The ambitious Sentinel North research program is articulated within priority research axes and several partnerships with key collaborators from Université Laval and beyond.
With more than 55 research projects completed or underway, Sentinel North has achieved its goal of mobilizing a dynamic research community and generating dozens of new and innovative transdisciplinary collaborations between world-class researchers and recognized research centers from our institution and from the international.
Sentinel North research projects
Call for proposals 2020-2024
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Ecogenomics of mining areas for sustainable Canadian North (GENOSCAN)
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Extreme zooming on intestinal permeability and the western-style diet
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Mobilizing and transferring knowledge between northern communities and Sentinel North
Targeted call for proposals
Thematic project 1 : Complex systems: structure, function and interrelationships in the North
Thematic project 2 : Light as a driver, environment, and information carrier
in natural environments and human health
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2.1 Optimizing biophilia in extreme climates through architecture
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2.2 Innovative optical systems to track winter life in the cryosphere
Thematic project 3 : Microbiomes: sentinels of the northern environment and human health
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3.2 Comprehensive environmental monitoring in the North: From molecules to microorganisms
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3.3 BriGHT (Bridging Global change, Inuit Health and the Transforming Arctic Ocean)
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3.4 Enabling Tools for the Monitoring of Food Quality in the Northern Environment
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3.5 Impact of environmental conditions on airway microbiota and respiratory health in the North
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3.6 The gut microbiome: Sentinel of the northern environment and Inuit mental health
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3.7 Optogenetics investigation of microbiota influence on brain development and epigenetics
Partnership research projects
Université Laval / Université Côte d’Azur Partnership
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Characterization of essential oils from northern environments
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Frame shift mutation-induced ATI influence on the microbiome
Université Laval / University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) Partnership
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CalAct: The impact of light and temperature on Calanus activity patterns in the Arctic
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Calanus redness index from artificial intelligence applications to image analysis (CARDINAL)
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Can we envision net-zero energy buildings in the high north?
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Screening for Emerging Arctic health Risks to Circumpolar Human populations (SEARCH)
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The role of circadian clocks in seasonal synchrony in the Arctic
Building a Sustainable North Partnership Research Program (INQ / SN)