Research activity map
Academic and research faculty, including those at the YukonU Research Centre, have research projects throughout the Yukon and across Canada's North. Explore their work through the blue location pins and click on the title links to learn more.
Innovative solutions for northern mine water treatment
Industrial Research Chair in Northern Mine Remediation, Dr. Guillaume Nielsen, set up four pilot-scale bioreactors at Eagle Gold Mine in 2019 and monitored them for three years.
Studying metal concentrations in Whitehorse groundwater
Earth Sciences faculty members and two student research assistants are studying the metal concentrations of groundwater in Whitehorse with a focus on uranium, manganese, and arsenic.
Mine revegetation research
There are big plans this field season for a mine revegetation project with the help of Master’s student and recent Northern Environmental and Conservation Sciences graduate, Ben Budzey.
Industrial disturbance and wolverines
Master’s student Zachary Fogel is studying the impact of industrial disturbance on wolverines in the Klondike goldfields with the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, and Government of Yukon Department of Environment.
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The Northern Review is a peer-reviewed open access journal publishing research and book reviews that explore human experience in, and thought about, the North, including the territorial and provincial Norths of Canada and the Circumpolar North.
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June 2023
Cover: Kiwetinohk Pimachesowin (Northern Way of Life) | Photo Bonita Beatty