The Littoral Chair, or Sentinel North Partnership Research Chair in Ecosystem Approaches to Health, was created in July 2019 and launched in February 2020 as a continuation of...

To create this decision support tool, we undertook extensive literature review on how decision support systems/tools are developed and utilized related to large lake basin...

To assess and unravel the changes that affect lentic ecosystems, long-term data-series are of paramount importance. The need for more effective environmental monitoring has led...

Over the past three years, we have completed contaminant biomonitoring in the Dehcho and Sahtu Regions of the Northwest Territories (NT). Nine communities (Jean Marie River,...

This film was born from an idea proposed during a Research Team meeting in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Labrador in November 2012. Preliminary footage was shot in November 2012, but...

We aim to assess the seroprevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma in seals (Phoca hispida), geese (Chen caerulescens, Branta canadensis), ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus, Lagopus...

A study was designed to determine possible mercury contaminant risk, as well as the nutrient and sociocultural benefits of fish consumption. Study participants were sixty-seven...

A study was designed to determine possible mercury contaminant risk, as well as the nutrient and sociocultural benefits of fish consumption. Study participants were sixty-seven...

A study was designed to determine possible mercury contaminant risk, as well as the nutrient and socio-cultural benefits of fish consumption. Study participants were sixty-seven...

Inuit living in the Arctic are exposed to elevated levels of environmental contaminants primarily due to long-range atmospheric transport. Blood sampling and contaminant...

The vulnerability and risk assessment of the territory planned for phase 1 of the project consists of six operations. The first is to host a number of meetings and gatherings...

Insights gained into the different dimensions of housing will contribute to the development of a survey questionnaire to measure housing conditions in the Canadian Arctic, based...

Background: Since the early 1970s oil and gas development has come to dominate the industrial sector in the Arctic. At the same time, the region is experiencing climate change...

Brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs) are persistent environmental contaminants found in human blood, tissues and milk. To assess the impact of the commercial BDE mixture DE-71 on...

Health Canada is presently assessing human exposure of northern populations to emerging POPs such as brominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS)....

It has been shown that compounds that possess a chemical structure similar to that of dioxin are among the most toxic substances and can provoke a variety effects. However there...

Traditional Inuit diet is contaminated by environmental pollutants such as organochlorines (Ocs), methylmercury (MeHg), and lead (Pb). Prenatal exposure to such contaminants has...

The Nunavik Health Survey was conducted in fall 2004. 929 participants accepted to enter the cohort study (follow up). A food frequency questionnaire and a 24h-recall in 1000...

Traditional Inuit diet is contaminated by environmental pollutants such as organochlorines, methylmercury, and lead. Prenatal exposure to such contaminants has been linked to...

This project provided matching funds for the participation of a Canadian researcher in a European research project on the effect of climate change on the contaminant exposure...