NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Carey, Paul E
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The objective of this research is to analyze the merits of a hypothetical amendment to Canada's National Parks Act which would permit metal mining within National Park boundaries. The primary purpose of this research is to determine whether the theoretical amendment provides an equitable solution to the proposed Nahanni National Park Reserve expansion. The researcher will fly from Kingston, Ont...

Principal Investigator: Martin, Brad
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2004
Summary: The main objective of this historical research project is to examine how and why relations between indigenous groups and national park administrators in northern Canada and Alaska changed in the second half of the twentieth century. A secondary objective is to write a general history of national park establishment and management in these regions. The researcher will travel to and from the resea...

Principal Investigator: Warren, Randall
Licensed Year(s): 2006
Summary: The purpose of the proposed study is to examine twenty-two historic well sites within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, eight of which are located within the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary. Investigations on six of the twenty-two sites will comprise geophysical surveys, and collection of benthic invertebrates, soil sediment, surface water samples, soil invertebrates and arthropods and plant tissue....

Principal Investigator: Geirholm, Sara M
Licensed Year(s): 2006
Summary: Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Community of Fort Good Hope have been working together for the past five years to achieve protected area status for Ts'ude'hliline-Tuyetah, a 14,907 km² area bordered on the east by the Mackenzie River and on the west by the Gwich’in Settlement Area boundary. This area was first identified in the Sahtu Land Use Planning process and by the Sahtu Heritage Places and Si...

Principal Investigator: Gladden, James N.
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: The main objective of the study is to look at institutional arrangements for involving nearby communities in land use planning for Ivvavik National Park. The researcher will compare these mechanisms for co-managing the wilderness park with case studies...

Principal Investigator: Gal, Leonard
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: The objective of the fieldwork is to further assess the non-renewable resource potential of the Edehzhie area, as a follow-up to Phase I work which was a review of existing data. This assessment is being carried out as part of the Northwest Territories P...

Principal Investigator: Gal, Leonard
Licensed Year(s): 2003 2002
Summary: The objective of the fieldwork is to further assess the non-renewable resource potential of the Edacho area, as a follow-up to Phase I work which was a review of existing data. This assessment is being carried out as part of the Northwest Territories Pro...

Principal Investigator: Grieve, Anne Jane
Licensed Year(s): 2002
Summary: This research has been developed in full collaboration with the Deline Land Corporation which is sponsoring the research. The purpose of this research is to explore how the Deline Land Corporation can build leadership capacity for the long-term managemen...

Principal Investigator: Evans, Kevin
Licensed Year(s): 2002
Summary: Migratory birds occur within and adjacent to the 4 Devon leases. The Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary and adjacent areas in the outer western portion of the Mackenzie Delta support relatively high densities of nesting, brooding-rearing, moulting and staging...

Principal Investigator: Veillette, Jean
Licensed Year(s): 2001
Summary: Field work will consist of helicopter traverses run from two base camps, with stops at points of interest previously identified from air photos, and detailed traverses conducted from fly camps lasting from 4-6 days. Fly camps will be run by a two-man crew, positioned by helicopter, who will operate up to 10-15 km from the camp. Most field observations will be directed at identifying and counting ...