NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Ouellette, Nathalie
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: The goal of this oral history project is to learn about and document the significance of the Roman Catholic Mission House and Notre Dame de Lourdes Grotto in Paulatuk for community members through their experiences and recollections of various events associated with the mission. The Researcher wishes to document all aspects of the mission, related but not limited to subjects such as religious life...

Principal Investigator: Pawluk, Rick D
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The objective of the study is to collect Traditional Knowledge (TK) relevant to the Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP). AMEC Earth & Environmental will coordinate the research. The Liidlii K’ue First Nation has been contracted to document Traditional Knowledge, including interviewing TK holders. Local researchers will be hired to collect and analyze data. A local translator will be hired to translat...

Principal Investigator: Johnson, Donald S.
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Summary: The aim of this research project is to examine the processes of long-term Copper Inuit-European inter-societal interaction during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. More specifically, the project will examine the effects and attempt to answer questions about inter-societal interaction and its effects on material trade networks, intra-group social relations, material culture and seasonality an...

Principal Investigator: Vincent, Bruce
Licensed Year(s): 2005
Summary: The Mackenzie Project Environment Group has sub-contracted the Katlodeeche First Nation, who will be responsible for collecting and documenting traditional knowledge during the project. The study will involve documenting data related to wildlife, birds, fisheries, vegetation, historical/cultural/spiritual sites, climate, soil conditions, hydrology and hydrogeology, human health, cumulative effects...

Principal Investigator: Povey, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 2005
Summary: The key objectives of the traditional knowledge study include collecting existing knowledge, gathering new knowledge and producing a report in a manner that will: provide the specific Traditional Knowledge (TK) information needs of the Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP); facilitate participation by communities in the environmental assessment process; and, ensure compliance with all regulatory requirement...

Principal Investigator: Hart, Elisa J.
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004 2003
Summary: There is little information available for local schools on traditionally used places and place names. The purpose of this project is to get more in-depth information on a list of traditionally named places that has been provided by Tuktoyaktuk elders. Th...

Principal Investigator: Gill, Lyall
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: This study involves collecting existing Traditional Knowledge information, gathering new information, and producing a Traditional Knowledge report. A cooperative approach has been developed involving Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP), Mackenzie Project Environment Group (MPEG), Liidlii Ku'e First Nation and Metis Nation of Fort Simpson. Project management is being provided by Nogha Geomatics Ltd. whic...

Principal Investigator: Grieve, Anne Jane
Licensed Year(s): 2002
Summary: This research has been developed in full collaboration with the Deline Land Corporation which is sponsoring the research. The purpose of this research is to explore how the Deline Land Corporation can build leadership capacity for the long-term managemen...

Principal Investigator: Moore, Steve M
Licensed Year(s): 2002 2001 2000
Summary: A researcher team will travel by boats from Deline to Sahyoue Peninsula and spend 4 days collecting baseline information on wildlife and ecosystem units. Twenty sites will be assessed and classified to ecosystem type. For each site, vegetation and wildli...

Principal Investigator: Kershaw, G. Peter
Licensed Year(s): 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Summary: The main study objectives are to: 1) determine the status of permafrost landforms in the study area, and 2) determine long-term recovery after abandonment of the CANOL No. 1 project. Access during the summer is via the Yukon along the Canol Road through Macmillan Pass. Beyond the base camp mountain bikes and foot will be the means of transport. Automated microclimate stations powered by solar ene...