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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Impact research for the North

Through these selected highlights, discover how Sentinel North's teams are taking innovation to a new level, with a view to making a real and lasting impact on the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.

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An integrated look at over six years of convergence research

Through five thematic chapters, the Research Compendium brings you selected results from Sentinelle North's teams, exploring the complex challenges of a changing North.

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Publications

Over 800 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, most of which are highly interdisciplinary and available in open access.

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news

  • 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

  • Advanced Field School on Arctic Sea Ice: Tracking Changes Across Scales

    Take part in a unique transdisciplinary training at the new Qikiqtarjuaq research station in Nunavut, an invaluable opportunity to study Arctic sea ice changes and their effects on ecosystems, nort... 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.