Compendium of Research Undertaken in Nunavut 2003 Nunavut Research Institute
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Nunavut Research Compendium, 2003 Nunavut Research Institute Compendium of Research Undertaken in Nunavut 2003 Nunavut Research Institute - 1 - Nunavut Research Compendium, 2003 Nunavut Research Institute Foreword The Nunavut Research Institute was created in 1995 when the Science Institute of the NWT was divided into eastern and western operations. In the Eastern Arctic, the re-named institute was amalgamated with Nunavut Arctic College. The Nunavut Research Institute focuses on supporting scientific research and technology development across a broad spectrum of issues and concerns. The Institute’s interpretation of research is broad – incorporating Inuit Qaujimanituqangit, social sciences, and natural sciences. The following mission statement guides the activities and services provided by the Institute: The mission of the Nunavut Research Institute is to provide leadership in developing, facilitating and promoting Inuit Qaujimanituqangit, science, research and technology as a resource for the well being of people in Nunavut. Institute services are guided by the core values of Nunavut Arctic College - strong communities, cultural appropriateness, partnerships, quality, access, responsiveness and life-long learning. The Nunavut Research Institute places emphasis on brokering northern-based research, which is linked to community needs, and making greater use of Inuit Qaujimanituqangit in research projects. This Compendium of Research has been produced as part of the Institute's effort to communicate information about research projects, which have recently taken place in Nunavut under the authority of the Nunavut Scientists Act. FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information about the research projects listed in this Compendium, please contact: Nunavut Research Institute P.O. Box 1720 Iqaluit, Nunavut X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 979-7202/7279 Fax: (867) 979-7109 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.nunanet.com/~research - 2 - Nunavut Research Compendium, 2003 Nunavut Research Institute TABLE OF CONTENTS -2003 Health Related Research Projects- A Snapshot of Home Support from the Consumer Perspective ........................................................................... 7 Inuit Bronchiolitis Cost Analysis Study................................................................................................................ 8 Wellness In Adults ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Effects of prolonged endurance in the extreme cold ( Arctic ) on humans....................................................... 10 Usage of the Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line.................................................................................................. 11 Mental Health Research Projects........................................................................................................................ 12 Health Care Decision Making of Inuit ............................................................................................................... 13 Examining Midwifery-Based Options to Improve Continuity of Maternity Care Services in Remote Nunavut Communities......................................................................................................................................... 14 Hepatitis B Follow-up Study ............................................................................................................................... 15 Baffin Island Disablement Study ........................................................................................................................ 16 Hydrological Response of High Arctic Wetlands to Local and Regional Environmental Settings.................. 17 Parasites of Biting Flies in Nunavut................................................................................................................... 18 Validation of CryoSat Satellite - New Techniques for Glacier Mass Balance Observation ............................. 19 Field Investigation of a potential Impact Crater ................................................................................................ 20 Trophic structure of aquatic communities in shallow Arctic water and their response to climate change................................................................................................................................................................... 21 High Arctic Waste Contamination Over Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces........................................................... 22 New Energy Options For Northerners (NEON) GSC Project 8046 .................................................................. 23 Evolutionary ecology and conservation biology of Atlantic cod from landlocked fiords on Baffin Island .................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Meadowbank Baker Lake Gold Project .............................................................................................................. 25 Spatial Variations of Climatic Conditions, Cornwallis Island........................................................................... 26 Fish from high arctic lakes- cumulative effects of contaminants and climate warming.................................. 27 Water assessment and climate history of lakes and ponds in northern Ellesmere Island ................................ 29 How volcanism might have affected climate....................................................................................................... 30 Ground Based Observations of Upper Atmosphere Ozone ................................................................................ 31 Contaminants in Arctic Seabirds......................................................................................................................... 32 The Mars Society "Flashline" Mars Arctic Research Station :An International Research Station at Haughton Crater, Devon Island, To Support Human Mars Exploration Research......................................... 33 The Hydrology and Dynamics of John Evans Glacier, Ellesmere Island(2...................................................... 34 The Hydrology and Dynamics of John Evans Glacier, Ellesmere Island (1) ................................................... 35 Glacier Mass Balance and Pollution .................................................................................................................. 36 - 3 - Nunavut Research Compendium, 2003 Nunavut Research Institute New Energy Options for Northerners (NEON) GSC Project 8046 (Smith Sound Aeromagnetic Survey).................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Reconstructing Weather from the sediments at Cape Bounty, Melville Island and North Lake, Cornwallis Island ................................................................................................................................................. 38 Glacier-climate studies on Grinnell ice cap........................................................................................................ 39 Systematics and Evolution of Arctic Alkali Grasses (Puccinellia) .................................................................... 40 Causses of long-Term Changes in the Geometry of Devon Ice Cap and Prince of Wales Icefield.................. 41 Validation of CryoSat Satellite -- New Techniques for Glacier Mass Balance Observation............................ 42 Varves and Varve Forming Processes at Lake Tuborg, Ellesmere Island ........................................................ 43 Physical and Biological Implications of Permafrost and Ground Water Dynamics in a High Arctic Polar Desert Ecosystem ....................................................................................................................................... 44 Mars Deep Drill - Planned Science and Technology Field Research ............................................................... 45 An Investigation of the Impacts of Global Change on Permafrost in High Arctic Polar Desert Ecosystems............................................................................................................................................................ 46 Mass Balance Measurements of White and Baby Glaciers, Axel Heiberg Island NU ..................................... 47 Northern Ice Shelf Community Dynamics.......................................................................................................... 48 Ecosystem Study of Deglaciated Arctic Areas .................................................................................................... 49 Variability & Forcing of Fluxes through Nares Strait and Jones Sound. ........................................................ 50 Mercury in Amituk Lake Sediment, Cornwallis Island...................................................................................... 51 NASA Haughton-Mars Project ........................................................................................................................... 52 Environmental Effects Monitoring Program( EEM) Polaris Mine Nunavut ................................................... 53 Diversity and evolution of fungal endophytes in plants and lichens ................................................................. 54 Chemical Sampling and Analysis.......................................................................................................................