Centre for Northern Studies
Over 400 researchers studying northern terrestrial environments
The 2025 CEN Annual Conference in a Nutshell
The 2025 edition of CEN's Annual Conference was a success thanks to the participation and involvement of its members and partners! Visit the summary page of the 45th CEN Annual Conference
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InfoCEN- February 2025
In the February 2025 edition of Info-CEN: a new staff member at CEN, a review of the ArcticChange conference, last informations about the Annual Conference 2025 and the half-day workshop, upcoming events, opportunities for our members and a Nordic researc
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CEN's Half-day workshop 2025
For the second year running, the CEN and its student committee are organising a half-day of training. This year, the half-day will take place on 12 February 2025 from 12:30 to 17:30.
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 Nature et Technologies (FRQNT), 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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Due to the increasing amount of data generated by CEN's work, and the growing demand for access to it, CEN has created the Nordicana D collection, an open-access platform for Nordic climate and environmental data.
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