Centre for Northern Studies
Over 450 members studying northern terrestrial environments
Northern Scientific Training Program
The 2027-2028 Competition is now open for the NSTP of Polar Knowledge Canada. CEN coordinates the submission for ULaval.
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Call for abstracts is open!
The next annual conference will take place on February 18-19 in Sherbrooke. Submit your abstract before November 16 at noon!
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InfoCEN September
New scientific management, article in the New York Times, storyfield... Learn more about what's new at the CEN!
More detailsThe CEN is a research centre based at Université Laval, managing an extensive network of infrastructures stretching from the boreal to the Canadian High Arctic. Thanks to the Fonds québécois de recherche, secteur Nature et technologies, CEN is a strategic inter-university and multidisciplinary group working in partnership with northern communities and public and private organizations to promote sustainable development in the North.
CEN manages three unique infrastructure networks in the circumpolar world
Qaujisarvik ('place of study' in Inuktitut) is a network of research stations managed by the CEN. With this network, CEN fulfills its mission to provide unparalleled access to the North for the scientific and educational communities.
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SILA ('climate' in Inuktitut) is a network of 110 permanent observatories for climate and environmental change in the North, operated by CEN. The network extends over 3500 km, between Quebec City and Ward Hunt Island, Nunavut.
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Nordicana D is a collection of longitudinal datasets available exclusively in electronic format on the web and freely accessible worldwide.
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