigate physical and recreation geography through instructor-directed fieldwork in the Thelon Game Sanctuary....

Principal Investigator: Duffett, Jane
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: Development of Prenatal Nutrition Education materials for use throughout NWT communities....

Principal Investigator: Beaubier, Susan
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To work toward the development of nutrition guidelines specific to the N.W.T....

Principal Investigator: Carney, R.J.
Licensed Year(s): 1982
Summary: GNWT and other government officials to be interviewed. To review the relationship between Canada's northern development policies and federal and territorial education programs designed for the Inuit in the NWT from 1880 to 1970....

Principal Investigator: d'Anglejan, Alison
Licensed Year(s): 1980
Summary: To investigae how students pick up certain lingustic structures when trying to learn a second language. Tests will be administered to high school students by Dr. d'Anglejan....

Principal Investigator: Kelpin, Vangie
Licensed Year(s): 1980
Summary: As part of an M.A. thesis a study will be conducted on individual differences and how these differences affect learning. Questionnaires will be administered by the researcher....

Principal Investigator: Takano, Toshio
Licensed Year(s): 1979
Summary: As part of a master's thesis on the "Acculturation of the Canadian Eskimo" to study the various aspects of everyday Inuit life. Such things as social organization, religion, education levels, employment levels, technological awareness and levels of hunting fishing and trapping will be documented....

Principal Investigator: Scott, Harvey A.
Licensed Year(s): 1979
Summary: To research and document traditional native physical education and recreation activities. The study purpose is to complete books on the Inuit, Loucheux - Hareskin/Bearlake and Trans-Dene games for use in developing school curriculum material....