In the face of climate change, the need to develop and maintain reliable and safe infrastructures for northern communities and natural resources in the northern regions of Quebec and Canada requires a high level of expertise in northern engineering. The new Sentinel North Partnership Research Chair on Northern Infrastructure will promote, through the development of technological tools, the sustainable development of infrastructure adapted to northern conditions and resilient to climate change.

Several Sentinel North teams have traveled to the North over the past few months to carry on with their research activities, meet with their northern partners, collect valuable data or deploy technologies on-site.

Below are a few selected examples of the fieldwork being conducted by Sentinel North researchers and students as part of a successful 2022 fieldwork season.

After more than two years apart, we are thrilled to invite you to the Quebec City Convention Centre from October 25-27 for the 2022 Sentinel North Scientific Meeting, an occasion to establish new collaborations and share research advances.

Call for Abstracts

Université Laval's research community and its partners are encouraged to submit abstracts for the 2022 Sentinel North Scientific Meeting. Any work relating to a better understanding of the changing northern environment and its impact on humans is welcome.

Conference and networking cocktail "Inuit and Scientists tackle forever pollutants"

Results obtained through a research partnership between the Inuit of Nunavik and scientists at Université Laval are proving to be key for Canada’s proposal to the Stockholm Convention to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as ‘forever pollutants’.

Sentinel North’s achievements in interdisciplinarity

This project is being carried out under the first joint INQ / Sentinel North call for projects.

Principal investigator

Jasmin Raymond (INRS)

Deadline to submit applications for the technology maturation fund

This project is being carried out under the first joint INQ / Sentinel North call for projects..

Principal investigators

Mélanie Lemire (Université Laval), Jean-Éric Tremblay (Université Laval)

Under the theme "Pushing the boundaries of knowledge", the Sentinel North 2022 Scientific Meeting was held from October 25 to 27 at the Quebec City Convention Centre. The event marked the much anticipated return of the Sentinel North research community in person, with a strong program that focused on impact results.