Sentinel North
Environment | Health | Innovation

With its Sentinel North strategy, Université Laval fosters the convergence of expertise, transformative research, the development of new technologies and the training of a new generation of interdisciplinary researchers aimed at improving our understanding of the northern environment and its impact on humans and their health.

2025 Scientific Meeting

For its final edition, to be held from May 6 to 8 at the Quebec City Convention Centre, the event offers a rich and integrated scientific content, highlighting the results of nearly 10 years of convergence research for the North.

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Research Highlights 2017-2025

Learn more about the scope of the research conducted by Sentinel North teams through a selection of research results presented as five integrated chapters.

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Sentinel North: a legacy

Sentinel North has shaped an extensive interdisciplinary research community and propelled a new generation of committed scientists who are now better equipped to address the more complex issues facing our societies.

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Publications

Near 1000 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, most of which are highly interdisciplinary and available in open access.

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news

  • Understanding the invisible: promising scientific breakthroughs

    A cutting-edge optical platform resulting from a partnership that began as part of the Sentinel North program could lead to promising advances in a number of areas, from the characterization of the... read more

  • Adapting infrastructures to a thawing permafrost

    Climate change is visible to the naked eye, not only in the northern landscape, but also in its infrastructures. Research teams at Sentinel North are developing solutions to mitigate the effects of... read more

  • Harnessing the power of mathematics for northern ecosystems

    Modelling experts use new mathematical approaches to better understand the many complex systems in the North. They may well be confined to their respective laboratories at Université Laval in Quebe... read more

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An unprecedented transdisciplinary strategy

Sentinel North is made possible, in part, thanks to funding from Canada First Research Excellence Fund.