Licences in: Tulita

Dene Béré (Country Foods) Campaign

Principal Investigator: Andrew, Leon
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5048. The aim of this project is to support adaptation of Dene be´re´ (Dene be´re´) systems to climate change through a harvesting and sharing program that includes hunters, women and youth. To do so, the research team propose to increase the communication of knowledge on Dene be´re´ and to build a community harvesting pilo...

NWT-wide Community based Water Quality Monitoring

Principal Investigator: Somers, Gila L
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4762. Water Quality Monitoring equipment is deployed at over 40 sites across the NWT to address community concerns. Community members were trained to use the following equipment: • Sondes: sit in the water and measure basic water quality parameters every 2 hours for up to 3 months. Analysis undertaken at Environment and...

DigitalNWT -- Continuation of License 4885

Principal Investigator: McMahon, Rob
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5179. Along with research outcomes regarding digital technology adoption and use, this project continues to contribute to a strong foundation for sustainable, appropriate digital literacy training in the NWT, at a time of rapid development of digital infrastructure (through the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link and other major in...

Meltwater drainage through the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, during the last deglaciation

Principal Investigator: Stoker, Benjamin James
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5163. In this project the research team aim to investigate the meltwater drainage and deglacial history of the Laurentide Ice Sheet from the eastern slopes of the Mackenzie Mountains since the last ice age. The research team will reconstruct the past meltwater flow characteristics (discharge and velocity) through a series o...

Governing Energy System Change in the Canadian Arctic: Alternative Sources of Innovation in Communities?

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...

Permafrost monitoring and collection of baseline terrain information in the Mackenzie Valley Corridor, NWT

Principal Investigator: Smith, Sharon S
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021 2020 2019
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5181. The combined temperature and active layer monitoring network extends from Fort Simpson to the Arctic Coast. With monitoring instrumentation already in place through work under previous licenses, the main work of this phase will be data collection. While different parts of the network can be visited at different times ...

Project EXCEL:

Principal Investigator: Culos-Reed, Nicole
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5162. To disseminate, implement, and assess the effectiveness of the Exercise Oncology Survivorship (EOS) partnership model to increase the reach and delivery of exercise programs to rural/remote and underserved Canadians, living with and beyond cancer. Reaching more individuals living with and beyond cancer, with an exerci...

Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) in NWT Schools

Principal Investigator: Oberle, Eva
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021 2020 2019
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5104. The Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) is a self-report questionnaire that gives students a voice by answering questions about their feelings and experiences both inside and outside of school. The MDI uses a holistic, strengths-based approach to measure five dimensions of child development strongly linked to so...

Eyes and Ears of the North: Canadian Northern Sovereignty and the Canadian Ranger Patrol Group

Principal Investigator: Romagnoli, Bianca
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5083. The objective of this research is to examine the experiences of Canadian Rangers within the 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (1CRPG). Through this research, the private investigator(PI) will investigate how Rangers become implicated in nation-building efforts by the Canadian state. After increased interest in the lucr...

Mapping, monitoring and modelling permafrost change in the NWT

Principal Investigator: Kokelj, Steve V
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5161. The primary objectives of this research are: 1) to develop and test new methods of characterizing permafrost and monitoring permafrost landscape change with a focus on the Beaufort Delta, central Mackenzie Valley and North Slave regions; 2) mapping sensitive permafrost terrain across NWT by integrating expert assessme...