NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Henteleff, Saul
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: For a period of 5 days, I will work with a group of high school students from Iqaluit to conduct an assessment of contemporary television programs. The objective of the research will be to determine what interest the group has in this form of media as both a source of cultural information as well as a means for individual expression....

Principal Investigator: Little, Lois M.
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The Researcher will carry out a needs assessment. Interviews will be conducted with 30 employers, organizations and trades women. A small sample of men working in trades will also be interviewed....

Principal Investigator: Clark, Leigh
Licensed Year(s): 1989
Summary: Mr. Clark will examine the use of computers in elementary schools in Iqaluit. He will make classroom observations as well as interview children, staff and school board members. Special attention will be paid to information referencing the use of computers in language learning....

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 text books. 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 text books that are written for schools. In this way, the text books would reflect how Inuit think an...

Principal Investigator: Christain, Jane M.
Licensed Year(s): 1980
Summary: Linguistic Research, related to terms and phrases describing family and interfamily relationships. The project will also include continuation of work on a grammar and dictionary of the Slavey language. (Verbal approval has been given by Chief Deneron to Dr. Christian)....

Principal Investigator: Briggs, Jean L.
Licensed Year(s): 1979
Summary: To continue a long term linguistics study and a study of Inuit interpersonal games. The purpose of the first study is to publish a dictionary of the Qipisa dialect. The second study will supply data to expand previous articles on the games into a book....