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Canada's Network of Centres of Excellence to Study The Canada’s Network of Centres of Excellence to study the changing coastal Canadian Arctic Martin Fortier, Ph.D. Executive Director Canada Norway Northern Innovation Initiative Tromsø, 22 September 2014 Host institution: The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) are unique partnerships among universities, industry, government and not-for-profit organizations aimed at turning Canadian research and entrepreneurial talent into economic and social benefits for all Canadians. An integral part of the Government of Canada’s innovation Strategy, these nation-wide, multidisciplinary and multisectoral research partnerships connect research excellence with industrial know-how and strategic investment. Our Mission • To build synergy among existing Centres of Excellence in the natural, human health and social arctic sciences. • To involve Northerners, government and industry in the steering of the Network and scientific process through bilateral exchange of knowledge, training and technology. • To increase and update the observational basis needed to address ecosystem-level questions raised by climate change and globalization in the Arctic. • To provide academic researchers and their national and international collaborators with stable access to the coastal Canadian Arctic. • To consolidate national and international collaborations in the study of the Canadian Arctic. • To contribute to the training of the next generation of experts, from north and south, needed to study, model and ensure the stewardship of the changing Canadian Arctic. • To help translate our growing understanding of the changing Arctic into impact assessments, national and global policies and adaptation strategies. Corporate Profile 38 145 32 Research projects Network Investigators Canadian Universities 2 30+ 14 Canada Excellence Research Chairs Countries Research Chairs 1000+ Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, Research associates, technicians and other specialists Strength is in the Network Partners from Coast to Coast to Coast and beyond borders Nunavut Québec Ontario AANDC-CHARS Défense nationale AANDC Canada Nunavut Geoscience Office Environnement Canada-CWS • IPY Federal Program Office Government of Nunavut FRQNT • Northern Contaminants Program Igloolik Research Centre Hydro-Québec Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation Inuvialuit Natural Resources Canada-PCSP INRS-ÉTÉ CCIN Aurora College Nunavut Arctic College INSPQ Canadian Institute of Planners Aurora Research Institute Nunavut Department of Education MAMROT Canadian Museum of Nature FJMC Nunavut Implementation Fund McGill University Canadian Polar Commission Inuvialuit Joint Secretariat Nunavut Research Institute MDEIE Canadian Space Agency Inuvialuit Regional Corporation Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated MRNF Carleton University Nunavut Wildlife Management Board Ouranos DFAIT Nunavut Wildlife Research Trust Parcs Canada Environment Canada Parks Canada Garde côtière canadienne • Canada Centre for Inland Waters MPO-Institut Maurice Lamontagne • Canadian Ice Service Yukon Ressources Naturelles Canada • Canadian Wildlife Serice Environment Canada-CWS Nunatsiavut Transport Québec (MTQ) • National Water Research Institute Yukon Government Territoires du Nord-Ouest Nunatsiavut Government Université de Montréal • Science and Technology Branch AANDC Parks Canada Université du Québec à Chicoutimi First Air Canadian North Torngat Joint Fisheries Board Université du Québec à Montréal Fisheries and Oceans Canada Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. Vale Inco Université du Québec à Rimouski • Canadian Coast Guard Environment Canada Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières • Canadian Hydrographic Services • CWS Université de Sherbrooke Garfield Weston Foundation • CIMP Université Laval Health Canada-FNIHB Golder Associate Inuit Circumpolar Conference – Canada Nunavik Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Xstrata Nickel-Mine Raglan Lakehead University Centre de recherche du Nunavik National Aboriginal Health Organization Colombie-Britannique National Defence CCCMA – MSC Saskatchewan Administration régionale Kativik Environment Canada Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador Natural Resources Canada Environment Canada Memorial University • Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Natural Resources Canada-GSC National Hydrology Resource Centre Sikumiiut Environmental Consulting • Geological Survey of Canada DFO-Institute of Ocean Science University of Saskatchewan Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources The AXYS Group Queen’s University University of British Columbia Manitoba Royal Military College University of Northern British Columbia Churchill Northern Studies Centre Ryerson University University of Victoria DFO-Freshwater Institute St. Jerome’s University Manitoba Hydro Transport Canada Parks Canada Trent University Port of Churchill University of Manitoba Alberta Ile-du-Prince-Edouard Arctic Institute of North America University of Prince Edward Island BP Exploration Operating Company Nouvelle-Écosse Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Dalhousie University Environment Canada Nouveau-Brunswick Environment Canada-CWS Imperial Oil New Brunswick Innovation Foundation DFO-Bedford Institute of Oceanography University of Alberta University of New Brunswick Natural Resources Canada-GSC University of Calgary Une vision d’avenir, une science partagée. Tous mobilisés pour le Nord At Université Laval, ArcticNet regroups the strengths of 6 Centres of Excellence and over 300 people Involving 35 participating universities in all 10 Canadian provinces ArcticNet Research Program Marine Systems 11 projects Terrestrial Systems 9 projects Inuit Health, Education and Adaptation 11 projects Northern Policy and Development 5 projects Knowledge Transfer 2 projects Research Effort & Monitoring Marine Systems Remote Sensing ● Sea Ice ● Marine Mammals Climate ● Arctic Cod ● Biological Hotspots Observatories ● Seabed Mapping ● Carbon Flux Contaminants ● Productivity ● Ecosystem Services The CCGS Amundsen: a Canadian research icebreaker for international collaboration in the study of the changing Arctic A Canadian research icebreaker for international collaboration in the study of the changing Arctic (27,7M$) CCGS Amundsen 1,400+ research days at sea since 2003 170,000+ nautical miles travelled since 2003 20,000+ nautical miles planned for 2014 $30M+ of state of the art scientific equipment Over 3500 sampling stations in Canadian Arctic waters since 2003 IPY-Circumpolar Flaw Lead System Study (2007-11) Countries with Institutions participating in CFL: Canada, USA, China, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Netherlands $40M, 4 years 370 investigators $11M in new CFI funds 102 Senior Scientists International lead- Pan-AME 122 graduate students Strong northern partnerships 46 technicians 11 month field program 35 Schools on Board First time! 41 media Countries of origin of CFL researchers and media: Canada, USA, China, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Netherlands, Finland, Scotland, Poland Major research collaborations with Private Sector (Oil & Gas, Hydro) Terrestrial Systems Permafrost ● Wildlife ● Glaciers ● Climate Caribou ● Vegetation ● Hydrology ● Landscape Mercury ● Charr ● Freshwater ● Tundra Lakes CEN Research Station, Bylot Island, Nunavut The CEN Network Ward Hunt Island, 83oN for Arctic observation Alexandra Fjord, 79oN, UBC SILA: 80 monitoring stations Qaujisarvik: 9 field stations Bylot Island, 73oN Nettilling Lake, 70oN Boniface, 58oN Salluit, 62oN Umiujaq-LEC 56oN Kuujjuarapik, 55oN Whapmagoostui Radisson, 53oN Québec City CEN Secretariat Université Laval CEN Bylot Island Station Lat 73 N, Nunavut, Sirmilik National Park (ARIF-CFI upgrades in 2009 included new lab, solar power and bear fence) Inuit Health, Education and Adaptation Coastal erosion ● Communities ● Food Security Education ● Health ● Country Foods ● Adaptation Northern Policy and Development Shipping ● Law of the Sea ● Arctic Security Research to Policy ● Industrial Development Collaborations with Norway • Numerous large international programs involving researchers from both countries (CASES, IPY-CFL, IPY-Arctic Wolves, Herbivory Network, ITEX, INTERACT…) • Many exchanges & co-supervision of graduate students and post-docs, joint courses & field schools Ocean Sciences: • MOU between ArcticNet (U.Laval) and Arctos (UiT) signed in 2007 and renewed today. Louis Fortier, Jean-Eric Tremblay, Connie Lovejoy, Marcel Babin (U. Laval); David Barber, Søeren Rysgaard, Gary Stern, Tim Papakyriakou (U. Manitoba); Trevor Bell (Memorial U.), Michel Gosselin, Guillaume St-Onge Philippe Archambault (UQAR) Paul Wassmann, Marit Reigstad, Matthias Forwick (UiT), Lionel Camus, Stig Falk-Petersen (Akvaplan-Niva), Agneta Fransson, Aakon Hop, Jean-Charles Gallet (NPI); Lis Jørgensen, Melissa Chierici (IMR); Jørgen Berge, Tove Gabrielsen (UNIS); Roland Kallenborn (NMBU) Collaborations with Norway Arctic Wildlife, Limnology, Ecology & Tundra: Steeve Côté, Gilles Gauthier (U. Laval) ; Joël Bêty, Dominique Berteaux, Martin-Hugues St-Laurent (UQAR), David Hik (U of A), Greg Henry (UBC), Marco Festa-Blanchet (U. Sherbrooke), Yves Gratton (INRS), Michael Power (U. Waterloo) Nigel Gilles Yoccoz, Rolf Ims, Vera Hausner, Dorothee Ehrich, Martin Mörsdorf, Elisabeth Cooper, Per Arne Amundsen, Martin Sevenning (UiT); Eva Fuglei, Sébastien Descamps, Virve Ravolainen (NPI); Sandra Hamel, Audun Stien, Torkild Tveraa, Geraldine Mabille, Per Fauchald, Nina Eide, Arnaud Tarroux, Annika Hofgaard; Kari Klanderud, Ørjan Totland (NMBU); Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir (UNIS), Raoul
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