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Iqaluit could start running out of fresh water by 2024 – York U
TORONTO, Monday, June 12, 2017 – Without action, the supply of fresh water in Iqaluit will begin to dwindle by 2024 due to climate change and increased demand, research led by York University has found. “Extreme climates make the management of fresh water difficult, but add climate change to the mix, along with too few […]
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Beringia Centre celebrates 20 years of interpreting ice age Yukon
May 30, 2017 The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre marked its 20th anniversary with an event that brought together the many people who have researched and interpreted Yukon’s ice age past. The event included a panel discussion featuring individuals who were involved in the initial conception and planning for the centre, as well as researchers, scientists […]
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Canadian scientific footage confirms use of narwhal tusk – WWF
May 12, 2017 Ottawa, Ontario – For the first time, there is video evidence of narwhals using their tusks to hit and stun fish prior to eating them. In collaboration with the community of Pond Inlet and benefiting from Inuit Traditional Knowledge, this first-of-its kind footage was captured by Canadian scientists from Fisheries and Oceans […]
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Parks Canada underwater team in Nunavut to examine HMS Terror – NunatsiaqOnline
Underwater video, photos, will help plan this summer’s dive to the wreck site May 01, 2017 The ice hasn’t even disappeared yet but Parks Canada’s underwater archaeology team and has already arrived in Gjoa Haven to begin this year’s examination of Sir John Franklin’s sunken HMS Terror. With help from an archaeologist from the Government […]
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New Report Showcases Global Support for Arctic Research
April 24, 2017 Data company ÜberResearch and the UArctic Science & Research Analytics Task Force today released a report analyzing global funding trends in Arctic research: International Arctic Research: Analyzing Global Funding Trends. A Pilot Report (2017 Update). In this annual update to the pilot report on global Arctic funding published in 2016 and using […]
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Research with purpose: DeGroote-led team helps overhaul Yukon’s child and youth mental health services – Dailynews.mcmaster.ca
April 12, 2017 If she closes her eyes, Gillian Mulvale can still see the rugged beauty of one of Canada’s most pristine natural landscapes. During her first trip to Yukon in May 2013, the DeGroote Assistant Professor basked in the brightness of the sun during long days, and was surprised by warmer weather than what […]
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James P. Howley’s 1915 book on Beothuk a product of era and author – MUN Research
In 1912 geologist and surveyor James P. Howley completed four decades of gathering first-hand accounts, family stories, artifacts and written records about the Beothuk. His book, The Beothucks or the Red Indians: The Aboriginal Inhabitants of Newfoundland, was published three years later and for much of the century was long considered the definitive collection of […]
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Research ethics experts visit Yukon to share knowledge
March 17, 2017 WHITEHORSE—Two members of the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB) will be at Yukon College next week to give a public talk on research ethics and provide training to the College’s Research Ethics Board (REB). Dr. Sharon Freitag directs the research ethics office at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and Dr. […]
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NunatuKavut: Labrador Research Forum postponed!
4 February 2017, 10:28 am AST Please note that the Labrador Research Forum, planned for February 15-18, is being postponed. New dates will be announced soon. PostPond NT4
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Yukon home to first humans in North America 24,000 years ago, research suggests – CBC
Jan 16, 2017 Carbon dating of archeological site suggests humans were in Yukon 10,000 years earlier than previously thought Humans may have been living in Yukon’s Bluefish Caves 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, new research from the University of Montreal suggests. If confirmed, this would make it the oldest known archeological site in North […]
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