Sentinel North brings together a vast network of organizations, research centers, institutes and academic and industrial partners in pursuit of its goals.

Université Laval centers and institutes

International Arctic Field School

March 2 - 9, 2018, Iqaluit (Nunavut), Canada

Under the leadership of the Sentinel North strategy of Université Laval (Quebec City, Canada), the International Arctic Field School provided 30 international and northern students with a unique opportunity to interact with high-profile scientists, local experts and managers as part of a transdisciplinary training program that addresses the complex and interrelated scientific and socio-economic issues linked to the changing Arctic cryosphere.

International Ph.D. School

July 12 to 24, 2018, Baffin Bay (Nunavut), Canada

Under the leadership of the Sentinel North program of Université Laval (Quebec City, Canada), the International Ph.D. School (IPS) provides international students with a unique opportunity to interact with high-profile scientists as part of a transdisciplinary and highly technological training program aiming to demystify the role of light in driving arctic marine food webs, ecosystems services, and human health in the North.

Sentinel North’s unique experiential training allows students and postdoctoral fellows from around the world to immerse themselves in northern research.

With an approach based on transdisciplinarity and the application of learning in northern or highly technological environments, these training activities provide an opportunity to interact with peers from other disciplines as well as high-profile scientists and experts. The participants also get a chance to learn with world-class research infrastructure.

Program objectives

An international scholarship program is available to international students for an internship in the laboratories of Université Laval researchers participating in research projects funded by Sentinel North's research program. Through this program, Sentinel North seeks to attract new talent, foster the development of young international scientists able to tackle and help resolve complex northern issues, and encourage the sharing of knowledge and experience across borders.

Program objectives

The purpose of this fund is to enable graduate students to attend high-level international schools (training workshops, specialized summer/winter masterclasses) whose topics are aligned with Sentinel North's research program. Recognizing the value of such training, Sentinel North wishes through this program to foster the development of a new generation of young scientists able to tackle and help resolve complex northern issues, and encourage the sharing of knowledge and experience across borders.

Launch and Happy Hour of the Sentinel North Young Investigators Association

Four projects were selected following a joint CNRS - Sentinel North call for funding to move French researchers to Quebec City to initiate new collaborations with Sentinel North. The scientific officers of Université Laval who carry out these selected projects are:

Arctic Change 2017 conference

Sentinel North invites all students and young researchers involved in its research activities to meet on Tuesday, November 21 at 3 pm in room 2326 of the Alphonse-Desjardins building to lay the foundation for the Sentinel North Young Investigators Association.

This meeting will be an opportunity to bring out ideas and initiatives on transdisciplinarity, training and animation of this community. Students of all cycles and postdoctoral fellows involved in Sentinel North research projects from all disciplines and research centers are expected.