University of Waterloo

$500,185.00 CAD

≈ 6 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Polar Knowledge Canada
Program
Grants and Contributions for the Advancement of Northern Science and Technology
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2025-2026
Agreement period
July 15, 2025 – March 31, 2028
Reference
polar-polaire:171-2025-2026-Q4-P0013

Published purpose

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 spends the winter, and whether Dolly Varden are more resilient to the rapidly warming water temperatures that have been observed. Identifying habitats and temperatures used by char will allow the community to enact the most informed stewardship and management practices possible.

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