Marine Systems
With one ocean, a 35000-island archipelago, Baffin Bay, and Hudson Bay, the sea plays a pivotal role in the subsistence economy and culture of the Canadian Arctic. Projects corresponding to this aim to better understand the reponse of marine systems and ecosystems to the pressures of climate change and modernization.
Current projects
Phase 5 (2019-2024)
Rapidly changing ecosystem dynamics in the Arctic Ocean’s Last Ice Area (RED-AO)
Audrey Limoges
University of New Brunswick
Mathieu Ardyna
Université Laval
Camera community-based Arctic marine mammal studies (CCAMMS)
Marianne Marcoux
University of Manitoba
Acoustic monitoring for community empowerment at Clyde River, Nunavut
Malcolm Ranta
Ilisaqsivik Society, Ittaq Heritage and Research Centre
Water sampling to establish environmental baseline conditions for rivers supporting Arctic char near Naujaat
Johnny Tagornak
Arviq Hunters and Trappers Organization
Arctic Seafloor Mapping Data Processing and Dissemination
Ian Church
University of New Brunswick
Jean-Carlos Montero-Serrano
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Fate of kelp forests in a rapidly changing Arctic
Philippe Archambault
Université Laval
Improved Canadian Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Estimates
Julienne Stroeve
University of Manitoba
Walrus Health and Population Dynamics in the Context of Climate Change
Mathilde Lapointe St-Pierre
Nunavik Research Centre; Makivik Corporation
Marralik estuary beluga project
James May
Regional Nunavimmi Umajulirijii Katujiqatigininga (RNUK)
Kaujivalliajut nillikulunnik | Getting to know little geese
Meredith Purcell
Torngat Wildlife & Plants Co-Management Board
GO-Ice: Glacier-Ocean-Iceberg Dynamics in a Changing Canadian Arctic
Luke Copland
University of Ottawa