NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Pisani, Shane
Licensed Year(s): 1998
Summary: My research collection will be comprised of both interviews for key stakeholders and surveys amongst all stakeholders in the tourism industry. I am anticipating beginning interviews and surveys in early August and completing the research by mid-September 1998. The interviews and surveys will involve government agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGO's)- no individual names will be used. T...

Principal Investigator: Legat, Allice
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researcher will investigate traditional methods of governance at the request of the Dene Cultural Institute. Dogrib rules and laws, traditional government processes, traditional decision making processes and tradtional law enforcement will be recorded. The researcher will also assess which traditional practices people wish to revitalize or maintain in order to develop a model for self-govern...

Principal Investigator: Poulin, Claude
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The researcher will collect information on the different forms of Inuit political power, including municipal, religious and economic power, that are present in the community of Igloolik. He will also interview residents for their views on the origins of Inuit governance as well as their expectations of the Nunavut Agreement....

Principal Investigator: Rodon, Thierry
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researcher will examine co-management organizations, consisting of government bodies and aboriginal groups, and evaluate their influence on the actual decision making process and their role in the maintenance of political autonomy for aboriginal people of Canada. Specifically, the researcher will examine the co-management structures established under the Inuvialuit Final Agreement and conduct...

Principal Investigator: Kulchyski, Peter
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: As part of a three-year project, the researcher will conduct interviews with residents of the communities in order to collect information about community values and perspectives on self-government. In addition, information will be collected on the structure, nature and historical development of meetings and territorial assemblies in order to evaluate their role in the current and future governmen...

Principal Investigator: Smith, Shirleen
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: I am addressing issues of how Dene traditions of governance are reflected in models currently being developed, and how these might be accomodated within the democratic institutions of Canadian government. I will focus on an area of research that is both interesting and timely: Aboriginal views on the meaning of their treaties with the Crown in Canada....

Principal Investigator: Rouse, William
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The researcher will begin work in Fort Smith, but will be conducting a mail-out of a questionnaire to communities in the north (if necessary), and will be contacting some of the more "established" environmental organizations in the north for information....

Principal Investigator: Boyes, David
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The researcher will meet with persons involved in northern politics and discuss the Government of Canada decision to divide the Northwest Territories. By means of informal interviews, an investigation of how the decision was reached and the impacts of the decision upon northern residents will be undertaken....

Principal Investigator: Van Meenen, Mary Ann
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researchers will conduct an historical examination of the policies of the Canadian and Soviet governments toward the Inuit, the similarities and differences of their approaches and the impact upon the Inuit....

Principal Investigator: Graham, Katherine
Licensed Year(s): 1989 1988
Summary: The Researcher will examine the current process of devolving authority from the federal government to the territorial government and to assess the implications of current devolution initiatives for local government. The focus will be on the local councils and the regional/tribal councils....