Research licences
Each of Canada's three northern territories has a research licensing system. Generally, licences are used to track what research is being conducted and to communicate that information to other researchers and to northern residents.
Nunavut
The Nunavut Research Institute (NRI) in Iqaluit coordinates licensing. All research in Nunavut must be licensed under the Scientists Act, the Wildlife Act, or the Archeological Sites Regulations. Applications requiring a Nunavut Impact Review Board environmental screening are forwarded to NIRB for review.
Information about other permits and licences that might be required in Nunavut is on the NRI website linked above.
Northwest Territories
The Aurora Research Institute (ARI), based in Inuvik, handles licensing. All research in the NWT must be licensed. This includes work on indigenous knowledge as well as research in the physical, biological, and social sciences.
Information about other permitting processes in the NWT can be found in the Aurora Research Institute publication, Doing Research in the Northwest Territories -- A Guide for Researchers.
Yukon
The Yukon Government's Heritage Resources Unit handles research licences. The Yukon Scientists and Explorers Act requires that any person who enters the Yukon to undertake scientific research obtain a licence. The Act covers social and natural sciences research anywhere in the Territory. Archaeological and palaeontological research are permitted under the Yukon Archaeological Sites Regulations.
Other Yukon permitting authorities and research conditions are listed in Heritage Resources Unit's Guidebook on Scientific Research in the Yukon.