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Frédéric Bouchard, a CEN's member, will soon launch its new book Ici, la Terre. This book presents 10 adventures that changed our image of the world in a accessible language. For more information, visit Éditions MultiMondes. Join Frédéric for the launching that will take place on November 2nd at...
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Recently, the 100th issue of Nordicana D was published! This electronic open access data publication platform is managed by the Centre for Northern Studies thanks to the hard work of Étienne Godin and Warwick Vincent! The period of confinement and the slowdown of field campaigns due to the pandemic apparentl...
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A polar bear was seen for the first time in the Gaspé Peninsula in early May and had to be killed to protect human populations. Dominique Berteaux's expertise was sought on numerous occasions to better understand this exceptional situation. Here are some examples (In French): Entrevue radio à P...
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The direction of the CEN is proud to publish an entirely renewed version of its 2018-2020 Activity report. The content and the layout of the report was updated to make it more interesting and attractive. Bonne lecture! (in French only)
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Alexander Culley is part of a team that identified 5500 new ARN viruses and published their results in Science. To read the article by Jean Hamann in ULaval Nouvelles
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Every last wednesday of the month at noon, a CEN member will present about a nordic topic. Chargement…
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Science et Nature highlight research performed by the Chaire de recherche du Canada en biodiversité nordique. After discovering that an Arctic hare had travelled 400 km in a month and a half in the North Pole region, Dominique Berteaux's team published a noteworthy article in the American journal Ecology...
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The Centre for Northern Studies (CEN) owes its existence to the initiative and perseverance of Louis-Edmond Hamelin (1923-2020), a visionary geographer, to promote research in Quebec's Great North. At the University Council of April 14, 1961, the creation in principle of the CEN was adopted. In a ministeria...
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OHMI Nunavik project teamed up with a painter to explore new ways to communicate science. Read the article in Makivik magazine. Some examples of works made by the young painter George River from the beach of Kangiqsualujjuaq (watercolour from photograph taken during a field campaign). ...
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The call for abstract for the 2022 CEN's annual Symposium is now opened! The Symposium will be held on February 17th and 18th in a hybrid version. Face-to-face: The symposium will take place in Quebec City, at an off-campus location that still needs to be determined. It will include an on-site ...
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October 5, 2021
During the month of August 2021, Guillaume Labrecque, head of CEN's Carbon-14 radiochronology laboratory, performed the 10,000th AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry) dating in the history of the laboratory. This is an important milestone for this CEN laboratory which serves scientists, but also private, munici...
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Located on Southampton Island, this pond bears the signature of the changing eating habits of Sadlermiuts, but also the mark of the pollution generated in the South To read the article of Jean Hamman on ULaval Nouvelles (in French).
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The Station d'études montagnardes des Chic-Chocs was officially inaugurated on August 25th, in the Parc national de la Gaspésie. A member of the CEN, Martin-Hugues St-Laurent, has been actively involved in the project since its onset. For more details, read the article by Michel Thisdel in UQAR-INFO ...
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The research work of Oliver Sonnentag and his colleagues at Scotty Creek in the NWT was featured in a series of articles in the French-language newspaper l'Aquilon. To learn more about Oliver's research project on the interaction between the melting permafrost and global warming, see the two article written ...
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September 20, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has made it very difficult to conduct fieldwork in the North, which has led researchers to focus on digital data as an alternative. The increasing digitization of society and the growth of social networks provide a rich source of data for researchers. Nevertheless, ...
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Why is there only 40 caribous left in Gaspésie? Martin-Hugues Saint-Laurent was interviewed by Moteur de recherche to answer this question (in French). Quebec launches a project where caribous from two national parks will be brought into captivity Martin-Hugues St-Laurent and Marco Festa-Bia...
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The ship Louis-Edmond Hamelin is more accessible than ever! Thanks to a partnership between the CEN and Reformar, the L-E-H can be reserved by researchers from all across Quebec. This boat is in fact a mobile research station, ideal to study coastal environments. For more details, read the INQ article....
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In order to reserve and get CEN’s approval to stay at the station, you must contact Kelly Breton-Jacques (kelly.breton-jacques@cen.ulaval.ca). The online reservation system will remain closed for the season.
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Data on the migratory caribou gathered since 2009 by Steeve Côté and his teams as part of the Caribou Ungava project will be part of this atlas. To read the complete article by Jean Hamman on ULaval nouvelles (in French).
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Two CEN members, Warwick Vincent and Alexander Culley, in parnership with their colleagues of the National History Museaum of London recently published a paper highlighting the key role of viruses in arctic ecosystems.
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Olivier Sonnentag, a CEN member, paticipates in a project aiming to form six indigenous residents of the North-West Territories to maintain the equipments measuring greenhouse gases emissions. For more details (in French) : UDEMNOUVELLES
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January 20, 2021
Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet) and Qikiqtarjuaq communities of Nunavut will soon welcome two new reseach stations that will be managed by the CEN and Québec Océan. Those two new projects will be funded by Canada Fund for Innovation (CFI), Quebec government, Université du Québec à Rimouski, and Université du ...
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To read this contribution to the Globe and Mail by Catherine Girard, Mark Mallory and Warwick F. Vincent
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As we are entering our second COVID confinement, you will find news from CEN members in the latest edition of the Bulletin! To receive this biannual newsletter directly in your inbox, clic here.
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The Order of Canada celebrates those who have made extraordinary contributions to the nation. Professor Payette, a professor in the Department of Biology at Université Laval and former director of the CEN, receives this honorary distinction for his research on climate change and the northern flora of Quebec ...
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Here are the headlines of this issue of November 2020: • 2020 Field Season (2nd part): - Enzymatic latch: An approach for enhancing Sphagnum productivity and limiting decomposition and carbon emission. - Monitoring the restoration of a disturbed peatland by an access road in Alberta (Part 1). ...
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Congratulations to Michel Allard, CEN member and professor in the Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics, promoted to the rank of professor emeritus by Université Laval! This promotion to the rank of Emeritus is the highest recognition granted by Université Laval to a faculty member. It underscor...
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Hi, By clicking here, you will find the fourth issue of the year 2020 of the Écho tourbières newsletter, intended for anyone with an interest in the world of peatlands. Here are the headlines of this issue of October 2020: • 2020 Field Season (1st part): - Restoration of the Moss Spur ...
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The scientific community has lost a pillar of Arctic research, Dr. Louis Fortier. The CEN would like to acknowledge Louis' important contribution to the advancement and influence of Arctic science. A visionary and driven individual, Louis generated many synergies during his career that have served and will co...
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As the Arctic summers warm, the Earth's northern landscapes are changing. Using satellite images to track the world's tundra ecosystems over decades, a new study co-authored by CEN Scientific Director, researcher Gilles Gauthier, has revealed that the region has become greener as higher air and soil temperatu...
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A project led by Line Rochefort and Juan Carlos Villareal aims to restore functional ecosystems at mine tailings sites. See Jean Hamann's article on Le Fil.
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Here are the headlines of this issue of July 2020: • Recent publications: - Alshehri, A., C. Dunn, C. Freeman, S. Hugron, T.G. Jones & L. Rochefort. 2020. A potential approach for enhancing carbon sequestration during peatland restoration using low-cost, phenolic-rich biomass supplements. Frontie...
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The Centre d'études nordiques (CEN) is pleased to release its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plan (in French). The CEN, which holds EDI values dear, has formalized its commitments by developing a concrete action plan with measurable objectives that reflect its values. This action plan is inten...
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Journalist Carine Monat speaks with Esther Lévesque, professor and researcher in plant ecology at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. This Arctic plant specialist is an inspiring member of the Centre d'études nordiques. This podcast is a co-production of Québec Science magazine and Acfas, in...
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As part of the activities planned to mark the 60th anniversary of CEN in 2021, a special issue of the journal Écoscience will be published to highlight research work for the benefit of sustainable development in the North and to demonstrate the interdisciplinarity and scope research work in northern regions ...
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CEN's research stations are available under certain conditions. In order to reserve and get CEN’s approval to stay at the station, you must contact Kelly Breton-Jacques (kelly.breton-jacques@cen.ulaval.ca). The online reservation system will remain closed for the season.
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CEN researchers have just published in the Hydrogeology Journal a special mini issue (Topical Collection) on the hydrogeology of the Tasiapik Valley, near the village of Umiujaq in Nunavik. Hydrogeology of a cold-region watershed near Umiujaq (Nunavik, Canada) - Hydrogeology Journal, 28(3) The articl...
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Click here to find the second issue of the year 2020 of the Écho tourbières newsletter, for all those interested in the world of peatlands. Here are the headlines of this issue of April 2020: • Activities to slow down over the next months • Recent publications: - Elliott, J. & J. Price...
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Imalirijiit (“Those who study water”) is a community-based environmental monitoring program started in 2016, from a collaboration between the community of Kangiqsualujjuaq and a team of academic researchers. The goal is to follow the water quality in the George River and train the youth in environmental s...
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As we are entering our second COVID confinement, you will find news from CEN members in the latest edition of the Bulletin! To receive this biannual newsletter directly in your inbox, clic here.
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On February 11th 2020, the Centre for Northern Studies (Centre d'études nordiques - CEN) lost its founding father. As an illustrious geographer, economist, defender of Aboriginal rights, pioneer and visionary of the North, Louis-Edmond Hamelin inspired generations of researchers to discover the many facets o...
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Ecotones mark zones of rapid change in ecological structure at various spatial scales. They are believed to be particularly susceptible to shifts caused by environmental transformation, making them key regions for studying the effects of global change. Here, we explored the variation in assemblage structure o...
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The second issue of the 2019 edition of the newsletter Écho tourbières was published. This newsletter is intended for anyone interested in the world of peatlands.
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This July, 18 PhD students from 10 nations and all continents and 12 mentors took on a plane early morning from Quèbec to fly their way to Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik. The mission was attending the International PhD School “Arctic Microbiomes” organized by Sentinelle Nord by the Université Laval. What...
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CEN researcher Monique Bernier becomes the first woman to receive the prestigious Larry Morley Gold Medal from the Canadian Society for Remote Sensing. Professor Bernier has maintained close ties with the Society throughout her career, including chairing it from 2009 to 2014. The Society acknowledges Ms. Bern...
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In order to cope with the increase in the amount of data generated by CEN's work and to meet a growing demand for access to it, CEN has set up the Nordicana D collection. This collection, produced solely in electronic form, is freely accessible, via the Internet, to CEN researchers and to all other users inte...
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For the second edition of the Northern Project, six students enrolled at Cégep André-Laurendeau in Chemistry and Biology Completion Project stayed in Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik, Nunavik. An internship from June 4 to June 17, 2019 was conducted in partnership with the CEN to apply the knowledge acquired duri...
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CEN researcher and former scientific director Warwick Vincent recently did the exercise of popularizing lake ecosystems in his new book called Lakes: A Brief Introduction. The book covers the main aspects of limnology, from its history, to the value of lake environments to societies, including the biological ...
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The CEN greatly contributed to mentoring a course entitled Introduction to Northern Research Issues organized by the INQ from May 6 to 10, 2019 in Quebec City. The course objectives were to fully prepare researchers to work in a northern context, in difficult field conditions, and to help them learn how to es...
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You will find lots of fresh news from CEN members in the latest edition of the Bulletin! To receive this biannual newsletter directly in your inbox, clic here.
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The research undertaken by our members, often in collaboration with northern communities, is highlighted in a recent article in the newspaper Le Devoir. The article specifically addresses issues related to thawing permafrost, collaborative research, climate change and research funding. It mentions the potenti...
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The 6th edition of Youth Fusion’s Pigunnaniq (talent in Inuktituk) Festival, which took place on December 6, 7 and 8 2018 in Kuujjuarapik, Nunavik was a great success! Young Inuit talents from 6 Northern Villages of Nunavik gathered together to share the stage with accomplished Indigenous artists, Kelly Fra...
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In Whitehorse, the Minister of Transport of Canada announced two permafrost research contracts led by, or involving, CEN researchers. Researcher Michel Allard (CEN-ULaval) will receive more than $339,000 in funding to evaluate the effectiveness of climate change adaptation techniques applied at the Iqaluit Ai...
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The CEN would like to congratulate the Youth Committee of the Kangiqsualujjuaq community and the IMALIRIJIIT team for the $466K Arctic Inspiration Award 2018 they won and which will enable youth from all Nunavik Inuit communities to participate in land-based resource and science camps in rapidly changing nort...
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Following the elections held on Friday, February 8, 2019, during the annual conference of the Centre d'études nordiques, here are the members who will compose the Student Committee as of May 2019: Karine Rioux, student in Geography and representative at Université de Montréal; Vincent Sassevill...
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The CEN annual meeting was once again a great success this year with over 170 participants and a rich and diversified program including invited conferences on developing research collaborations and partnerships with Inuit communities and on new research platforms for work in coastal zones. We also had the opp...
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Congratulations to Héloïse Barbel who received the distinction on the Honor Roll of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for the year 2018 as part of the Master's program in Geographical Sciences. She won the unanimity of the jury because of the excellent marks for her master's thesis.
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A new comparative study, conducted by the international GTN-P permafrost network, including CEN researcher Michel Allard, shows that mean ground temperature has increased in all permafrost regions except sites in the eastern Canadian Arctic. This new study compiles time series of global permafrost temperature...
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CEN congratulates the two recipients of the FRQNT international internship scholarship program for 2019. Doctoral student Bo Qu, from the Geography Department at Université de Montréal under the supervision of Oliver Sonnentag received a $5000 scholarship for a two-month internship in British Columbia. Rac...
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It is with great pleasure that we inform you of the publication of the third volume of the Northern Flore of Quebec and Labrador, under the direction of Professor Serge Payette. The book is the result of a long-term collaboration between several Quebec botanists and is the third of four volumes devoted ...
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CEN is extremely proud to work with Kangiqsualujjuaq community member who, once again, prove their leadership by being nominated for this year Arctic Instpiartion prize! They have been mnominated ofr their project unami Sukuijainiq: A Youth Arctic Ecology Land Camp Program. You can read more information on ...
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CEN would like to thank the outgoing director, Dr Najat Bhiry, for all the hard work she accomplished during her two consecutive mandates as CEN Director from 2012 to 2018. This includes securing a large CFI grant to construct CEN`s ninth research station in Kangiqsualujjuaq, which opened last summer for rese...
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Following a long history of efforts by communities, organizations and interested parties in the greater James Bay/Hudson Bay regions towards sharing knowledge and coordinated environmental stewardship, the inaugural Hudson Bay Summit brought together these groups to formally create the Hudson Bay Consortium a...
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Climate change threatens to accentuate population fluctuations of this small arctic rodent Already known for the large cyclical variations of their populations, lemmings could experience even more demographic upheavals as a result of climate change affecting the Arctic. This is the conclusion that research...
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The inauguration of the recently built (2018) CEN research station in Kangiqsualujjuaq took place September 5-6th 2018. The event was a great success, with more than 60 participants from the community, 5 members of CEN and 1 member of CIÉRA. The opening ceremony was officially launched with a prayer by Nor...
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CEN wishes a warm welcome to Jeannie Annanack (left) and Eleonora Townley (right) as our new managers for the SUKUIJARVIK CEN-Kangiqsualujjuaq station which recently opened in 2018. The station Inuktitut name means “place of science”. CEN hired Eleonora as the year-round manager and Jeannie will also be h...
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CEN researcher Steeve Côté was invited to Boucar Diouf radio program “La nature selon Boucar” on Radio-Canada. During the 4th of August episode's on caribou and nordicity, the researcher discuss the possible reasons explaining the decline of caribou's populations.
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Last month, 24 membres of the Sentinel North program spent a week at CEN's flagship station in Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik to participate in a workshop aiming at familiarising them with the challenges of northern research and to the realities of northern communities. CEN members Michel Allard and Richard Fort...
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Three CEN Students are Finalists in "Mon projet nordique". Congrstulations to Samuel Gagnon, Myriam Labbé and Mafalda Miranda who are amongst the six finalists who will have the opportunity to present their projects in Rekjavik, Iceland, next October during the Arctic Circle Assembly. More infor...
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To take science by the other end, by the image and not by the words. This is the original idea behind this contest launched by ACFAS in 2010. Dedicated to images from scientific research in all fields of knowledge, the contest has been spreading since 2016 across Canada, thanks to the collaboration with the N...
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Congratulations to Samuel Gagnon, PhD student in the department of geographie at Université Laval under the supervision of CEN researcher Michel Allard for winning the 2018 George Hobson award of the Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP). He was given the 1000$ award for his project intitled "Geom...
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The interaction between species has undergone unprecedented changes in recent decades. These upheavals, the consequences of which are not yet known, are evolving in line with climate change.
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This year, the symposium was once again a success. The symposium lasted two days, on March 21st and 22nd 2018, and took place at the Optics-Photonics block. A section of the conference was reserved for the presentation of scientific posters presented by the undergraduate students. Finally, our conference cont...
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Congratulations to our winners of the CEN 2018 Conference Communication Awards! Samuel Gagnon and Michaël Bonin (ULaval) - Ex-aequo best oral presentation / Louis-Emond Hamelin Award... Mathilde Poirier (ULaval) - best express speech...Karine Rioux (UofMontreal) - Best Express Sentinel North... Mathilde ...
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Three CEN students have been awarded a scholarship for an international internship at the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature and Technology (FRQNT). These scholarships, valued at a maximum of $15,000, are intended for an internship abroad. Congratulations to the new scholars! - Myriam Labbé (Laval U...
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A CEN student member, Gwyneth Anne MacMillan (University of Montreal), participates to the competition "Science Action!" of the CRSNG. Follow the link to watch her one-minute film on her research on contamination in the far north. Feel free to share it, since only the videos with the most vie...
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What is called permafrost? What gases does it contain? Why is it important to study its evolution? What are the observable consequences of the permafrost thaws associated with climate change? What is the risk in the near future? Can we delay the thaw? See the report by Florent Dominé, researcher at the Fra...
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Best poster presentation (PhD)– Vincent Sasseville (USherbrooke)
Best poster presentation (MSc)– Élise Imbeau (UQAC)
Best oral presentation / Louis-Edmond Hamelin Prize– Michaël Bonin (ULaval)
Best two-minute elevator speech– Alex Mavrovic (USherbrooke)
Sentinel North Prize for multidisciplinary research – Catherine Chagnon (ULaval)
CREATE-BIOS2 Prize for research on quantitative biodiversity – Myriam Labbé (ULaval)
Best oral presentation / Louis-Edmond Hamelin Prize (Ex- aequo) /Prix Louis-Edmond Hamelin – Samuel Gagnon et Michaël Bonin (ULaval)
Best two-minute elevator speech - Mathilde Poirier (ULaval)
Sentinel North Prize for best two-minute elevator speech - Karine Rioux (UdeMontréal)
Best poster presentation (PhD)- Mathilde Poirier (ULaval)
Best poster presentation (MSc)- Alex Mavrovic (UdeSherbrooke)
Best oral presentation / Louis-Edmond Hamelin Prize - Catherine Girard (UdeM)
Best two-minute elevator speech -Mathieu Tétreault (UQAR)
Best poster presentation (PhD) (Ex-aequo) - Yannick Seyer (ULaval) and Antoine Gagnon-Poiré (INRS-ETE)
Best poster presentation (MSc) -Mathilde Poirier (ULaval)
Best oral presentation -Dominique Fauteux (ULaval)
Special Mention: David Banville and Marc-André Lemay
Best two-minute elevator speech -Clara Morrissette-Boileau (ULaval)
Best poster presentation (PhD) -Audrey LePogam (UQAR)
Best poster presentation (MSc) -Lindsay Gauvin (UMoncton)
Special Mention: Clara Morrissette-Boileau
Best oral presentation-Martin Leclerc (USherbrooke) EnviroNorth scolarship
Best two-minute elevator speech-Michaël Bonin (ULaval)EnviroNorth scolarship
Best poster presentation (PhD) -Clément Chevalier (UQAR)EnviroNorth scolarship
Best poster presentation (MSc) -Yannick Seyer (ULaval) EnviroNorth scolarship
Louis-Edmond Hamelin Prize - Yann Foury (ULaval)
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Best oral presentation -Loreleï Guéry (UQAR) EnviroNorth scolarship
Best oral presentation-Alexandre Normandeau (ULaval) EnviroNorth scolarship
Best 2 minutes elevator speech -Pascale Ropars (ULaval) EnviroNorth scolarship
Best poster presentation -Vincent Lamarre (UQAR) EnviroNorth scolarship
Special mention poster presentation - Katrine Grandmont (CEN staff)
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Best oral presentation - Catherine Doucet (UQAR)
Best 2 minutes elevator speech -Marie-Pier Denis (ULaval)
Best poster presentation (Ph.D) -Alex Matveev (ULaval)
Best poster presentation (M.Sc.) -Katryne Larrivée (UdM)
Best poster presentation (M.Sc.) -Simon Massé (UQAR)
In 2011, the Centre for Northern Studies (CEN – Centre d’études nordiques) celebrated 50 years of excellence in northern research. In 1961, Université Laval and the Québec government joined forces to establish the Centre by ministerial decree. Celebrations to underscore this half century of research took place throughout the year and reflected the breadth and vitality of CEN activities. The CEN has grown from a dozen researchers in its beginnings to over 50 in 2011, and from a handful of students to more than 180, emphasizing one of CEN’s foremost missions to train highly qualified personnel in the analysis and management of cold region ecosystems and geosystems. CEN staff comprises over 40 research associates, assistants, and managers.
A series of events also underscored the CEN’s 50th anniversary, such as public lectures held throughout Québec, Canada, and abroad via CEN’s partners such as SCANNET (www.scannet.nu).
The first celebration highlighting CEN’s 50th anniversary took place during the annual Colloque on February 9th and 10th at Université Laval. For the occasion, CEN had the honour of welcoming its founder, Louis Edmond Hamelin, who gave a historic account of the CEN’s establishment at Université Laval by ministerial decree and its first stations in the North. The plenary speaker was the internationally renowned paleoclimatologist Valérie Masson-Delmotte followed by Marcel Babin, holder of the prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chair in Remote Sensing of Canada's New Arctic Frontier and director of the program Takuvik (a joint Université Laval / CNRS laboratory), Jean Carignan geochemist and codirector of Takuvik, and professor Frédéric Laugrand, anthropologist specializing in northern populations and retiring Director of the Interuniversity Centre for Aboriginal Studies and Research (CIÉRA). Another notable event which took place during the Colloque was the throat singing performed by Marie Belleau and Lisa Koperqualuk, two Inuit.
The Colloque closed with the announcement of CEN photo contest winners. The theme of the photos submitted by all members was « CEN field research, from southern Québec to northern Nunavut ». Ten prizes of $100 from www.amazon.ca were attributed to the finalists of the Photo Contest. The top three received an additional $100 in cash. The jury consisted of Geneviève Allard, Stéphane Boudreau, Luc Cournoyer, France Dufresne, Nathalie Racine, Pascale Ropars, and Émilie Saulnier-Talbot.
First prize, Reinhard Pienitz – Drained Lake, Baffin Island, Nunavut (August 2010) Second prize, Arnaud Tarroux, Bylot Island (May 2008) Third prize, Martin Sirois - Bylot Island (August 2006) Finalist, Sébastien Bourget - Ward Hunt Island (July 2010) Finalist, Clément Clerc – Amundsen Gulf (March 2008) Finalist, Francis Gauthier – Bride’s Veil, La Martre (July 2010) Finalist, Mélanie Jean – Boniface River (August 2009) Finalist, Emmanuel L'Hérault – Salluit (June 2008) Finalist, Marie Lionard – Ward Hunt Island (July 2010) Finalist, Nicolas Rolland – Great Plain of Koukdjuak, Baffin Island (July 2010)
The Colloque was also an opportunity to inaugurate its mobile exhibit entitled: Le Centre d’études nordiques : 50 ans de rayonnement. The exhibit highlights CEN’s history, its mission and research themes as well as showcases the CEN Network, our vast network of climate and research stations spanning over 4000 km from southern Québec to the High Arctic desert. The exhibit illustrates the broad scope of CEN’s research activities and the dynamic nature of the Québec researchers.
First hosted at Université Laval’s library, the exhibit then moved on to be presented at the Centre Eau-Terre-Environnement de l’Institut national de recherche scientifique (INRS-ETE) over the summer with a stop at Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR). The exhibit will be presented at the International Polar Year Conference - From Knowledge to Action in Montreal in April. Its final destination is the Community Science Centre at Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik planned for May 2012. Here, the mobile exhibit will be part of a larger, permanent exhibit at the Centre which will be inaugurated in spring/summer 2012.
The year was also busy finishing the upgrades of CEN research stations across the eastern Canadian Arctic, from Radisson in James Bay to Ward Hunt Island off the northern coast of Ellesmere Island. This work was accomplished thanks to the financial support provided by the Arctic Research Infrastructure Fund (ARIF) from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.
On August 2nd 1961, the ministerial decree was signed to finalize the establishment of CEN and its research activities in the North. On this day in 2011, CEN’s tenth research station was inaugurated. This station is a mobile station – a research vessel named after the founder, the Louis-Edmond-Hamelin. The 26 foot aluminum boat (a Silver Dolphin) is the CEN’s first mobile station and is equipped with state-of-the-art instruments to map river beds, lake bottoms and ocean floors. The small vessel has the advantage of being able to cruise in waters less than 2 metres deep and can be easily transported by land to various inland lakes and reservoirs.
CEN has published a special issue in commemoration of CEN’s first 50 years in Ecoscience. The issue includes an overview of terrestrial work out of our station at Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik, a review of work on the Great Whale River and coastal Hudson Bay, articles pertaining to aquatic ecosystems of the Arctic, dendrochronology, and wildlife and tundra ecosystem dynamics. The research topics examined in this issue represent a subset of the wide array of research disciplines studied by the CEN.
Here are some of the major articles you will find in this special issue:
Vincent, W.F., Côté, S.D., Bernier, M., 2011. Special issue - Introductory remarks: From boreal forest to High Arctic Desert: A theme issue commemorating 50 years of research by the Centre for Northern Studies (CEN) in Eastern Canada, 18 (3) : iii-iv.
Payette, S., Saulnier-Talbot, É., 2011. Un demi-siècle de recherche au Centre d’études nordiques : un défi de tous les instants. Écoscience, 18 (3) : 171-181.
Bhiry, N., Delwaide, A., Allard, M., Bégin, Y., Filion, L., Lavoie, M., Nozais, C., Payette, S., Pienitz, R., Saulnier-Talbot, É., Vincent, W.F., 2011. Environmental change in the Great Whale River region, Hudson Bay: Five decades of multidisciplinary research by Centre d’études nordiques (CEN). Écoscience, 18 (3) : 182-203.
Rautio, M., Dufresne, F., Laurion, I., Bonilla, S.E., Vincent, W.F., Christoffersen, K., 2011. Shallow freshwater ecosystems of the circumpolar Arctic. Écoscience, 18 (3) : 204-222
Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., Bêty, J., Tarroux, A., Therrien, J.-F., McKinnon, L., Legagneux, P., Cadieux, M.-C., 2011. The tundra food web of Bylot Island in a changing climate and the role of exchanges between ecosystems. Écoscience, 18 (3) : 223-235
Vincent, W.F., Fortier, D., Lévesque, E., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Tremblay, B., Sarrazin, D., Antoniades, D., Mueller, D.R., 2011. Extreme ecosystems and geosystems in the Canadian High Arctic: Ward Hunt Island and vicinity. Écoscience, 18 (3) : 236-261
The 50th anniversary was covered by several press releases which are listed below.
Slideshow of Louis-Edmond Hamelin's conference (pdf - 1.99 Mo) Colloque annuel du CEN, Université Laval, Février 2011
Le Centre d’études nordiques a 50 ans Au Fil des événements, 17 février 2011
Le Centre d’études nordiques a 50 ans MédiaTerre, 21 février 2011
Recherche nordique : Le Centre d’études nordiques (CEN) célèbre ses 50 ans UQAR-Info, 18 février 2011
Reportage journalistique étudiant « Les 50 ans d’existences du Centre d’études nordiques ». Angle neuf 2011, Émission 3 –Partie 2.
Exposition : Le Centre d’études nordiques : 50 ans de rayonnement Bibliothèque de l’Université Laval, 5 mai 2011
Centre d'études nordiques: un petit navire de recherche pas banal Le Soleil, 3 août 2011
L'INRS accueille l'exposition du Centre d’études nordiques (CEN). Webzine planète INRS.ca , 5 juillet 2011
50 ans du CEN (cahier spécial 50e du CEN) Le Devoir, 6 août 2011
50e anniversaire du CEN : Journée de conférences sur la nordicité. Webzine planète INRS,ca, 1er septembre 2011
Regard sur la recherche Nord? Texte de conférence de M. Louis-Edmond Hamelin (pdf - 2.61 Mo) INRS-ETE, 1er septembre 2011
L’UQAR célèbre les 50 ans du Centre d’études nordiques Progrès-écho, 14 septembre 2011
L’UQAR célèbre les 50 ans du Centre d’études nordiques UQAR-Info, 14 septembre 2011
De la forêt boréale au désert du Haut-Arctique (numéro spécial 50e du CEN) Écoscience, volume 18, no3, 2011
