Shedding Light on the North
Funded by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, the Sentinel North Strategy allows Université Laval to draw on over a half-century of northern and optics/photonics research to develop innovative new technology, train the next generation of transdisciplinary researchers and improve our understanding of the northern environment and its impact on human beings and their health.
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Research Program
3 transdisciplinary research themes fostering innovation, partnerships and technology transfer
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Training Programs
Encouraging young scientists to address the complex challenges that the North is facing
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Sentinel North Community
A vast network of collaborators working together for sustainable development of the North
news
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Register to the Bootcamp on optical tool development in northern environment
Université Laval's CREATE-SMAART and Sentinel North programs offer students a unique opportunity to interact with top level scientists as part of a transdisciplinary and highly technologi... read more
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Call for applications: International PHD School on Arctic Microbiomes
The next Sentinel North International PhD School will take place from July 2 to 12, 2019, at the Centre for Northern Studies (CEN) research station in Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik (Nunavik, Canada) o... read more
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Joint call for proposals with the University of Tromsø, Norway
As part of the renewal of a MOU between the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) in Tromsø and Université Laval, both institutions are launching a new joint call for research proposals and invite thei... read more
Important dates
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December 17, 2018
Deadline to submit applications for the technology maturation fund
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February 18, 2019
Deadline to submit to the joint call for proposals UiT / ULaval
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February 15, 2019
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December 19, 2018
Deadline to submit for the targeted call for proposals 2019-2022