NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Laidlaw, Victoria S.
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: This licence is issued for scientific research application #198. The objective of this research is to investigate how non-aboriginal residents of the NWT acquire northern identities and how it impacts their participation in resource development consultations or decisions. This will include exploring how they personally identify as a ‘northerner’ and how they classify or categorize others as ‘...

Principal Investigator: Davison, Patricia B
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: This research attempts to look at the impact of the level of child care on the labour force in Inuvik. The main issues that form the historical rationale for this research include: the lack of high quality accessible and safe choices for young children while parents/caregivers worked or took training, and the lack of support for families with young children. This research will be conducted thr...

Principal Investigator: Bujold, Ron
Licensed Year(s): 2006 2005
Summary: Sewage and wastewater treatment can be expensive and problematic in northern communities. Technology hitherto untried in the North will be tested to determine efficiency and the potential benefits to northern communities in terms of reduced economic burden and increased environmental benefits. Samples will be collected from the Rae and Edzo wastewater treatment facilities for baseline informati...

Principal Investigator: Heon, Elise
Licensed Year(s): 2006 2005
Summary: Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) is a multi-system condition that leads ultimately to blindness. This condition is also linked to shortened life expectancy due to kidney failure. Genital, digit and renal anomalies, obesity and a variable degree of cognitive impairment also characterize this disorder. The researchers have identified the genetic basis of BBS in Rae-Edzo. This study, which will be at leas...

Principal Investigator: Brownlee, Keith
Licensed Year(s): 2005
Summary: For this research project, social work practitioners in northern and remote communities will be asked to examine distinctions between what theory and methods are appropriate for practice and which are not. This research will examine localization of knowledge which includes consideration of culture, community and values in adapting appropriate practices. Research will be conducted in five commu...

Principal Investigator: Edge, Dana S
Licensed Year(s): 2005
Summary: Health care issues, delivery systems, community education and incorporation of new knowledge and practices vary between Canada's various rural and remote communities. This study will look at how health practitioners and community members in rural and remote settings in Canada access health information and use research findings. By interviewing community members and health practitioners in these ar...

Principal Investigator: Kuhnlein, Harriet V
Licensed Year(s): 2008 2007 2006 2005
Summary: The main intent of this study is to create a sustainable, community-driven base of activities that will support improving the diet of the entire Tetlit Gwich'in community. The questions this study addresses are: Can the diet be improved over a 2 to 2 ½ year program of food-based interventions? What impact does this have on the health of the community? What activities can be implemented that will ...

Principal Investigator: Daitch, Richard
Licensed Year(s): 2005
Summary: This study is important because it will provide a detailed picture of sports volunteerism in four small NWT communities. It should provide an answer to the question of whether there are currently enough volunteers for sports activities. The researcher will examine why some people volunteer, while looking at what prevents others from participating. He will make recommendations to help increase spo...

Principal Investigator: Jardine, Cynthia
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004
Summary: The researchers want to get a better idea of how people in the Dene communities of Ndilo and Dettah respond to different kinds of health risks - what kinds of health risks do people worry about, what makes people accept a health risk or not accept a heal...

Principal Investigator: Stockton, Pam
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004
Summary: This is the second year of a study that the researcher expects will help to explain how new graduate nurses begin to practice in the NWT. The researcher is about halfway through interviewing a total of 10 to 15 currently-practicing graduates of the Nor...