NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Hobin, Erin P
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5586. The study has five objectives: 1) To examine prevalence and patterns of non-medical cannabis use, including use among young adults, age of initiation, and levels of dependence; 2) To examine the cannabis retail environment, including the extent to which consumers shift from illicit sources to legal retail sources, and...

Principal Investigator: Cruz, Sheila
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5513. The aim is to understand what the escort policy means to the pregnant women and the escorts and what impacts it has on the overall birthing experience. The objectives of this study are: 1) To understand the relationship of the escort to the pregnant woman and the rationale for escort choice when travelling to give bir...

Principal Investigator: Mallett, Alexandra
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5165. Along with community partners, the project will seek to determine: 1) the extent to which changes are occurring with respect to electricity generation and use at the community level in three communities in NWT; 2) how, what and who is involved in the governance of energy within communities and how this is evolving; an...

Principal Investigator: Sabin, Jerald
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4967. This study is being done to gather information about the attitudes and opinions of voters in Tlicho Community Government elections about democracy, policy, and elections management. This survey is part of the Consortium on Electoral Democracy, a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership gra...

Principal Investigator: Perrin, Alison Dawn
Licensed Year(s): 2021 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4950. The goal of this research is to understand the ways in which decisions are made about research in the Canadian North, how the practice of research aligns with northern and Indigenous research priorities and principles, and how research is impacting decision-making in northern and Indigenous governments and organizatio...

Principal Investigator: Cruz, Sheila
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4973. The aim of this project is to understand what the escort policy means to the pregnant women and their escorts and what impacts it has on their overall birthing experience. The objectives of this study are: to understand the relationship of the escort to the pregnant woman and the rationale for escort choice when t...

Principal Investigator: Pugsley, Aimee Louise
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4867. The purpose of this research is to meet the research needs of the community of Fort Good Hope as the Principal Investigator (PI) explore in collaboration with the K’asho Got’ine Housing Society (KGHS) how their community-led social housing program can become sustainable. The complex geographies of the housing crisis i...

Principal Investigator: Fleury, Katherine
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4869. This study aims to support evidence-informed policy changes in the future by identifying best practice responses to COVID-19 and the processes through which they were created in Canada’s Northwest Territories, understood in a matter that is reflective of the values held by community stakeholders. This project will see...

Principal Investigator: Dawson, Jackie
Licensed Year(s): 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4789. The three objectives are to: 1. Bring together a wide range of participants for the discussion of Inuit and Northern involvement in a governance structure for federal engagement on the Arctic Low Impact Corridors Initiative; 2. Advance the conversation about Inuit and Northern involvement in Arctic Shipping Corridor...

Principal Investigator: Michaels, Samantha J
Licensed Year(s): 2019
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4549. Pauktuutit’s projects are guided by regionally representative advisory committees with subject-matter expertise of relevance to the project. For this project, Pauktuutit has convened a Project Advisory Committee comprised of service providers, government and non-government organizations, as well as regional and nation...