Mercury can harm marine ecosystem health in the Arctic. Changes in the climate and human activities may have affected how mercury moves in the environment and accumulates in...

This project aims to expand ongoing efforts to assess whether chemical contaminants are associated with ingested plastics, and as a consequence may be transferred to Arctic...

We collected air, water, sediment samples in the summer of 2019 from on board the CCGS Amundsen in the central and eastern Canadian Archipelago. We also collected air and water...

To continue to maintain some of the longest datasets for contaminants in beluga whales collected in partnership with northern communities hunting beluga whales from three...

The TAEMP methodology includes: i) A (re)Introductory Workshop - in August 2018 a workshop was held with community members from Whati to discuss the TAEMP with a focus on having...

The TAEMP methodology includes: i) A (re)Introductory Workshop - in August 2017 a workshop was held with community members from Gameti to discuss the TAEMP with a focus on...

Legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and other emerging pollutants such as perfluoralkyl substances...

Samples/data collected by joint University-community team: 1) Fish (30 individuals/species, for Walleye and Northern Pike in Tathlina and Kakisa lakes): a. Captured with gill...

Globally, human exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury is strongly influenced by diet. Moreover, it is well known that dietary POP and mercury exposure...

For several years we have been conducting studies to determine whether contaminant levels are changing in lake trout and burbot in Great Slave Lake. The focus on this...

The TAEMP methodology includes: i) A (re)Introductory Workshop - in August 2016 a workshop was held with community members from Wekweeti to discuss the TAEMP with a focus on...

The TAEMP methodology includes: i) Introductory Workshop - in August 2015 a one-day workshop was held with elders and community members from Behchoko to discuss the TAEMP,...

Methodology: Sampling of seals and lower food web organisms (zooplankton, jellyfish, mussels, scallops) in each community is done by local harvesters and coordinated by the...

Fish samples were collected throughout July and August 2015. Lake Trout samples were donated by participants in the Kluane Lake Fishing Derby; Lake Whitefish, Round Whitefish,...

The TAEMP methodology includes: i) Introductory Workshop - in June 2014, a one-day workshop was held with elders, community members, and youth from Whati to discuss the TAEMP....

Tissue samples of beluga whales (Delphinapterus Leucas; muscle, muktuk, liver, kidneys, brain - temporal lobe), Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii; muscle), Arctic flounder...

The TAEMP methodology includes: i) Introductory Workshop - in August 2011 a planning workshop was held with elders, community members, and youth from Behchoko to discuss the...

The TAEMP methodology includes: i) Introductory Workshop - in June 2012 a planning workshop was held with elders, community members, and youth from Wekweeti to discuss the...

The 2013 BREA marine fishes cruise was split into two legs. Leg 1 samples were collected from six transects: Cape Parry (cpy), Bennett Point (bpt), Darnley Bay (dar), Ulukhaktok...

Hydrocarbon and mercury concentrations in sediment and biota (benthic invertebrates, zooplankton, and fish) from the Beaufort Sea were examined to determine background levels of...