NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Srivastava, Sarita
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The Researcher will interview individuals and groups within community groups in order to learn about their history and accomplishments as well as the obstacles they have faced....

Principal Investigator: Clarke, Cecil Phillip
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The Researcher will focus on an overview of the ecology, history, culture, socio-economy and politics of the Eastern Arctic....

Principal Investigator: Csonka, Yvon
Licensed Year(s): 1989 1988
Summary: Yvon Csonka will continue the work begun in 1988 by documenting the history of the Ahiarmuit people of southern Keewatin through interviews with residents of Eskimo Point and Whale Cove. Library and archival material will be utilized at the Inuit Cultural Instiute as well....

Principal Investigator: Eber, Dorothy
Licensed Year(s): 1988
Summary: Ms. Dorothy Eber is to work through interpreters in Pond Inlet in gathering oral history related to whaling in Baffin Island, Hudson Bay and the Strait. She hopes to integrate the oral history into the historical context of existing information. Due to weather problems she did not travel to Pangnirtung but received material which can be incorporated along with the oral histories....

Principal Investigator: Bravo, Michael
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1988
Summary: Michael Bravo will conduct several projects during his stay in Igloolik. He will be interviewing residents to find out if and how northern methods of communication can be improved. He also wants to compare descriptions of the Igloolik landscape that were written 160 years ago to today by tracing some of the journeys made by an early explorer. He is also willing to give talks on how science and ...

Principal Investigator: Lowther, Keith
Licensed Year(s): 1988
Summary: Mr. Lowther will be interviewing residents of both communities to see what people remember of their original homes in Port Harrison and Pond Inlet before the government moved them to Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord. He is also interested in the difficulties people had during and after their move. This should help him understand why the federal government made the decision to establish the new settl...

Principal Investigator: Konarek, Joseph
Licensed Year(s): 1987
Summary: To continue the work began in 1985 and complete the data gathering and observations on the physical structures and services of the settlement and to inquire into the social and political structures. Also to complete and archival review for 1920-1940 on an historical geography study of N.W.T. destitution....

Principal Investigator: McMahon, Kevin
Licensed Year(s): 1987
Summary: To visit six N.W.T. communities and to interview individuals who are interested in commenting on "Canadian Arctic Sovereignty" as a historical concern and a current issue. A primary focus will be to obtain comments from community elders regarding their attitudes and experiences on this issue....

Principal Investigator: D'Anglure, Bernard Saladin
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To continue Research on Inuit Social History and Culture....

Principal Investigator: Butler, R.W.
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To travel on foot along the Canol Road and incorporate examinations and descriptions of local plant and wildlife species, geomorphological and geological phenomenon and historical data into one report....