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Raven recycling biomass fuel study: Final report
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Raven recycling biomass fuel study: Final report
"In February of 2016, Raven Recycling collaborated with ACS Mechanical Systems with the support of Yukon Government’s EMR Energy Branch and the Cold Climate Innovation Centre to purchase an Austrian-built Hargassner Wood Chip/ Pellet boiler.…
Permafrost thaw, food security and traditional activities: Impacts on Jean Marie River First Nation
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Permafrost thaw, food security and traditional activities: Impacts on Jean Marie River First Nation
Jean Marie River First Nation (JMRFN), located 127km east of Fort Simpson, is a very active community that has led and participated in many scientific and traditional studies in the past few years. Currently, two primary concerns there are the…
Final Report: Dempster Highway Permafrost Assessment
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Final Report: Dempster Highway Permafrost Assessment
Whitehorse climate change adaptation plan
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Whitehorse climate change adaptation plan
"The main role of the Whitehorse Community Climate Change Adaptation Project Local Advisory Committee (WLAC) has been to provide a local perspective to the project and to guide the allocation of money for pilot adaptation projects.The WLAC…
Review of Climate Change Adaptation in the Canadian North: Identifying common themes, actions, and opportunities to improve access to adaptation knowledge
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Review of Climate Change Adaptation in the Canadian North: Identifying common themes, actions, and opportunities to improve access to adaptation knowledge
Canada’s North is changing rapidly. It is unique in terms of its relatively strong representation of indigenous people and variety of landscapes. This creates a unique context for climate change adaptation, both in terms of urgency (change is…
Mainstreaming: incorporating climate change into northern decisions
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Mainstreaming: incorporating climate change into northern decisions
A Distributed Hydrological Modelling System to Support Hydrological Production in Northern Environments under Current and Changing Climate Conditions
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A Distributed Hydrological Modelling System to Support Hydrological Production in Northern Environments under Current and Changing Climate Conditions
The overarching goal of this project was to implement a distributed hydrological modelling system to support hydroelectric production in Yukon under current and changing climate conditions. Building from previous collaboration between YU and YEC,…
Changing landscapes and northern ways of life
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Changing landscapes and northern ways of life
The Northern Climate ExChange and the University of Saskatchewan are working with the Jean Marie River First Nation and Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation to make climate change research relevant to northern Indigenous adaptation planning. The communities…
Community energy and emissions inventory - Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
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Community energy and emissions inventory - Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Concurrent with climate change impacts are community responses to them. Management of energy resources, with a focus on conservation and the development of renewable energy, is one way in which northern peoples are responding to climate change—the…
Developing a tool for flood risk assessment in Yukon communities
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Developing a tool for flood risk assessment in Yukon communities
Yukon Government’s Emergency Measures Organization (EMO), with funding from the Federal National Disaster Mitigation Program, has approached the Northern Climate ExChange (NCE), part of the Yukon Research Centre at Yukon College, as a partner to…
ERT and Temperature Monitoring to Assess the Effectiveness of Insulated Culverts on Northern Highways
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ERT and Temperature Monitoring to Assess the Effectiveness of Insulated Culverts on Northern Highways
Heat transfer into the ground at highway culvert locations can lead to the thawing of permafrost, damaging infrastructure, shortening its lifespan, and increasing maintenance costs. The Dempster Highway in the northern Yukon experiences multiple…
Summary of climate-and geohazard-related vulnerabilities for the Dempster Highway corridor
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Summary of climate-and geohazard-related vulnerabilities for the Dempster Highway corridor
The Dempster Highway is the only road connection to the western Arctic. Now connected with the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway, it is part of the infrastructure linking southern Canada with the Arctic Ocean. Extensive reconstruction of the Dempster…
Vulnerability of the north Alaska Highway to permafrost thaw: Design options and climate change adaptation
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Vulnerability of the north Alaska Highway to permafrost thaw: Design options and climate change adaptation
The Alaska Highway between Burwash Landing and the Yukon/Alaska border is underlain by extensive discontinuous, warm and frequently ice-rich permafrost. The disturbance caused by construction of the road and climate warming has already led to the…
Costing adaptation for community housing
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Costing adaptation for community housing
The Northern Climate ExChange, Memorial University and International Institute for Sustainable Development are studying the impacts of permafrost thaw on housing and community infrastructure in Arviat, Nunavut and Old Crow, Yukon
Yukon climate change indicators and key findings 2015
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Yukon climate change indicators and key findings 2015
"This report is a cross-sector, structured, evidence-based assessment of Yukon climate change knowledge. Synthesizing our understanding is useful for researchers, decision makers, and the general public. Given the dynamic challenges and…
Vulnerability of the north Alaska Highway to permafrost thaw: A field guide and data synthesis
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Vulnerability of the north Alaska Highway to permafrost thaw: A field guide and data synthesis
Yukon, Alaska and northern British Columbia depend heavily on road transportation to link communities and connect industrial activities to international markets. The Alaska Highway is the central transportation corridor in Yukon. It is crucial to…
Future histories of Whitehorse scenarios of change: Community adaptation project
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Future histories of Whitehorse scenarios of change: Community adaptation project
Dawson climate change adaptation plan: community adaptation project
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Dawson climate change adaptation plan: community adaptation project
Permafrost research for northern infrastructure and improved community life
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Permafrost research for northern infrastructure and improved community life
This project is focused on supporting infrastructure maintenance and construction for the development of the Arctic and the well-being of communities who live on the land, while making high-level scientific contributions to permafrost science and…
Review of Climate Change Adaptation in the Canadian North: Identifying common themes, actions, and opportunities to improve access to adaptation knowledge
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Review of Climate Change Adaptation in the Canadian North: Identifying common themes, actions, and opportunities to improve access to adaptation knowledge
Throughout northern Canada, a variety of documents speaking to climate change adaptation have been published. These range from peer review articles over presentations, websites, and reports to online tools. This project represents an effort to tie…
Yukon River water isotope data : interpretation of Canadian Indigenous Observation Network results
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Yukon River water isotope data : interpretation of Canadian Indigenous Observation Network results
"This project examines a robust set of water isotope data collected within the Yukon River watershed" -- from Project Introduction.
Developing a tool for flood risk assessment in Yukon communities
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Developing a tool for flood risk assessment in Yukon communities
Yukon Government’s Emergency Measures Organization (EMO), with funding from the Federal National Disaster Mitigation Program, has approached the Northern Climate ExChange (NCE), part of the Yukon Research Centre at Yukon College, as a partner to…
The accessibility, quality, and safety of the Liard First Nation's drinking water supply
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The accessibility, quality, and safety of the Liard First Nation's drinking water supply
"The provision of safe drinking water is a key driver of public health and a pressing health issue facing First Nations communities in Canada. Despite numerous government assessments, training initiatives and billions of dollars in targeted…
Elder’s stories of Jean Marie River First Nation:: Using Traditional Knowledge to better understand the changes in the boreal caribou habitat
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Elder’s stories of Jean Marie River First Nation:: Using Traditional Knowledge to better understand the changes in the boreal caribou habitat
Jean Marie River First Nation (JMRFN), NWT, has been working on climate change related projects since 2010. Climate change is greatly impacting JMRFN’s land and their way of life, including food security, and it is important for them to better…
Investigation of Dempster Highway Sinkholes: km 82 and Two Moose Lake
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Investigation of Dempster Highway Sinkholes: km 82 and Two Moose Lake
This report presents the results of a project that aims to understand and, if possible, recommend actions to remediate the issues caused by the formation of sinkholes at km 82 and km 102-103 of the Dempster Highway. At km 82, this has resulted in…