25 record(s) found with the tag "public health" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Protecting Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledges amidst the Climate Change Crisis: Biodiversity and Wellbeing Scan
Principal Investigator: Redvers, Nicole
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 6032. The proposed project will build off of current work in the Northwest Territories with four main objectives: 1) Carry out broad relational community engagement activities on ITEK protection in relation to climate change in a sub-set of Indigenous communities across the US and Canada (e.g., talking circles, community...


Evaluating the impact of cannabis legalization in the Canadian territories.
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...


Climate and Health Planning Grant
Principal Investigator: Harrison, Mark O
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5499. This work focuses on gaining insight into the perspectives and priorities of communities around the impact of climate change on health, including the perception of health vulnerability within communities, the ways communities can and are responding, and how they can be supported. The research team will organize a s...


Understanding of distribution and sources of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the north and east of Great Slave Lake and coastal regions
Principal Investigator: Chen, Bing
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5251. The proposed project will evaluate the temporal and spatial distribution of Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the water and sediment of Great Slave Lake and surrounding communities, landfills, drinking water, and industries to identify the source of PBDEs. The concentration and distribution of PBDEs will be de...


ParkSeek: Understanding the access and quality dimensions of parks and recreational facilities in Canada
Principal Investigator: Gilliland, Jason
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5456. The objective of the ParkSeek household survey is to fill a major knowledge gap around how park quality and proximity affects experiences in, perceptions of, and uses of, parks and recreational facilities in Canada. In turn, the survey will be used to understand how these park attitudes, perceptions and behaviours rel...


Health Effects Monitoring Program
Principal Investigator: Chan, Laurie H. M.
Licensed Year(s): 2025 2024 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5380. The Health Effects Monitoring Program (YKHEMP) begun in 2017 with the main objective to establish a baseline of contaminant exposure and possible health effects in Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah, NWT, to ensure the Giant Mine Remediation Project (GMRP) does not negatively impact the health of the communities during rem...


Perspectives of Public Health and Educational Leaders on Cannabis Education for Indigenous Youth
Principal Investigator: Kearley, Melanie
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4961. The goal of this project is to explore perspectives of public health and educational leaders regarding cannabis education for Indigenous youth in the Northwest Territories, Canada, to make recommendations for the development of culturally appropriate approaches. There will be 10 in-depth interviews conducted, appro...


Capturing the anticipated/unanticipated consequences of COVID-19 among Indigenous peoples in Arctic communities
Principal Investigator: Sharma, Sangita
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4884. Led by Arctic communities and informed by Indigenous methodologies, the research team aim to work with Indigenous people to immediately explore knowledge gaps in 18 Arctic communities of varying size to document and understand: 1. The experiences, challenges, and consequences (positive and negative) of COVID-19 and C...


Policy vs Practice: Perceptions and Implications off COVID 19 Responses in the Northwest Territories
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...


Addressing community concerns about health risks from H. pylori infection
Principal Investigator: Goodman, Karen J
Licensed Year(s): 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4668. This research aims to answer questions posed by community members in the Northwest Territories (NT) and their health care providers about health risks from H. pylori infection. The Canadian North Helicobacter pylori (CANHelp) Working Group formed to develop a comprehensive approach to investigating community health pr...


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