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06-07 Recipients Carissa Brown Title: Vegetation shifts in the
latitudinal treeline: the effects of an alternate fire return
interval. Joan Bunbury Title: Effects of the White River ash event
and climate change on aquatic ecosystems Tristan Pearce Canadian Polar Commission Scholarship $10,000 PhD Candidate, Geography, University of Guelph Title: Adaptation to climate change risks in
the arctic and the role of Institutions PhD Candidate, Geography, University of Calgary Title: Surface and satellite based C-band
polarimetric microwave remote sensing of summer sea ice I conduct research on the use of radar remote sensing for monitoring sea ice changes in the Arctic. My focus is on utilizing new radar technologies for resolving the ambiguities associated with the radar remote sensing of sea ice during summer melt season. This work contributes to our ability to remotely monitor seasonal and regional sea ice melt processes in order to: improve our understanding of the changes in Arctic sea ice conditions we are witnessing; and to better understand and model the seasonal sea ice decay process.
Bronwyn Brock PhD Candidate, Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of Waterloo Title: Contemporary and past hydrology of the
Slave River Delta, NWT
PhD Candidate, Toxicology, University of Saskatchewan
Title: Bioaccessibility of metals and
metalloids in northern soils and foodstuffs
PhD Candidate, Biology, Université du Québec à
Rimouski Title: Reproductive ecology of Arctic-nesting
insectivores PhD Candidate, Geography. Memorial University of
Newfoundland Title: Arctic coastal dynamics under changing
relative sea-level and environmental forcing PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
Title: Polar bear habitat, sea icescapes and
climate change in Foxe Basin, Nunavut PhD Candidate, Toxicology, University of
Saskatchewan Title: Influence of liquid water content on
the toxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons to polar soil ecosystems PhD Candidate, Biology, University of New Brunswick
Title: Effects of sea-run Arctic charr (Salvelinus
alpinus) on food web structure and pollutant concentrations in
coastal Arctic lakes Masters Candidate, Wildlife Management, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Title: Terrestrial arthropod abundance and
phenology in the Canadian arctic; a baseline study on the variation
in resources available to arctic-nesting insectivores Masters Candidate, Geography, University of
Saskatchewan Title: Influence of frozen ground on spatial
soil moisture patterns in a subarctic Canadian Shield landscape Masters Candidate, Geography, Carleton University Masters Candidate, Plant and Microbial Biology,
University of Toronto Title: The impacts of snow goose herbivory on
soil nutrient dynamics and plant re-growth in the Arctic Masters Candidate, Geography, University of
British Columbia Title: Responses of High Arctic tundra to
experimental and observed changes in climate Masters Candidate, Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Title: Assessing community scale vulnerability
in Nunavut Masters Candidate, Geography, University of Ottawa
Title: Historic change in permafrost
distribution in Northern BC and Southern YT Brenda Bailey Title: The geochemical and microbiological processes within waste rock piles at the Diavik Diamond Mine The primary objective of my research is to examine the geochemical and microbiological processes that occur within waste rock piles at the Diavik Diamond Mine site. This research will aid in understanding the potential effects of stockpiling waste rock in northern regions and therefore, will help improve waste rock management techniques and mine regulations in the north. Simon Blakesley Title: Remote and unresearched: A contextualized study of non-Indigenous educational leaders working in Yukon Indigenous communities My research explores how non-Indigenous Yukon principals working in Indigenous communities make sense of their role as educational leaders. Employing critical ethnography I examine their subjectivities and identities and how they conceptualise and practice educational leadership in Yukon. This research addresses a gap in the educational leadership literature at a time when many principals are retiring. Kristina Duffee Title: Exploring the relationship between Father Louis Moraud, OMI and the Dene People of the English River District, 1916-1965. My project will explore the relationship between the Dene people living in the English River District of northwestern Saskatchewan and Oblate priest Father Louis Moraud from 1916-1965. This relationship is explored by tracing Father Moraud’s mission route and examining the interaction between the Dene people living there and Father Moraud’s efforts to missionize them. Janet McGrath Title: Inuktitut epistemologies in Nunavut My doctoral work explores local knowledge creation practices in Nunavut. I am developing a working model of ways communities create knowledge for their own needs. Of special interest are the principles and guiding metaphors operative in Inuktitut in local knowledge creation, and in questions surrounding how knowledge is passed on to others. Emilie Herdes Title: The relationships between iceberg calving and sea ice conditions on Devon Ice Cap This project will use fieldwork and satellite imagery to assess the relationships between iceberg calving rates and sea ice conditions around Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut. This will enable improved understanding of how arctic glaciers are responding to the recent dramatic losses of sea ice in this region. Tonya Makletzoff Title: Applying geographic information systems to archaeological analyses: building a digital model of the Little John site I conduct research on the use of radar remote sensing for monitoring sea ice changes in the Arctic. My focus is on utilizing new radar technologies for resolving the ambiguities associated with the radar remote sensing of sea ice during summer melt season. This work contributes to our ability to remotely monitor seasonal and regional sea ice melt processes in order to: improve our understanding of the changes in Arctic sea ice conditions we are witnessing; and to better understand and model the seasonal sea ice decay process. Patricia Pitzel Title: Integrating northern climate change curriculum in the classroom
Alexandrea
Postoloski Title: Yukon based archaeological curriculum development The title of my project is “Yukon Based Archaeological Curriculum Development”. This scholarship is giving me the opportunity to combine my two passions, archaeology and education. I am looking forward to working with Norm Easton and the Department of Education to create materials for promoting excitement within the education system for Yukon archaeology. Aiden Morrison Title: High latitude ionospheric scintillation observation to facilitate robust northern satellite navigation efforts Common interactions between the earth and the solar wind can cause disturbances within Earths atmosphere. As these disturbances manifest frequently in the Canadian north (visible through the northern lights), and may interfere with successful use of satellite navigation and communications equipment, it is of specific interest to study these phenomena in the hope of developing navigation equipment which is less susceptible to these effects. Bryanne Hoar Title: Impacts of climate change on the development, survival, and transmission of Ostertagia gruehneri, a gastrointestinal nematode of caribou and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) This project investigates the impacts of climate change on the development, survival, and transmission of the most common stomach parasite of barren-ground caribou, Ostertagia gruehneri. The effects of both temperature and relative humidity on O. gruehneri will be determined by culturing this parasite under controlled laboratory conditions, as well as under both natural and artificially warmed conditions on the tundra. Results from these experiments will then be used to determine the transmission dynamics of this parasite. Liv Vors Title: Forage, climate and population dynamics of barren-ground caribou in Canada's Arctic My Ph.D. research is a combination of historical data analyses and simulation modelling. I am examining how changes in climate and forage influenced the population dynamics of the Beverly herd in the 1980s, how timing of migration and habitat selection changed for the Qamanirjuak herd as its population trajectory changed, and modelling the effects of climate change and harvest on these herds.
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