24 dossier(s) trouvé(s) portant l’étiquette "traditional food" (les projets pluriannuels sont regroupés):
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Bioassay-based investigations on Arctic beluga blubber samples
chercheur principal: Wania, Frank
Année(s) de permis: 2023
Résumé: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5471. The objectives of this research project are to: 1. Characterize the effects that chemical extracts from the traditional food samples have on a number of cellular processes. Their results can indicate the type of toxicity that those chemical extracts may cause. 2. Use the Arctic beluga as a "clean" reference in inves...


Country Foods for Good Health Initiatives across the Northwest Territories
chercheur principal: Ostertag, Sonja K
Année(s) de permis: 2024 2023 2022
Résumé: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5457. The short-term objectives of this study are to: i) administer a health communication and risk perception survey tailored for the Inuvaluit Settlement Region (ISR) – the Inuvialuit Food Messages Survey; ii) capture Inuvialuit values and perspectives of the country food system through interviews and photos for research ...


Investigating Lead Exposure in the Sahtú region
chercheur principal: Skinner, Kelly
Année(s) de permis: 2022
Résumé: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5204. This project proposes to continue investigating the determinants of lead exposure in humans and to assess health risk in the Sahtú region. This project will provide knowledge on potential strategies to reduce the lead exposures in Dene and Métis communities. The research team propose to: 1) Implement the previously...


Pilot study: Investigating Lead Exposure in the Sahtú region
chercheur principal: Skinner, Kelly
Année(s) de permis: 2021
Résumé: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4902. This project is a preliminary project, mainly based on literature review, to investigate what is currently known about lead exposure and lead sources in Northern Canada. In parallel, some work would be done to engage and prepare for a following project monitoring lead in the Sahtú region. These findings will support t...


Country Foods for Good Health: Developing a country food database for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
chercheur principal: Ostertag, Sonja K
Année(s) de permis: 2020
Résumé: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4532. The short-term objectives of this study are to: 1) determine the current concentrations of contaminants and nutrients in Inuvialuit country foods; and 2) develop a health communication and risk perception survey tailored for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) – the ISR Health Messages Survey. In the long-term, ...


Contaminant Biomonitoring in the Northwest Territories Mackenzie Valley: Investigating the Links Between Contaminant Exposure, Nutritional Status, and Country Food Use
chercheur principal: Laird, Brian D
Année(s) de permis: 2018 2016
Résumé: The overall objective of this research is to promote country foods in the Dehcho Region in a way that balances contaminant risks and nutrient benefits in order to maximize nutrient status while minimizing mercury exposure. The research team will work towards this objective through the implementation of research that will consist of the biomonitoring study to evaluate country food usage patterns, c...


Contaminant Biomonitoring in the Northwest Territories Mackenzie Valley: Investigating the Links Between Contaminant Exposure, Nutritional Status, and Country Food Use
chercheur principal: Laird, Brian D
Année(s) de permis: 2017 2015 2014
Résumé: The overall objective of this research is to promote country foods in the Dehcho Region in a way that balances contaminant risks and nutrient benefits in order to maximize nutrient status while minimizing mercury exposure. The research team will work towards this objective through the implementation of research that will consist of the biomonitoring study to evaluate country food usage patterns, c...


Sampling of Traditional Foods in Deline, NT in 2015/2016
chercheur principal: Macdonald, Colin R
Année(s) de permis: 2015
Résumé: The objective of the study is to obtain statistically valid numbers of samples of major traditional food items and to analyse them for chemicals of concern, including mercury, and naturally-occurring radionuclides. The conclusions of this, and previous, food studies will be communicated to the community. Approximately 20 samples of moose or caribou, fish, and waterfowl will be obtained from...


Updating data on mercury levels in food fish species in lakes used by Deh Cho communities
chercheur principal: Low, George
Année(s) de permis: 2016 2015 2014 2012 2011
Résumé: The objectives of this project are: 1) To determine which lakes are important as food sources in four Dehcho communities and which fish species are used for human food from these lakes using Traditional Knowledge. 2) To train community monitors to collect fish and other samples according to Environment Canada and Department of Fisheries and Oceans protocol. 3) To involve local school children i...


Traditional and market food: focus on fish consumption in Tulita, NWT
chercheur principal: DELORMIER, Treena
Année(s) de permis: 2011
Résumé: The objectives of this research project are: To assess the risk for mercury exposure posed by fish consumption in the community of Tulita in the past summer and current winter seasons; To examine the relationship between the consumption of sweetened beverages (low nutrient market food) and fish consumption; and To explore the social and cultural importance of fish (traditional food) to the Dene...


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