Centre for Northern Studies
Over 400 researchers studying northern terrestrial environments
Spring Meeting 2025
The CEN spring meeting will be held this Friday, May 2, 2025 at Université Laval! On the menu: the AGM for research members and training and networking activities!
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InfoCEN- April 2025
In the April Info-CEN: Introducing the new Interim Director, the programme for the Spring Meeting and Researchers' General Assembly, a review of the Writing Retreat, two great winter field stories, new articles from our members and media coverage, and muc
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The CEN 2021-2023 activity report
Check out the CEN 2021-2023 bi-annual activity report, which highlights the achievements of CEN members!
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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