NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Roberts, David J
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5952. During the summer of 2023, wildfires in the Northwest Territories forced the evacuation of over 20,000 people from Yellowknife. Due to climate change, wildfire risk continues to increase and Canadian cities such as Yellowknife must grapple with how to prepare, respond to, and recover from disasters while also priorit...

Principal Investigator: Malik, Hunaifa
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5633. This research project is intended to produce a list of existing data characteristics or analysis methods that can be modified to address the unique barriers and opportunities for data-based policymaking in the NWT. This list is intended to identify best practices for conducting evidence-based policymaking in data-sca...

Principal Investigator: Tsenkova, Sasha
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5490. Overall objectives for the design prototyping phase will include: What model of ownership will create the most sustainable conditions, economically and institutionally, for an affordable housing development in a remote NWT community? What funding frameworks could be applicable in this context and what would be the b...

Principal Investigator: Madsen, Veronica
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4861. In this project, the principal aim is to support the work of K'asho Got'ine Housing Society (KGHS) by advancing an understanding of how transitional hosing programs can be adapted and implemented in a way that promotes community strengths and promotes a sense of home through contextually- and culturally appropriate su...