Sentinel North announces the opening of the fourth Sentinel North excellence scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships competition, from September 1 to October 10, 2018.
These grants and fellowships aim to encourage the best candidates to undertake or pursue research activities within the Sentinel North research program in a transdisciplinary environment.
Sentinel North congratulates once again the winners of the scientific poster competition of its 2018 Annual Meeting ! Congratulations to the 60 participants and special thanks to the evaluation committee. The competition was fierce!
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Université Laval is pleased to announce the launch of five cross-disciplinary research projects between Université Laval/Sentinel North and Université Côte d’Azur/IDEX. These strategic research projects will each receive $30,000 in funding from Université Laval/Sentinel North and €20,000 from Université Côte d’Azur/IDEX for an initial period of one year, with the potential for renewal depending on their progress.
The five research topics selected reflect Sentinel North’s three thematic research areas:
The program for the second Sentinel North annual meeting is now available. You will discover the many exciting conferences, activities and networking opportunities proposed during the event to be held from August 27 to 30 at the Château Laurier Hotel and the new Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury.
The second edition of Sentinel North international Ph.D. school is underway in Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic. From July 12 to 24, 2018, nineteen young scientists, twelve research professionals and technicians as well as ten internationally renowned professors from 12 universities in 8 countries will explore the Baffin sea and Baffin Island fjords on board the CCGS Amundsen. Their goal is to better understand the role of light in ecosystem services and health in the North. The program also includes meeting and exchanging with members of northern communities of Iqaluit and Qikiqtarjuaq.
The second edition of the Sentinel North International Ph.D School sets its course towards Baffin Bay in Nunavut, Canada. The team of 19 students and 22 mentors from 12 different universities have boarded the CCGS Amundsen Canadian research icebreaker as part of a unique experience aimed at studying the role of light in driving arctic marine food webs, ecosystems services, and human health in the North.
Project BriGHT will be on board the CCGS Amundsen from July 5 to 13, 2018 to collect samples of water and country food along the coast of Nunavik. The team will also take this opportunity to visit Inuit communities to discuss their preoccupations concerning climate and changes in country food availability and quality.
See the program and discover the speakers, presentation and thematic session details, exhibitors and schedule.