NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Bakker, Karen
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017
Summary: The goal is to enhance effective, equitable Indigenous co-governance of water resources through pursuing five objectives: 1)Critically conceptualize the potential for reciprocal coordination of, and complementarity between, evolving common ("Western") and Indigenous water law and governance frameworks; 2)Develop innovative methods for co-researching Indigenous Water Governance, based on collabor...

Principal Investigator: Neville, Kate J
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017
Summary: In this project, the research team aim to better understand current controversies over pipelines in North America by examining the historical context of pipeline regulations, financing, and public debate. The team plan to focus on the 1970s debates over pipelines in the Canadian north, as a pivotal time for oil and gas infrastructure in Canada, and with the Berger Inquiry presenting a major challe...

Principal Investigator: Noble, Bram F
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017 2016
Summary: This project will determine what information Regulators require about cumulative effects or conditions in order to make informed decisions regarding development impacts to water quality in the NWT, and whether and how that information is, or can be, provided through NWT Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program (CIMP) or other agencies responsible for monitoring. The objectives are as follows: 1)...

Principal Investigator: Belanger, Brendan BB
Licensed Year(s): 2017
Summary: The main objective of this study is to record and highlight Denesoline traditional knowledge (TK) and stories transmitted during a multi-day travel experience on the Snowdrift River. This research aims to highlight the importance of critically analysing the role of the researcher, highlighting Denesoline TK narratives instead of 'systemic others', and in highlighting the roles TK plays in self-det...

Principal Investigator: Mitchell, Terry
Licensed Year(s): 2017 2016
Summary: The proposed research is part of a larger collaborative research project on the internationally recognized right of indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed consent in relation to natural resource management and development that may affect lands and waters that they own, occupy or otherwise use. The research pursues better understanding of both the challenges and best practices for inclusive...

Principal Investigator: Simmons, Deborah L
Licensed Year(s): 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Summary: As the community makes the transition to self-government, there has been an increased interest in language documentation through stories, song, and concepts of place in order to better understand what Dene government means. Governance thus forms one focal point of this research. The research team are particularly interested in the areas of variation, change and continuity in language, stories, son...

Principal Investigator: Hall, Teall S
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The goal is to highlight how current settler-colonial relations in Canada has failed to include Indigenous peoples into environmental decision-making. The goal of this study is to investigate how Indigenous perspectives were considered during the negotiation process as well as the final output of the agreements for the Mackenzie River Basin Bilateral Water Management Agreement between the Governme...

Principal Investigator: Erasmus, Lila M
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The objective of the project is to examine how the Dene resolve conflict within their community and how these principles could inform the development of their governing structures is the basis of this research project. The main research question is: By what principles, processes and mechanisms do the Dene resolve conflicts and build peace within their communities? Sub questions include: Are D...

Principal Investigator: Marlin, Marguerite
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: This research examines two parliamentary states with large Arctic expanses and more Southern political centers – Canada and Russia – in order to determine the extent to which representation of Arctic interests is accomplished through different parliamentary systems and through parliamentary committees in particular. The main research question is: What are the key historical, institutional, and...

Principal Investigator: Evenden, Matthew
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The objectives of this research are to learn about and articulate the importance of early impact assessment methodology to questions of political governance in the Northwest Territories. In this research into core concepts of the field of political geography, the Principal Investigator (PI) has found little that examines or articulates the manner in which traditional territories of Indigenous popu...