$95K Boost for Northern Research via Polar Knowledge

Polar Knowledge Canada

Polar Knowledge Canada is proud to announce support for 10 outstanding students through its annual scholarship and award programs, totaling $95,000 in funding. These awards help foster the next generation of polar researchers and knowledge holders and reflect POLAR's ongoing commitment to advancing Northern science and building research capacity in the North.

This year, students from across Canada are receiving financial support through the following four programs:

Polar Knowledge Canada Scholarship ($10,000) - for PhD students conducting Northern or Arctic research in the natural and physical sciences, economic and social sciences, health and life sciences, the humanities, engineering, and technology development.

· Cody Malone - Trichinella Diversity Across the North American North: Sympatric Occurrence, Contentious Genotypes, and Public Health Implications.

· Rachel Lackey - Investigating Permafrost-Groundwater Interactions and Northern Water Resource Vulnerability.

· Maria Jose Ramirez Prieto - Experiences and Food Security Supports within the Country Food System: Exploring Inuvialuit Youth Perspectives in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

POLAR Antarctic Scholarship ($10,000) - for Master's and PhD students conducting Antarctic research.

· Daniel Fillion - Biogeochemistry of Lake Untersee: An Analog for the Proterozoic Oceans.

POLAR Northern Resident Scholarship ($10,000) - for Master's and PhD students who are Northern residents pursuing research relevant to the North.

· Mathilde Lapointe St-Pierre - Knowledge-weaving of Atlantic Walrus Nutritional Ecology in the Context of Climate Change.

· Johanna Stewart - Wildfire Impact on Northern Populations of Red-sided Garter Snake.

· Shyloh van Delft - Year-round Ecology of Cavity-using Wildlife in a Fire-smart Northern Boreal Forest.

· Frances Ross - Taii Tr'ahtsik / Blazing Trails: Van Tat Gwich'in Perspectives on Re-envisioning and Indigenizing Education in Old Crow.

· Anna Smith - Influence of Human Disturbance on the Density and Distribution of a Cultural Keystone Species in an Industrial Boreal Landscape.

POLAR Northern Resident Award ($5,000) - for undergraduate students who are Northern residents and engaged in Northern or Arctic research.

· Bella Mouchet - Mapping Basal Features Associated with Subglacial Drainage on the Milne Glacier.

These scholarships and awards ensure that emerging researchers, particularly those from the North, are supported in pursuing research priorities that reflect community needs, advance Indigenous self-determination and sovereignty in research, and contribute to a growing body of polar knowledge grounded in respectful collaboration between Indigenous and scientific approaches.

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