Terrestrial systems

The tundra, rivers and lakes of the continental Arctic underpin the lifestyle of Inuit and Northerners, providing food and drinking water. Projects focus on understanding how changing terrestrial ecosystems impact industry, socio-economic development and climate change.

Current projects

Phase 5 (2019-2024)

Inuit Makkuktuit Tariurmik Katujjiqatigiingniq Umiarjuani Ukiuqtaqtumi : A North-to-North Approach to Knowledge Sharing for Understanding Culturally Important Marine Areas in Inuit Nunangat
Justin Milton
Indigenous Knowledge of Berries in the Northwest Territories
Erin Cameron
Snow Changes Impacts on Kangiqsualujjuamiut (SCIK)
Alexandre Roy
Understanding Arctic grizzly bear range expansion: a community-oriented approach
Douglas Clark
Thermokarst Lakes: Dramatic increases in the removal of thermokarst lakes from the Canadian Arctic Landscape (TLRemoval)
Philip Marsh
Trying to make fetch happen: including tall shrubs in the atmospheric carbon budget of western Inuit Nunangat
Oliver Sonnentag
Investigating Water Quality in Fish-bearing Lakes in Imaryuk
Shanay Williams
The effects of coastal storms on beaches in and around Cabin/Camping areas, Ausuittuq, Nunavut
Terry Noah
Inuit knowledge and molecular biology addressing industrial impacts in the Kivalliq
Clayton Tartak
Rapid climate change is driving shifts in the nutritional quality of aquatic food webs across the circumpolar North
Milla Rautio
Climate impacts on zoonotic disease trends in the warming Arctic
Patrick Leighton
The distinct and threatened core microbial genetic potential of the Arctic’s Last Ice Area
Catherine Girard
Nunataryuk – Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast: the MacKenzie delta and coastal waters sampling
Marcel Babin
Study of Arctic char catches and stock assessment and winter disappearance in Tasirjuarusik
Noah Eetook
Health of Arctic Char near Kugluktuk, Nunavut
Eric Hitkolok
Developing seasonal multi-layer network models to evaluate cumulative impacts on Arctic ecosystems
Pierre Legagneux
Changing nutrients and food web health in northern lakes and rivers
Milla Rautio
Suzanne Tank
Understanding and predicting future coastal climate-vegetation-cryosphere interactions in coastal Labrador
Robert Way
Ensuring water security in the High Arctic: understanding the impacts of changing permafrost and hydrology on water quality and aquatic ecosystems.
Melissa Lafreniere
Long-term hydrological dynamics of Canada’s largest watershed: climate controls on water quantity and quality of the Mackenzie River Basin
Jennifer Galloway