Northwest Territories Research Database

Principal Investigator: Insley, Stephen J
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5426. This project has two main objectives: 1) Examine the impacts of underwater noise from vessel traffic on ringed seals; and 2) Examine the spatial ecology of ringed seals in the western Canadian Arctic and estimate their exposure to underwater noise from vessel traffic. Within these objectives, the research team will be...

Principal Investigator: Gartler, Susanna
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5424. This project is part of a larger study called “Nunataryuk - Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast, science for socioeconomic adaptation”, which is unique as it uses a circumpolar approach, assessing the impact of permafrost thaw in five Arctic communities in Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Russia. The main...

Principal Investigator: Humphries, Murray
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5417. The objectives of this research project are to learn about: 1) how climate influences patterns of habitat use among Peary caribou, muskoxen and their predators; and 2) how changes in forage availability/accessibility (e.g. impacted by changing snow conditions, overgrazing by geese, etc.), competition with muskoxen and...

Principal Investigator: Redvers, Nicole
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5401. The Principal Investigator (PI) will carry out focus groups with public and community stakeholders, and interviews with physicians to help identify views on planetary health informed healthcare, views on the introduction of planetary health informed prescribing into the regional health care system, and the potential b...

Principal Investigator: Fix, Andreas
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5211. This project will use aircraft-based instruments using both remote-sensing and in-situ-techniques to carry out measurements of methane and carbon trace gases and tracers related to their emissions. The results will help to better understand the global methane and carbon cycle. This mission makes use of the German r...

Principal Investigator: Schaeffer, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5310. This project aims to better characterize tectonic activity and evolution across the study region through improved monitoring of earthquakes and GPS motions. Using a temporary network of seismometers, the research team will produce an updated catalogue of earthquakes targeting more precise locations and depths, frequen...

Principal Investigator: Uriarte, Reyna Marie
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5239. The objectives of this project are to dtermine the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours (KAB) of Inuit youth and new or expecting parents in Inuvialuit Settlement Region toward cannabis use. The team also plan to share cannabis harm reduction tools and information and assess their effectiveness and determine persisting...

Principal Investigator: Steiner, Nadja
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5237. Objectives are to develop: 1) A static calendar in print and on the website indicating current timings of species and subsistence activities. Online version will be linked with selected extracts of the interviews. This will provide a communication and teaching tool within the community (elder-youth connection); 2) A W...

Principal Investigator: Heimerl, Kurtis
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5064. The objective of this research is to better understand how telecommunications infrastructure, and associated digital services and training, can be designed and implemented to best support the social, cultural, and economic needs of Arctic communities. This project will engage in research to understand the operation an...

Principal Investigator: Barker, Anne
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5212. The overall objective of this project is to investigate how Indigenous clothing components could be a part of harsh weather personal protective equipment (PPE), leading to increased personal safety and security in Arctic environments. There are four main tasks for the research project: 1) Four northern crafting p...