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. Corresponding projects aim to better understand the response of marine systems and ecosystems to the pressures of climate change and modernization.

Current projects

Phase 5 (2019-2024)

Weather and aajurait (lead) Monitoring for sea ice safety during the break-up season
Derek Mueller
Andrew Arreak
Rapidly changing ecosystem dynamics in the Arctic Ocean’s Last Ice Area (RED-AO)
Audrey Limoges
Mathieu Ardyna
Camera community-based Arctic marine mammal studies (CCAMMS)
Marianne Marcoux
An ecosystem approach to quantifying behavioural and energetic impacts of anthropogenic disturbance to Arctic whales
Sarah Fortune
Qikiqtani inshore fisheries surveys: studying coastal marine species in Kinngait, Sanikiluaq, Sanirajak and Igloolik
Scott Grant
Brian Burke
Ecosystem Shift in Hudson Bay and James Bay: Causes, Consequences, and Prospects for the Future
Zou-zou Kuzyk
Dynamic microbial populations in Canada’s Arctic Ocean are poised to respond to environemental change
Casey Hubert
Glacier troughs as biodiversity and abundance hotspots in Arctic and subarctic regions
Maxime Geoffrey
Glacier ice volume, iceberg discharge and shipping risk in the Canadian Arctic and beyond
Luke Copland
Marine primary production in a changing Arctic Ocean
Mathieu Ardyna
Acoustic monitoring for community empowerment at Clyde River, Nunavut
Shari Fox
Water sampling to establish environmental baseline conditions for rivers supporting Arctic char near Naujaat
Johnny Tagornak
Kaujivalliajut nillikulunnik | Getting to know little geese
Meredith Purcell
Marralik estuary beluga project
James May
Walrus Health and Population Dynamics in the Context of Climate Change
Mathilde Lapointe St-Pierre
Improved Canadian Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Estimates
Julienne Stroeve
Fate of kelp forests in a rapidly changing Arctic
Philippe Archambault
Arctic Seafloor Mapping Data Processing and Dissemination
Ian Church
Jean-Carlos Montero-Serrano
A Co-operative Observation Network to Address Community Research Priorities While Studying Marine Biogeochemistry
Brent Else
Understanding climate change impacts on fish species in Ungava Bay (Kuujjuaq, Quebec)
Michael Power
Downscaling future oceanography projections in the Canadian Arctic and Subarctic
Eric Oliver
GO-Ice: Glacier-Ocean-Iceberg Dynamics in a Changing Canadian Arctic
Luke Copland
Community-based research on winter water modifications in the coastal domain of Hudson Bay: Implications for freshwater-marine coupling, biological productivity and the carbon cycle
Zou-zou Kuzyk
Nutrient fluxes and living marine resources in the Inuit Nunangat
Jean-Éric Tremblay