Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2025-2026
Canada
This project will tackle concerns and priorities of Nunavimmiut (Inuit of Nunavik) in regards to sea-run Arctic Char. They will study key aspects of Arctic Char ecology under multiple, interacting pre...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2025-2026
Canada
This project will tackle concerns and priorities of Nunavimmiut (Inuit of Nunavik) in regards to sea-run Arctic Char. They will study key aspects of Arctic Char ecology under multiple, interacting pre...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Polar Knowledge Application Program
FY 2016-2017
Canada
The POLAR Circumpolar Giant Floor Map (GFM) and Classroom Floor Maps (CFMs) program will see the creation of two GFMs and five CFMs. Two GFMs and three CFMs that will tour to schools across Canada for...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2022-2023
Canada
The project explores how changes to terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems (sea-ice and coastal processes, freshwater, snow, permafrost thaw, and changing marine ecosystems) impact Inuit youth...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2025-2026
Canada
The project will continue and expand a long-running partnered study on Arctic Char and Dolly Varden Char in the Coppermine River basin, Nunavut. The research priority is to identify where each species...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Polar Knowledge Application Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada
Aurora Research Institute (ARI) delivers: (1) hands-on [STEM] learning experiences for youth; (2) [STEM] professional development sessions and support for teachers; and (3) community STEM outreach ev...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Northern Science and Technology Program
FY 2021-2022
Canada
Rapid permafrost thaw events can dramatically change vegetation of a landscape, in particular fire-driven changes, reducing lichen availability to caribou. This study will assess how and where permafr...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Northern Science and Technology Program
FY 2021-2022
Canada
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) is being used to identify knowledge gaps in country food activities in several communities on Baffin Island, NU. Connections to culture and training of youth will foster...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Polar Knowledge Application Program
FY 2021-2022
Canada
Our goal is to strengthen capacity among Nunavummiut to participate in and lead northern research in health, wellness, climate change and the environment, social sciences, and Inuit knowledge and rese...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Polar Knowledge Application Program
FY 2021-2022
Canada
The Hudson Bay Consortium (HBC) encourages and facilitates cross-jurisdictional and cross-cultural communication, cooperation and collaboration in the pursuit of knowledge and the means to protect, im...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Polar Knowledge Application Program
FY 2021-2022
Canada
Facilitate the formation of a research network to support the community’s vision for the protection of Great Bear Lake, addressing community-identified research needs and priorities. Build community c...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Polar Knowledge Application Program
FY 2021-2022
Canada
Glacier2Ocean Watch will create a community-led glacier-to-ocean monitoring program in the Hamlet of Grise Fiord. The project will: 1) build capacity for community-based year-round scientific sampling...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Polar Knowledge Application Program
FY 2021-2022
Canada
The main goal of the project is to protect and promote strong, sustainable fisheries and dynamic ocean ecosystems into perpetuity. With ongoing analysis of monitoring data, the project aims to mitigat...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Northern Science and Technology Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada
Our project investigates the drivers and dynamics of regime shifts in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region through examining interlinkages between beaver population change, changes in lakes and streams an...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Northern Science and Technology Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada
Environmental change across Inuit Nunangat is threatening wildlife with potential impacts on food safety and security, as well as Inuit health and well-being, by promoting the spread of infectious dis...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Northern Science and Technology Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada
Two important bacterial zoonoses have recently emerged in Inuit Nunangat: Erysipelothrix, a novel cause of widespread mortality for muskoxen, and Brucella, which has increased in prevalence in caribou...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Polar Knowledge Application Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada
Our multidisciplinary team includes Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers. Together we: 1) study how environmental changes in the George River Basin impact the Inuit community of Kangiqsualujjuaq...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2024-2025
Canada
Build on the momentum from Polar funded WWF project Future-Proofing Community Access to Country Foods (ending August 20-24), provide land-based or on-the-job training and capacity building of the rece...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2024-2025
Canada
Building on POLAR funded Future Tuktoyaktuk (2019-2023), which established baseline geoscience information to support shore protection, mitigation and a planning strategy, this project will provide ca...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2024-2025
Canada
Advance the collaboratively developed targeted wildlife health surveillance system farther across Inuit Nunangat, build community capacity in wildlife health surveillance, address emerging wildlife he...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2024-2025
Canada
Advance accurate measurements of beluga whales in Marralik-Ungunniavik using hydrophones and Indigenous Knowledge tools (e.g., how often, seasonal variability, etc.), and support more meaningful and b...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2024-2025
Canada
Develop and implement a methane detection program and train Inuvialuit beneficiaries to use Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) affixed with methane sensors, as well as ground-based methane senso...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2024-2025
Canada
Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) researchers will travel to Pangnirtung, Qikiqtarjuaq, Clyde River and Pond Inlet to interview Inuit commercial fishers, Inuit-owned fishing companies, co-management b...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Northern Science and Technology Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada
Inuit have relied on Arctic Char for millennia, and it continues to underpin food security in Nunavut. This proposed project will build on our multi-disciplinary researchprogram in the Cambridge Bay r...
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
FY 2024-2025
Canada
Build on the foundation laid by Phase 1 (2017-2024), apply a transformative approach to cultural education in the Eastern Arctic and infuse Inuit-led narratives on wildlife stewardship into the educat...