This study was carried out for the Yukon Energy Corporation (YEC) to understand the hydrological role of glaciers, and their future potential response to climate change, in the Upper Yukon River Basin above Whitehorse.

"Northern Canadian communities are at the forefront of climate change. Permafrost thaw is one of the major threats that they face. Many communities, particularly those within the discontinuous permafrost zone, have ground temperatures just…

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…

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…

"This project examines a robust set of water isotope data collected within the Yukon River watershed" -- from Project Introduction.

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

"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.…

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…

"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…

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…

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,…

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…