NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Armitage, Derek
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: In Indonesia, indigenous groups are articulating a demand for rights to lands and resources and a greater role in processes of development and change. There is also an increasing emphasis on negotiating partnerships and collaborative management arrangeme...

Principal Investigator: Thompson, Reg
Licensed Year(s): 1999
Summary: The objective of this study is to ascertain the extent to which the legal obligations persuant to the Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA) are being implemented. Meetings will be conducted with individuals involved in the implementation and workings of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement in order to discuss the progress of the implementation of the legal obligations persuant to the IFA. Participants will ...

Principal Investigator: Keith, Robert
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The research will consist of the examination of files, minutes and other public records of the Environmental Impact Review Board formed under the Inuvialuit Final Agreement. These records are kept in Inuvik, NWT. The objective of this study is to identify principals and organizational design criteria for the sucessful implementation of the environmental assessment provisions of comprehensive land ...

Principal Investigator: Bone, Robert M.
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The Inuvialuit Final Agreement has brought much change to the Western Arctic. This Agreement has involved the transfer of capital, land and political power to the Inuvialuit. This study hopes to determine the effect of the IFA on the Inuvialuit. The researchers will collect data from public sources (Statistics Canada censuses, Labour Force surveys) as well as reports provided by the Inuvialuit ...

Principal Investigator: Cant, Garth
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The researcher is collecting published reports, legislation, newsletters, management plans, books and journal articles on the Nunavut and James Bay and Northern Quebec land claims in order to compare these land claims with the Nisga'a land claim. This study will also provide New Zealanders with an overview of the initiatives taken by claimants and the Crown in Canada. Informal discussions will a...

Principal Investigator: Beach, Hugh
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The purpose of this research is to study and compare the different settlements made between Natives and nation states for resource management. In particular, the researcher will examine the Land Claim Settlement of the Inuvialuit and compare this settlement with that of the Saami (Lapps) of Sweden. The researcher is interested in the relations between hunters and herders of reindeer and caribou....

Principal Investigator: Zellen, Barry
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The researcher and his team will engage in a comparative analysis of the Alaska, Inuvialuit and Inuit land claims settlements and their respective decision-making structures, using a case-study review in three settlement areas. There will also be some additional comparison of James Bay and Northern Quebec settlements....

Principal Investigator: Muir, Magdelena A.K.
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The researcher will revise and publish a manuscript which presents a legal and administrative analysis of the land claim agreements and their effect on water management in the Northwest Territories....

Principal Investigator: Rohlmann, Monika
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researcher will examine the property regime established under the Inuvialuit Regional Settlement Act. Informal field observations, literature and file reviews and informal discussions with key persons will be carried out....

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....