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Rapport Annuel 2010 Centre d’études nordiques Rapport annuel 2010 Université du Québec Institut national de recherche scientifique Eau, Terre et Environnement Centre d’études nordiques Rapport annuel 2010 Photo: Reinhard Pienitz, CEN/ArcticNet (Un lac thermokarstique asséché à l’Île de Baffin, Nunavut, Canada) Ce rapport a été préparé par Claudia Zimmermann, professionnelle de recherche au Centre d’études nordiques. Mot de la direction ................................................................................................................................................................... v 1. Regroupement stratégique ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Centre administratif ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Bureau de direction .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 2. Membres du Centre d’études nordiques .......................................................................................................................... 1 Membres chercheurs ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 Membres stagiaires .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Membres étudiants ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 Membres du personnel ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 3. Activités du Centre d’études nordiques ........................................................................................................................... 8 Rayonnement du CEN .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Rayonnement et contributions des membres ........................................................................................................................ 9 Communications scientifiques des membres ...................................................................................................................... 22 Thèses et mémoires des membres ....................................................................................................................................... 64 4. Budget d’infrastructure et de recherche (1er avril 2010 au 31 mars 2011) .................................................................. 66 Subventions pour le soutien au regroupement et à ses infrastructures de recherche ........................................................ 66 Subventions pour le soutien logistique en recherche nordique .......................................................................................... 66 Subventions de recherche ................................................................................................................................................... 66 Contrats de recherche ........................................................................................................................................................ 68 Tableau synthèse : Budget d’infrastructure et de recherche (1er avril 2010 au 31 mars 2011) ......................................... 68 Annexe 1 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 69 Annexe 2 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 105 Annexe 3 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 109 Annexe 4 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 113 iii iv Mot de la direction Chères lectrices, Chers lecteurs, L'année 2010 a été une année extrêmement active pour le développement des ressources de recherche du CEN, le renforcement de notre collaboration au sein de notre réseau interuniversitaire et l'établissement de partenariats avec le gouvernement du Québec, au Canada et à l’étranger par le biais de nos activités dans l’Année polaire internationale. Avec l'octroi en 2009 d’une subvention de 8,2 M $ du Fond Arctique infrastructure de recherche (ARIF), combinée avec une subvention de 3,1 M $ de la Fondation canadienne de l'innovation (antérieurement octroyée au CEN), l’année 2010 a été marqué par des rénovations majeures des stations de recherche du réseau Qaujisarvik, « endroit d’étude » en Inuktitut. La plus grande réalisation s’est déroulée à Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik, avec la première phase de construction du Centre scientifique communautaire du CEN et des rénovations sur les bâtiments existants. Dans l'Extrême-Arctique, avec le soutien logistique du Plateau Continental Polaire (Ressources naturelles Canada), un laboratoire de terrain a été installé à l'île Bylot (parc national Sirmilik) et un petit laboratoire a été construit à l'île Ward Hunt (parc national Quuttinirpaaq National). Dans la municipalité de Radisson, les trois bâtiments ont été regroupés et rénovés pour assurer le fonctionnement efficace de notre station de recherche dans la région de la baie James. Les rénovations ont aussi commencé aux stations d’Umiujaq et du lac à l'Eau Claire, en partenariat avec la Société Makivik et l’Administration régionale Kativik. Nous avons aussi finalisé nos plans de construction et les aspects logistiques pour l’installation d'une nouvelle station de recherche à Salluit laquelle sera axée sur le pergélisol. Avec le financement renouvelé du FQRNT, le CEN a pu investir davantage dans l’organisation de son colloque annuel en collaboration avec la Chaire industrielle Anticosti et le projet CEN Caribou Ungava (S. Côté et al.). Le colloque s’est tenu à Québec du 25 et 26 février 2010. Nos invités d'honneur étaient M. Peter Irniq, l'ancien Commissaire du Nunavut et M. Yves Frenot, membre du Comité d'orientation du CEN et récemment nommé directeur de l'Institut polaire français (Institut Paul Emile Victor). M. Irniq a présenté une conférence touchante sur la perspective Inuit sur les changements de climat dans le grand Nord et l'importance des valeurs sociétales des Inuits, de « Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit ». M. Frenot a présenté les grands enjeux environnementaux en Antarctique, incluant les grands défis causés par les espèces envahissantes arrivant dans la région à une vitesse accélérée. Plusieurs membres du CEN sont très impliqués dans le programme L'Année Polaire Internationale (API, 2007-2019) est un programme de recherche concertée impliquant plus de 10 000 scientifiques des milieux polaires. Le plus grand projet administré au CEN, qui est aussi un des plus grand projets terrestres de l’API, est ArcticWOLVES (« Arctic Wildlife and Vulnerable Ecosystems » ; www.cen.ulaval.ca/arcticwolves/), dirigé par Gilles Gauthier (ULaval) et Dominique Berteaux (UQAR). Ce projet a établi un réseau circumpolaire d'observatoires de la nature afin de déterminer l'état actuel des réseaux trophiques terrestres de l'Arctique à une grande échelle géographique. Plus de 40 chercheurs provenant de 9 pays y ont participé. Un autre projet API administré par le CEN est MERGE-Canada (« Microbiological and Ecological Responses to Global Environmental Change » ; www.cen.ulaval.ca/merge/) dirigé par Warwick Vincent (ULaval), qui a impliqué 7 laboratoires à travers le Canada. Ce projet est centré sur les écosystèmes aquatiques arctiques et leurs bassins versants, avec une emphase sur la biodiversité microbienne. v Le CEN a aussi accentué ses activités sur la coopération en recherche circumpolaire. Nous avons participé dans la préparation de la demande INTERACT par le consortium SCANNET, au septième programme-cadre de la Commission européenne. De plus, le directeur du CEN a été nommé par la Commission polaire internationale pour représenter le Canada au sein du comité « International Arctic Science Committee ») (IASC) pour les études sur l’environnement terrestre. En 2010, Le CEN et Québec-Océan ont collaboré à la préparation de deux initiatives d’envergure nationale et internationale soit ; le renouvellement du réseau des centres d’excellence ArcticNet (L. Fortier et al.), dans lequel le CEN est le centre principal pour la recherche terrestre ; et la Chaire d’Excellence du Canada sur l’Arctique avec le développement en parallèle de l’Unité mixte internationale « Takuvik » avec le CNRS de la France (M. Babin et al.). Notre réseautage interuniversitaire a été renforcé cette année par l’arrivée de Geneviève Allard comme Coordonnatrice du CEN à l’UQAR. Celle-ci travaille étroitement avec Christine Barnard, Coordonnatrice scientifique du CEN et le Comité de direction pour assurer le développement de la recherche nordique à l’UQAR l’implication de l’UQAR (et les
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