Newsletter INQ | September 2019

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Newsletter of the Institut nordique du Québec
September 18, 2019

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A summer filled with meeting new people
In recent months, the INQ team has held numerous meetings with leading figures from the political, academic and scientific worlds to introduce them to our Institute and its mission. We were present at many gatherings, including the Sentinel North scientific meeting, the 18th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering and the 8th Canadian Permafrost Conference, where we had the pleasure of speaking with many of you.

We want your news
INQ wishes to be a living and representative showcase for its members. So, if you have something new to share with the INQ community, contact us! We will make it our duty to promote your projects and achievements in line with our mission.

Newsletter summary:
-INQ at the Arctic Circle Assembly
-INQ partners with Centre Déclic
-MOOC being offered this autumn
-Release of a report on Fly-in/Fly-out work
-Quebec finalists in My Northern Project competition
- International finalists in My Northern Project competition
-A retrospective on the INQ training dedicated to field work in northern environments
- A policy framework for Northern Canada and the Arctic
-Opportunities for students
-Recent book releases by researchers affiliated with INQ

-Our affiliated researchers in the media
- Upcoming events

News

INQ at the Arctic Circle Assembly in October

INQ will co-host two sessions at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik in October.

Preserving the Biodiversity – Exploring New Conservation Planning Models (Part 2)

This session is organized in collaboration with Société de Plan Nord and the ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie.

This session is a follow-up to the one presented by the same partners in 2018. It will explore new conservation planning models specifically applied to the development of natural resources (mining, forestry and energy) and the conservation of threatened species such as caribou. This session will bring together representatives from northern communities, business and an non-governmental environmental organization to address a challenge common to many Arctic jurisdictions: balancing development and biodiversity protection in the North.

Lightning talks from the winners of the Mon projet nordique/My Northern Project competition: PhD students from Québec and the Nordics

This session is organized in collaboration with FRQNT and UArctic.

The international final of the My Northern Project competition will bring together eleven doctoral students from Quebec (Canada) and the Nordic countries. These students will be challenged to popularize their research project for a wide audience in five minutes, using a maximum of 10 slides. Through their innovative visions, these young scientists are exploring a range of topics that will help to better understand the North and the Arctic.

The Québec finalists prepare

In preparation for the international final, the Québec finalists of My Northern Project met on September 9 to refine their English language presentations.
With the help of their peers, the candidates perfected their presentations , leaving no detail untouched. Word choice, pronunciation, flow, gestures, visuals… everything was gone over with a fine-toothed comb to ensure that the Québec finalists will be ready for the big day!

INQ partners with Centre Déclic
Three public conferences have already been held!

INQ is proud to be newly associated with Centre Déclic, whose mission is to facilitate the sharing of scientific knowledge. Centre Déclic prepares and organizes conferences in locations outside the traditional framework of science. These conferences are adapted to a wide audience with little or no scientific knowledge and are participatory.
Since the beginning of this partnership, three conferences, featuring researchers and students affiliated with INQ, have already been organized and more are planned!

Marie Pierrejean, a doctoral student at Université Laval, gave a conference about the Arctic, climate and biodiversity as part of the Festival marin des Escoumins. Photo: Centre Déclic

Patrice Couture, a professor at INRS’s Centre Eau Terre Environnement who presented a conference on ecotoxicology, with Valérie Borde, science journalist and director of Centre Déclic. Photo: Centre Déclic

Philippe Archambault, professor in the Biology department at Université Laval , during his conference entitled l'Arctique, la bande-annonce du climat, accompanied by science journalist Valérie Borde. Photo: INQ

The MOOC offered again this year

An improved MOOC
The MOOC will be offered again this fall and winter. In preparation for the two new editions, the developers are currently updating existing material and incorporating new content.

Testimony of Jean-Éric Tremblay, Biology professeur at Université Laval

“ Having personally taken the MOOC, I am convinced of the excellence of the training offered and have chosen to add it as a mandatory activity in my graduate level course Océans polaires en mutation. ”

Description of the MOOC | Northern Québec : issues, spaces and cultures
This MOOC is an initiative of the Institut nordique du Québec and the INQ Northern Sustainable Development Research Chair and provides an introduction to the socio-political issues of northern Quebec and the ancestral territory of several Aboriginal nations. It provides a better understanding of the cultures of northern populations, the place of this region in the collective imagination, the different visions of development of this territory and its socio-political evolution.
Free of charge and open to all, this training is intended for anyone with an interest in Northern Quebec and who wishes to learn about the territory, its history, its societies and its issues.

English version:
Start date de début : October 7, 2019
End date : December 2, 2019
Registration deadline: November 4
- Click here to register -

French version:
Start date de début : February 4, 2020
End date : April 1, 2020
Registration deadline: February 17
- Click here to register -

A look back at our latest activities

Release of a report : “Living with Fly-in / Fly-out, experiences of women and North Shore communities”

June 5, 2019

Are you familiar with fly-in fly-out? This is an increasingly common way of working. Companies use it when the journey between the workers’ homes and the workplace is too long to be done on a daily basis. Therefore, employers offer their employees condensed working hours, i.e. several consecutive days, during which workers are absent from their family residence. These intensive work periods are alternated with rest periods where employees can return home.

The INQ Northern Sustainable Develpment Research Chair and the Regroupement des femmes de la Côte-Nord conducted a study that focused on the impacts of this work method on women and northern communities. Their report is available online.

Consult the report

My northern project
May 23, 2019

The doctoral students who participated in My Northern Project 2019. From left to right: Thomas Pacoureau, INRS, Linda Nowack, UL, Anaïs Remili, McGill, Cheick Doumbia, INRS, Marika Vachon, UL, Hakim Herbane, UL, Élisa Gouin, UL, Sarah Gauthier, UL, Marta Moreno Ibanez, UQÀM, John-Samuel Mackay, UL, Lisa Zoé Auclert, UL, Milad Fakhari, INRS, Fahed Martini, UQAR et Laurent Ferrier, UQAR. Absente de la photo: Mireille Lambert-Harvey, UL. Photo: Martine Lavoie

INQ congratulates the 15 doctoral students who participated in the My Northern Project competition! Organized in partnership with the FRQNT, My Northern Project has undoubtedly become one of INQ’s flagship events. Since 2017, this competition has allowed us to meet a young generation of scientists who are passionate about the North. This year, 15 students from 5 different Quebec universities took to the stage at Musée de la Civilisation to give vulgarized presentation of their research project in 5 minutes.

The jury selected 6 students to represent Quebec at the Arctic Circle Assembly in October in Reykjavik, Iceland. The students will present their projects again, but this time in English, alongside five other doctoral candidates chosen by UArctic. The winner of the 2019 edition will be determined by a public vote.

An article dedicated to My Northern Project in Shared Voices Magazine 2019
Shared Voices Magazine 2019 recently published a full length article describing the origins of this competition, which offers a unique experience for doctoral students who have the courage to compete

Read the article appearing in Shared Voices Magazine 2019

Portraits of the 6 Quebec finalists of Mon projet nordique / My Northern Project

Lisa Zoé Auclert, PhD candidate in Microbiology Immunology, Université Laval,
Virus hunting in the Canadian North
As a virology student, Lise Zoé chose to study viruses in northern Canada because this region is prone to new or re-emerging diseases: as was the case with tuberculosis in 2018. This is due to the lack of infrastructure, monitoring and accessible medical care for northern indigenous peoples. Her project aims to establish a surveillance network in northern Canada to characterize the distribution, evolution and pathogenicity of avian influenza viruses in migratory birds. Ultimately, the evolution of the virus will be a mapped to determine the origin of new avian influenza viruses.

Laurent Ferrier, PhD candidate in engineering, UQAR
Design of a stand-alone telecommunications station in an isolated and constrained environment
Since his childhood, Laurent has shown a passion for the North. He loves the vastness and power of the winter landscape. He experienced it when travelling in the north to set up on-board systems on northern trains for the First Nations company Tshiuetin. Laurent embarked on a PhD with the aim of combining two areas that captivate him: research and teaching. His doctoral project involves the use of anchored balloons inflated with helium to extend telecommunication coverage in isolated areas without using traditional satellites.

Élisa Gouin, PhD candidate in architecture, Université Laval
Community-academic partnership in an Indigenous Context : Does It Really Work ?
Elisa's interest in northern regions is first and foremost related to the communities that inhabit them. Indigenous communities have a world view that sees the fundamental relationships that bind humans to each other and to their surroundings. In her opinion, this vision of the world is inherently different from that of people who live in the South and gives an intercultural character to any project carried out in the North. Her project focuses on the relationship between indigenous people and the research that concerns them.

Marta Moreno Ibáñez, PhD candidate in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, UQÀM,
Small but full of energy: Polar lows are anything but a storm in a teacup !
Marta's passion for the Arctic began while studying in Tromsø, Norway, at the world's northernmost university. Amazed by the Arctic calm, the eternal sunrises and sunsets and, of course, the northern lights, she became aware of the extreme fragility of the Arctic. Her project focuses on polar lows (PLs), intense maritime cyclones that only develop in high latitudes near the poles. These PLs pose a risk to northern populations, maritime and air transport and oil platforms. The objective of her project is to broaden our knowledge on the role of the different mechanisms of PL formation.

Thomas Pacoureau, PhD candidate in Earth Sciences, INRS-ETE
How does the nature of organic matter influences its biomineralisation in Arctic ponds?
Having studied marine biology at university, Thomas first became interested in northern regions through the stories of navigators travelling the polar waters. Amazed by the visual aspect of Arctic landscapes, the transition to limnology, i.e. continental freshwater science, in the Canadian Arctic was quick thanks to a thesis proposal at INRS in Quebec City. His project aims to determine whether the characteristics of organic matter can govern its biodegradability in lacustrine systems using a series of ponds located on Bylot Island in the eastern Canadian Arctic as a reference.

Anaïs Remili, PhD candidate in Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University
Dual approach to understanding killer whale feeding ecology in the North Atlantic Ocean
Anaïs was born and raised in the French Alps, far from the whales that, as a child, she swore to to "save". It was on board a boat in the Mediterranean Sea, in search of whales, that Anaïs decided to focus on ecotoxicology, which includes the ecology and impact of pollution on populations. Her journey took her to Quebec to study ecotoxicology in killer whales in the North Atlantic, a dream come true.

Portraits of the 5 international finalists of Mon projet nordique / My Northern Project

Cecilia de Bernardi, PhD candidate at the Multidimensional Tourism Institute, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland.
Sámi tourism and authenticity
Cecilia de Bernardi is a Doctoral Candidate at the Multidimensional Tourism Institute at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland and at the Centre for Tourism and Leisure Research at Dalarna University in Sweden. She has published a book chapter and an article connected to her Doctoral thesis on authenticity and labels in Sámi tourism. She also has a third publication discussing hegemony in academic settings. She is currently working on an article explaining the theoretical background of her proposed conceptualization of authenticity. She also cooperates with an EU project she helped secure funding for called ARCTISEN (Culturally Sensitive Tourism in the Arctic). Her main research interests are indigenous tourism, tourism policy and authenticity.

Martin Mohr Olsen, PhD student in Management Engineering, University of the Faroe Islands and Technical University of Denmark.
Developing operational frameworks suited for small Arctic universities wishing to tackle issues of sustainability
Martin Mohr Olsen, previously course coordinator of the West Nordic Studies Programme at the University of the Faroe Islands, is currently a PhD student at the University of the Faroe Islands and the Technical University of Denmark where he is developing operational frameworks suited for small Arctic universities wishing to tackle issues of sustainability. He is also part of the newly formed Innovation Unit at the University of the Faroe Islands (www.nyskapan.org) an auxiliary support office that focuses on research funding, initiation of new projects and initiatives, local and regional networking. He has a background in Nordic cooperation as a project manager on a number of cultural projects operated through Föreningarna Nordens Förbund and the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Marina Titova, PhD student in Cultural Studies, Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU), Archangelsk, Russia.
The idea of the Arctic as a means of cultural adaptation to the Far North environment
Marina Titova was born in Arkhangelsk or Archangel as it used to be known in English. While developing her talents and skills, she attended Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Department of Linguistics (2010-2015) where she studied Swedish and English (as well as Latin, Gothic and Old Norse) and NArFU, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies (2015–present), where she is researching Arctic issues. She is applying the knowledge she has gained during her studies to her work as a tour guide with a travel company and as a scientific researcher at the museum of artistic exploration of the Arctic. However, Marina’s life is more than textbooks and excursions. She is a media volunteer with the Russian Geographical Society. She is also fond of travelling – hiking, skiing and sailing, having recently in the “Tall Ships’ Races”.

Imran Riaz Chohan, PhD student in Education, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
Do we provide what the changing world of work necessitates? A longitudinal mixed methods study on facilitating university graduate employability in the Arctic
Imran Chohan is a PhD candidate at the University of Lapland Finland. His thesis objective is to enhance university graduates’ abilities in communication, motivation/initiative, and leadership skills through facilitation, so that when they graduate from university, they will be adequately equipped to face the challenges of their working lives. His research has the potential to contribute to the academic understanding of employability, but more than this, it may have an impact on wider society and the working life of new graduates. After completing his PhD, Imran plans to pursue a career in research and teaching. Driven by a long interest in learning, facilitation and employability, he hopes to bring his knowledge and experience about facilitation techniques to all levels of education, and contribute to the development of sustainable change, participation and communality.

Marcus Przybyl, PhD student in Northern cultures and natural resource politics, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland.
Studies on Sámi Shamanism – With special attention to the phenomenon of unity in diversity and its relationship to natural cycles
Marcus Przyby was born in Berlin and lived in Munich for 28 years. He is currently a PhD student at the University of Lapland, Finland and the title of his thesis is "Studies on Sámi Shamanism - with special attention to the natural principle of unity in diversity". In addition to his two academic degrees, he rates his participation in the UArctic-Congress 2018 and various PhD schools as well as the receipt of grants as his greatest successes. Marcus would like pursue a career as a university professor so that he acquire and transmit new knowledge. His research focuses on the material, spiritual and aesthetic-artistic culture of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic, the relationship between humans and the environment, reindeer husbandry systems and the history of cultural anthropology. In his spare time he does a lot of sports and enjoys hiking in the Alps and visiting art museums, the theatre and the opera.

Introduction to northern research and issues
May 6 to 10, 2019

The first edition of the Initiation to Northern Research and Issues Summer School was held from May 6 to 10, 2019.

Designed and offered by experts from the North, the first INQ summer school aimed to equip young researchers to organize and carry out field campaigns in the North.

Wishing to offer a training they themselves would have liked to have experienced at the beginning of their careers, the course developers formed a multidisciplinary team composed of 22 researchers and university professionals and 11 mentors from northern organizations. Thirty three graduate students and early career researchers participated in interactive workshops and discussions on the changing natural environment, northern history, governance and political issues, indigenous culture and contemporary social issues, collaborative and participatory research, and the coordination and management of northern research projects.

The INQ’s Training Working Group would like to thank all stakeholders who have agreed to take part in the ambitious training program. This diversity of people who contributed to the project undoubtedly improved the training and experience of the participants.

More information on our website

Did you know that?

New Arctic and Northern Policy Framework

The Government of Canada has adopted a new Arctic and Northern Policy Framework. Developed in collaboration with Indigenous people and territorial and provincial partners, the framework aims to establish a common vision for development for the greater North by 2030. Several researchers affiliated with the INQ participated in round tables organized to better understand the various issues facing Northerners and their territory.

The framework builds on 8 overarching and interconnected goals:

Strong, sustainable, diversified and inclusive local and regional economies
Canadian Arctic and northern Indigenous peoples are resilient and healthy
The Canadian Arctic and North and its people are safe, secure and well-defended
Strengthened infrastructure that closes gaps with other regions of Canada
The rules-based international order in the Arctic responds effectively to new challenges and opportunities
Knowledge and understanding guides decision-making
Canadian Arctic and northern ecosystems are healthy and resilient
Reconciliation supports self-determination and nurtures mutually-respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples

See the Canada's Arctic and Northern Policy Framework

Opportunities for students

Job Posting: Postdoctoral Research Associate - Cervical Cancer Screening Services for Inuit Women of Nunavik - McGill University - Show the offer
Opening of the Sentinel North excellence scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships competition - Université Laval - Show the offers

Recent book releases by our affiliated researchers

Les lacs. Une brève introduction | Warwick Vincent | Professor in the Department of Biology at Université Laval
Des ponts interculturels à la rivière Romaine ? | Laurie Guimond | Professor in the Department of Geography at the Université du Québec à Montréal
Les apories des politiques autochtones au Canada | Thierry Rodon | Professor in the Department of Political Science at Université Laval

* Have you recently published a publication related to the North and the Arctic? Inform us! We look forward to sharing your achievements with our community.

Our affiliated researchers in the media

September 16, 2019 | Michel Allard (Ulaval) | La Presse | Un village inuit au bord du gouffre
September 14, 2019 | Normand Voyer (Ulaval) | Le Soleil | Paludisme: une promesse venue du Nord
September 10, 2019 | Thierry Rodon (ULaval) | Espaces Autochtones (Radio-Canada) | Le gouvernement Trudeau a-t-il tenu ses promesses envers les Autochtones?
September 9, 2019| Raoul-Marie Couture (ULaval) | La voix de l'Est | Réhabilitation du lac Bromont : des résultats positifs
September 8, 2019 | Céline Guéguen (UdeS) | Dessine-moi un dimanche (Radio-Canada) | Étudier l’océan Arctique à bord du brise-glace Louis S. St-Laurent
September 7, 2019 | Pascal Sirois (UQAC) | Le bar rayé : avant tout un symbole de réussite dans le Saint-Laurent
September 3, 2019| Jasmin Raymond (INRS) | Le Devoir | De l’eau souterraine pour climatiser les édifices
September 3, 2019 | Philippe Gachon (UQAM) | Radio-Canada | Les plus démunis, premières victimes des catastrophes
August 24, 2019 | Normand Voyer (ULaval) | Le Devoir | De la plante au comprimé
August 24, 2019 | Guy Doré (ULaval) | TVA | Une «question à 5 milliards» pour la CAQ
August 22, 2019 | Daniel Chartier (UQAM) | Québec Science | L’imaginaire du Nord, de l’hiver et de l’Arctique
August 21, 2019 | Simon Bélanger (UQAR) | Le Manic | L’UQAR collecte des données dans la péninsule
August 19, 2019 | Frédéric Lasserre (ULaval) | Libération | Le Danemark répond à Trump que «le Groenland n’est pas à vendre»
August 18, 2019 | Louis-César Pasquier (INRS)| La Presse | Climat: des résidus miniers pour piéger le CO₂
August 9, 2019 | Dominique Arsenault (UQAR) | Le Devoir | Feux de forêt: pour mieux s’attendre au pire
July 25, 2019 | Malek Batal (UdeM) | Le Soleil | Vérification faite: le gibier, plus nourrissant que la viande d’élevage?
July 23, 2019 | Sarah Dorner (Polytechnique) | 98,5 FM Montréal | Les algues bleu-vert sont de retour sur les lacs du Québec
July 13, 2019 | Florent Dominé (ULaval) | novethic | Dans l'Arctique, le permafrost fond 70 ans plus tôt que prévu et c'est une catastrophe
July 5, 2019 | Cécile Aenishaenslin (UdeM) | La Presse | Nord-du-Québec: un bambin tué par des chiens de traîneau
July 4, 2019 | Michel Allard (ULaval) | Toronto Star | Canada's permafrost is turning to mud. Here's why
July 1, 2019 |Louis Fortier (ULaval) | L'heure du monde (Radio-Canada) | Disparition des icebergs à Terre-Neuve : Entrevue avec Louis Fortier
June 15, 2019 | Maxime Boivin (UQAC) | Ici Côte-Nord (Radio-Canada) | La rivière Pentecôte menace de changer de trajectoire
June 2, 2019 | Dominique Berteaux (UQAR) | Le Soleil | Changements climatiques et perte de biodiversité: la planète se dirige-t-elle vers l’effondrement?
May 29, 2019 | Frédéric Lasserre (ULaval) | Du nucléaire russe à 2000 km des côtes arctiques canadiennes
May 28, 2019 | Philippe Archambault (ULaval) et Jean-Éric Tremblay (ULaval) | Ici Côte-Nord (Radio-Canada) | Vers un Saint-Laurent plus intelligent
May 14, 2019 | Benoit Courcelles (Polytechnique) | La Presse | Des bactéries pour solidifier les routes
May 11, 2019 | Laurie Guimond (UQAM) | Ici Côte-Nord (Radio-Canada) | Habiter le Nord : mode d'emploi
May 4, 2019 | Steeve Côté (ULaval) | Rendez-vous nature.ca | Vaste projet de recherche sur la tique d’hiver et les orignaux

Upcoming events

21st Inuit Studies Conference| October 3-6, 2019 | Montreal |
Arctic Circle Assembly | October 10-12, 2019 | Reykjavík, Islande
ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 | December 2-5, 2019 | Halifax

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