NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Sharma, Sangita
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5465. In four Northwest Territories communities, we aim to determine the immune response to COVID-19 vaccines and how long this protection lasts in Indigenous community members. In partnership with the Tli?cho Government, the research team aim to determine COVID-19 immune protection (immunity) among community members (a...

Principal Investigator: Dobrow, Mark
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5388. The purpose of this study is to gather information that organizations can use to improve how they support health and wellness. This study will help the research team understand how organizations can learn from communities, specifically Gwich’in and Tli?cho communities. This study is being done as a collaboration b...

Principal Investigator: Andrew, Leon
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5402. The aim of this project is to support adaptation of Dene be´re´ (Dene be´re´) systems to climate change through a harvesting and sharing program that includes hunters, women and youth. To do so, the research team propose to increase the communication of knowledge on Dene be´re´ and to build a community harvesting pilo...

Principal Investigator: Pickett, William
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5391. The study titled, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), is a cross-national research project conducted by the HBSC research team at Queen’s and Brock Universities in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO Europe) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The HBSC study aims to gain insig...

Principal Investigator: Rice, Kathleen
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5280. The overarching purpose of the study was originally to understand pregnant and birthing people's concerns about pregnancy and childbirth during the pandemic, and to connect this to particular decisions and behaviours (e.g. the decision to give birth at home); to capture how pandemic-related policy changes (e.g. remote...

Principal Investigator: Crooks, Claire
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5102. The goal of the project is to build capacity and evaluate the efforts in the area of violence prevention and mental health promotion programming for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Two-Spirit, Queer/Questioning (LGBT2Q+) youth. The research team provide educators and other professionals who work directly with LGBT2Q+ Y...

Principal Investigator: Sharma, Sangita
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5167. Led by Arctic communities and informed by Indigenous methodologies, the research team aim to work with Indigenous people to immediately explore knowledge gaps in 18 Arctic communities of varying size to document and understand: 1) The experiences, challenges, and consequences (positive and negative) of COVID-19 and CO...

Principal Investigator: Redvers, Nicole
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5117. The Principal Investigator (PI) will carry out focus groups with public and community stakeholders, and interviews with physicians to help identify views on planetary health informed healthcare, views on the introduction of planetary health informed prescribing into the regional health care system, and the potential b...

Principal Investigator: Bettinger, Julie
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5142. The main objectives of this project are to estimate in individuals vaccinated against COVID-19 the frequency of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) of sufficient severity to cause medical consultation or prevent daily activities and to determine whether severe AE rates in vaccines are higher than severe AE ra...

Principal Investigator: Etter, Meghan
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5101. The primary objective of the Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey (QNIHS) is to generate high-quality, Inuit-determined, and Inuit-owned data to monitor changes in Inuit health, identify gaps in health services, and inform health decision-making and programming. The overarching goal is to improve the health and w...