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Traveling and harvesting on the land and sea is of vital importance to Indigenous communities in the Canadian Arctic and subarctic, with links to food security, cultural identity, and wellbeing. A new study by the Climate Change Adaptation Research Group at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ however, finds that economic transitions, social shifts, and climate change are dramatically affecting the safety of Inuit during these activities.

Classified as: Inuit, climate change, Arctic, search and rescue, Dylan Clark, socioeconomic
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Published on: 30 Sep 2016

The second, HMS Terror, of the two Franklin Expedition shipwrecks was found earlier this month, Arctic Research Foundation expedition lead Adrian Schimnowski confirmed Monday. ()

Bruno Tremblay, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

As an expert on ice and snow in the Arctic, he can comment about this discovery.

Classified as: Arctic, Bruno Tremblay, hms terror, ship
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Published on: 13 Sep 2016

TORONTO – September 1, 2016 – Ferring Canada, a subsidiary of Ferring Pharmaceuticals, is proud to announce a $2 million donation to Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in Montreal, Canada that will be used to create fellowships in health and health leadership, and to finance environmental research in the Canadian Arctic.

Classified as: environment, Desautels Faculty of Management, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, faculty of medicine, health, Arctic, Ferring, Ferring Canada, Ferring pharmaceuticals
Published on: 1 Sep 2016

By Julie Robert,

Canadian researchers describe the first outbreak of Cryptosporidium parasite in Nunavik

Classified as: RI-MUHC, Arctic, parasite, health and lifestyle, Cryptosporidium
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Published on: 28 Apr 2016

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"It doesn't mean there's no life on Mars, but what it does mean is it's going to be harder to find," said Jacqueline Goordial, the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ researcher who led the study, in an interview with Rachelle Solomon on CBC's Breakaway.

Classified as: Antarctic, Arctic, Jacqueline Goordial, Life on Mars, lyle whyte, Mars
Published on: 25 Jan 2016

Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars

Natural Resource Sciences professor Lyle Whyte and postdoctoral fellow Jackie Goordial talk about their research which suggests that it is unlikely that it is unlikely that there is any microbial life to be found on Mars.

Classified as: Antarctic, Arctic, ecosystem, lyle whyte, Mars, microbial life, NASA, permafrost soil, Phoenix landing site, science and technology
Published on: 19 Jan 2016

By Katherine Gombay,ÌýMcGill Newsroom

Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars

Classified as: NASA, Mars, Antarctic, Arctic, lyle whyte, science and technology, microbial life, permafrost soil, Phoenix landing site, ecosystem
Published on: 19 Jan 2016

Classified as: NASA, Mars, Arctic, microbes, lyle whyte
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Published on: 28 Sep 2015

By Katherine Gombay - News - June 10

Researchers from McGill and the U.S. Geological Survey, more used to measuring thawing permafrost than its expansion, have made a surprising discovery. There is new permafrost forming around Twelvemile Lake in the interior of Alaska. But they have also quickly concluded that, given the current rate of climate change, it won’t last beyond the end of this century.

Classified as: global warming, Research, Earth and Planetary Sciences, climate change, Jeffrey McKenzie, permafrost, Alaska, Arctic, Twelvemile Lake
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Published on: 10 Jun 2014

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