Caribou conservation is one of Canada’s most important ecological challenges. For millennia, many Indigenous Peoples lived alongside and relied upon caribou, a species of great cultural and ecological importance. Unfortunately, caribou populations have severely...
In the past, researchers would take helicopters to Indigenous communities, extract the information they needed and leave, often exploiting the community in the process. In recent years, there has been a strong movement of...
Many mountain communities here in Canada and around the world are located remote and isolated areas. Remote and isolated areas are often not as exposed to public health awareness campaigns compared to urban communities,...
On December 2 -13, 2019, leaders from almost 200 countries gathered in Madrid, Spain at the 2019 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP 25) to address the next crucial steps in the UN climate change...
Reconciling Indigenous science with Western science is crucial now more than ever. For too long, Indigenous People, culture and knowledge has been disregarded. Indigenous Peoples have not had equitable educational, funding and leadership opportunities,...
As global temperatures rise, mountain glaciers and ice patches are melting at a rapid pace in Canada’s North. In the Yukon and Northwest Territories, snow accumulates and forms permanent ice patches on the northern...
For 10,000 years, plains bison ran wild in Alberta’s Banff area. European settlers nearly eradicated the species due to overhunting, causing the extinction of bison in Banff National Park for the past 170 years....
Canadian Mountain Network Co-Research Director Norma Kassi is helping indigenous communities ensure they are actively involved in scientific research in Canada’s North. In her recent interview in Up Here Magazine, she states, “Now our...
Un important projet de recherche de @UAIberta identifie des zones de la #forêt #boréale canadienne qui pourraient donner à la #faune plus de temps et d'espace pour s'adapter au #ChangementClimatique (en anglais) : https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/new-framework-identifies-climate-change-refugia-boreal-forest @CanGeo
A major #research project from @UAIberta outlines pockets of #Canada's #boreal #forest that may give #wildlife more time and space to adjust to a changing climate: https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/new-framework-identifies-climate-change-refugia-boreal-forest #ClimateChange @CanGeo
#Appel à contributions : Centres urbains dynamiques et développement durable des #montagnes. Soumettez votre article à « Mountain Research and Development » avant le 7 déc. 2020 (en anglais) : https://bit.ly/33faTVd
Call for papers on urbanization and sustainable #mountain development: What changes are happening, and how can they be shaped to increase #sustainability? Submit your paper to Mountain Research and Development by 7 December 2020 https://bit.ly/33faTVd
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Date limite de financement pour le projet #UAlbertaNorth - 1er octobre ! @UAlbertaNorth offre du #financement, des #bourses et des #prix pour les étudiants de premier cycle, les diplômés et les professeurs (en anglais): https://www.ualberta.ca/north/funding-awards/scholarships-and-awards/index.html
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