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Biophilic design in the Arctic: Immersive community co-creation to reconcile well-being and energy performance in Ikaluktutiak architecture

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Principal Investigators

Claude MH Demers (Architecture), Marc Hébert (Ophtalmology), Jean-François Lalonde (Electrical and software engineering)

The exposome-microbiota-brain axis under the microscope to tackle environment-health interactions in the North

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Principal investigators

Paul De Koninck (Biochemistry, microbiology and bio-informatics), Pierre Ayotte (Social and preventive medicine)

Interactions between the northern environment and chronobiotics: Impact on cardiometabolic and neurometabolic health

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Principal Investigators

Alexandre Caron (Pharmacy), Andréanne Michaud (Nutrition)

Tininnimiutait: Assessing the potential of local marine foods accessible from the shore to increase food security and sovereignty in Nunavik

Read more about Tininnimiutait: Assessing the potential of local marine foods accessible from the shore to increase food security and sovereignty in Nunavik

Principal Investigators

Lucie Beaulieu (Food sciences), Ladd Johnson (Biology)

Development of resilient municipal wastewater treatment infrastructure targeting water reuse in Nunavik, Québec

Read more about Development of resilient municipal wastewater treatment infrastructure targeting water reuse in Nunavik, Québec

Principal investigator

Céline Vaneeckhaute (Chemical engineering)

Last ice microbiomes and Arctic ecosystem health

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Principal investigators

Alexander Culley (Biochemistry, microbiology and bio-informatics), Warwick Vincent (Biology)

Ecogenomics of mining areas for sustainable Canadian North (GENOSCAN)

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Principal investigators

Véronic Landry (Wood and forest sciences), Damase Khasa (Wood and forest sciences)

Interdisciplinary research to understand changing food-web dynamics and threats to food security in the northern boreal forest

Read more about Interdisciplinary research to understand changing food-web dynamics and threats to food security in the northern boreal forest

Principal investigators

Daniel Fortin (Biology), Jérôme Cimon-Morin (Wood and forest sciences)

A network of automated sensors to monitor arctic animals and environmental changes through advanced computational approaches

Read more about A network of automated sensors to monitor arctic animals and environmental changes through advanced computational approaches

Principal investigators

Pierre Legagneux (Biology), Audrey Durand (Computer science and software engineering)

Sentinel North Community: detailed lists

Read more about Sentinel North Community: detailed lists

The Sentinel North program includes hundreds of participants from Université Laval who work with their partners from northern communities and organizations, federal and provincial agencies, and the public and private sector in Canada and abroad to improve our understanding of the northern environment and its impact on humans and their health

Discover the people who are part of this vast network developing innovative projects and deploying initiatives to promote research, training, and the sharing of knowledge.

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