Embracing STEM in the North
STEM (science technology engineering and math) is a very popular topic in the education and training fields these days, especially in the North where...
From-the-Land Food Ambassadors Program helps to restore Northern food systems
A 9 pm sun glows red from a nearby forest fire lending a calm light to the heritage garden site on the banks of...
Making sea-ice travel safer
SmartICE started as a small research project in coastal Labrador. Today, it is a growing northern social enterprise servicing sites across eastern Inuit Nunangat....
New Treatment Facility offers life line to improve Inuit wellness
Isuarsivik, a Nunavik community organization committed to alcohol and drug treatment and recovery, received an eight and a half million-dollar commitment from the Quebec...
Hoarfrost River environmental field study
Students from Ontario’s Wilfrid Laurier University and Yellowknife high-school students head to a remote research site in the Northwest Territories for a once in...
Sharp-toothed giants of the ocean
Remarkably, there exists an animal species that has persisted since the dawn of the 1600s, a group of dark, slow-moving giants that live deep in...
Pole to pole – Positive steps towards a Canadian Antarctic research program
Canada is the second largest polar nation, and among the wealthiest, giving it a responsibility to lead in scientific research and knowledge dissemination of...
Can Arctic Char adapt to a changing North?
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), one of the most interesting freshwater fish species in Canada, is an important cultural, subsistence, and economic resource for inhabitants...
Climate warming leads to changes in river ice across the Yukon Territory
There is a long-standing tradition where locals bet on the timing of ice break-up on the Yukon River in Dawson, Yukon. On April 23,...
Leading Polar research
Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) is primed to set Canada at the forefront of the search for new knowledge of the polar regions. Based in...