NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Giesel, Chelsea
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5469. The goals of this project are to determine the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours (KAB) of Inuit youth and new or expecting parents in select Western Arctic communities toward cannabis use; and, to share cannabis harm reduction tools and information and assess their effectiveness and determine persisting gaps in cann...

Principal Investigator: Bagelman, Jennifer
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5433. This project addresses Arctic Ecosystems and their Impact on Inuit Communities. This project asks the two-fold question: how does climate change impact Inuit youth and what are the resilience factors that enhance well-being? The project is especially interested in innovative forms of adaptation key to continued surviv...

Principal Investigator: Havelka, Susane M.
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5041. The research objectives, and associated outcomes, of the project are to: 1) Understand the links between self-building housing and well-being in Fort Good Hope, a community where several examples of the self-built Housing Assistant Payment (HAP) housing are located and how culturally appropriate housing design and pla...

Principal Investigator: Abiven, Samuel
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5094. The main objective of the proposed research is to support a climate change adaptation planning process in Jean Marie River. Simultaneously, it addresses the related objectives of two funded research projects: the Dehcho Collaborative on Permafrost (ArcticNet) and Advancing Indigenous Environmental Stewardship (Social ...

Principal Investigator: Etter, Meghan
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5101. The primary objective of the Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey (QNIHS) is to generate high-quality, Inuit-determined, and Inuit-owned data to monitor changes in Inuit health, identify gaps in health services, and inform health decision-making and programming. The overarching goal is to improve the health and w...

Principal Investigator: McCartney, Shelagh
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4908. Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) has identified the availability of adequate, affordable, and appropriate housing for their membership as a critical priority. The research team are looking towards the creation and implementation of a community-based solution. The unique climatic, geographic, and cultural factors...

Principal Investigator: Pybus, Colin
Licensed Year(s): 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4748. The objective is to provide the educational community with the data required to understand the current state of physical education (PE) delivery and the teaching supports needed as the system moves forward. The results of this study will 1) clarify the current state of PE within the NWT, 2) identify what aspects are e...

Principal Investigator: Wolf, Jake HP
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The first goal of the project is to design culturally appropriate long-term care facilities for the Beaufort Delta region of NWT. Many models for long-term care are transplanted from the south where the traditions and social norms around aging and dying may differ significantly. By engaging in discussions with the community in Inuvik the research team can weigh the pros and cons of various designs...

Principal Investigator: Johnson, Leslie M
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The objectives are to record insights and evaluations of approaches to culturally based wellness promotion and collaborative approaches to holistic healing from Northern perspectives. The research team will review literature on other efforts, and record responses to the teams own Wisdom Engaged activities from a range of northern participants, especially knowledgeable Elders, language and culture ...

Principal Investigator: Young, Michael G
Licensed Year(s): 2014 2012
Summary: The overall aim of this project is to assess the effectiveness of the Emergency Warming Centre (EWC) in terms of improvements in the lives of homeless persons with concurrent disorders. Not only will the EWC provide shelter and food, it will offer onsite counseling and other services related to the improvement in the lives of its clients. Examples include, access to health services, referrals for ...