Recent News and Updates

Robert McGhee Awardee Calin Lazarescu

Congratulations to Calin Lazarescu for winning the Robert McGhee Award! Calin Lazarescu (he/him), is a PhD candidate in the department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. Calin’s research is focused on strengthening and evaluating...

NSTP Awardees 2024

We are thrilled to announce that 25 Wilfrid Laurier graduate students and research assistants have been awarded the Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) from Polar Knowledge Canada. The NSTP funding is a testament to the importance of supporting emerging...

Native Guardians: Canada’s First Nations Move to Protect Their Lands – Yale E360 – e360.yale.edu

The Cold Regions Research Centre invites CRRC-affiliated graduate students to apply for an open position to join our Early Career Researcher Leadership Team.

Recent issue of Freshwater Biology

CRRC member Joseph Culp co-led the development of a special issue of Freshwater Biology that is focused on regional and circumpolar assessments of Arctic freshwater biodiversity (Volume 67, Issue 1). The issue was based on the work of the freshwater group of the...

Ken Hewitt’s work in the Central Karakoram noted as highly downloaded earth science paper

Dr. Ken Hewitt's paper  The hazardous 2017-2019 surge and river damming by Shispare Glacier, Karakoram was one of the top 100 downloaded earth science papers for Scientific Reports in 2020.

CRRC – Student Supports Fund

In light of this year’s current and ongoing travel restrictions, the CRRC is pleased to announce an expanded CRRC Student Support Fund (CRRC-SSF) in place of our regular travel awards this year. This CRRC-SSF will support a wider variety of activities which directly relate to student and postdoctoral research in cold regions.

42nd Annual Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing

CRRC is proud to be a supporting sponsor of the 42nd Annual Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing to be held in Yellowknife June 21-24, 2021. Please find out more about this exciting event at the conference website

CRRC Seminar Series – Eli Enns

Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs): A New Era of Indigenous-Led Conservation in Canada and Beyond

CRRC Seminar Series – Dr. Nicolas Brunet & Alex Anaviapik

Understanding the Role of Inuit Youth Engagement in Scientific Research and Monitoring in Nunavut

ALL AGES, ALL VOICES!

Recent issue of Freshwater Biology

CRRC member Joseph Culp co-led the development of a special issue of Freshwater Biology that is focused on regional and circumpolar assessments of Arctic freshwater biodiversity (Volume 67, Issue 1). The issue was based on the work of the freshwater group of the...

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CRRC – Student Supports Fund

In light of this year’s current and ongoing travel restrictions, the CRRC is pleased to announce an expanded CRRC Student Support Fund (CRRC-SSF) in place of our regular travel awards this year. This CRRC-SSF will support a wider variety of activities which directly relate to student and postdoctoral research in cold regions.

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Upcoming Events

CRRC Days

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November 28 -29, 2024

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