Physical and Biological Sciences – Aurora Research Institute

This table sumarizes the NWT regulatory body for the various types of Physical and Biological Sciences research.

TYPE OF RESEARCH	REGION
TYPE OF RESEARCH	Inuvialuit Settlement Region	Gwich'in Settlement Area	Sahtu Settlement Area	North Slave Region	Dehcho Region	South Slave Region
Archaeology	PWNHC	PWNHC	PWNHC	PWNHC	PWNHC	PWNHC
Wildlife and Habitat	ENR-Wildlife EISC	ENR-Wildlife	ENR-Wildlife	ENR-Wildlife	ENR-Wildlife	ENR-Wildlife
Wildlife Handling	ENR-Wildlife NWT-WCC EISC	ENR-Wildlife NWT-WCC	ENR-Wildlife NWT-WCC	ENR-Wildlife NWT-WCC	ENR-Wildlife NWT-WCC	ENR-Wildlife NWT-WCC
Forestry	ARI ENR-Forest EISC	ARI ENR-Forest	ARI ENR-Forest	ARI ENR-Forest	ARI ENR-Forest	ARI ENR-Forest
Fisheries and Marine Mammals	ARI DFO EISC	ARI DFO	ARI DFO	ARI DFO	ARI DFO	ARI DFO
Migratory Birds and Species at Risk	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR EISC	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR
Migratory Birds - Banding	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR CWS-CBBP EISC	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR CWS-CBBP	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR CWS-CBBP	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR CWS-CBBP	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR CWS-CBBP	ENR-Wildlife CWS-MB / SAR CWS-CBBP
Biology - Other	ARI EISC	ARI	ARI	ARI	ARI	ARI
Physical	ARI EISC	ARI	ARI	ARI	ARI	ARI

ACRONYM	ORGANIZATION	AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
ARI	Aurora Research Institute	Scientific Research Licence
CWS-CBBP	Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service	Migratory Birds - Canadian Bird Banding Permit
CWS-MB/SAR	Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service	Migratory Birds Scientific Permit or Species at Risk Permit
DFO	Fisheries and Oceans Canada	Licence to Fish for Scientific Purposes and/or other DFO licences
EISC	Environmental Impact Screening Committee	Environmental Impact Screening
ENR-Forest	Environment and Natural Resources Department - Forest Management Division	Forest Research Licence
ENR-Wildlife	Environment and Natural Resources Department - Wildlife Division	Wildlife Research Permit
NWT-WCC	Northwest Territories Wildlife Care Committee	NWT Wildlife Care Committee Approval
PWNHC	Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre	Archaeologists Permit