Queen's in the Arctic

Through studies in biology, computing science, education, engineering, law, environmental studies, medicine, geography, policy studies - Queen's commitment to the arctic takes many forms:

• From the groundbreaking pan-Arctic work of John Smol (Winner, Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering 2004) to the local multidisciplinary and multi-institutional work being conducted at Cape Bounty and Daring Lake.

• Queen's biologists and geographers are among recipients of the recent NSERC-ADAPT grant.

• The university recruits northern engineers through the Aboriginal Access to Engineering Program and continues decades of community work in the James Bay Lowlands and the Kitikmeot of Nunavut.

• The Chair of IPY 2012 From Knowledge to Action, Dr. Peter Harrison, is the Director of the Queen's School of Policy Studies.

• The Queen's University Arctic Research Community has recently integrated its new field stations in the Northwest Passage with existing southern facilities, and opened discussions on capacity building with territorial governments.

• Queen's combines pioneering research into the impacts of climate change, with a practical determination to help residents of the north adapt and prosper in the changing Arctic.

Conferences

Queen's University Faculty and Researchers will be attending the 8th Arctic Net conference in Vancouver (December 11-14, 2012) in great numbers. Look for us!