Discover the many research projects happening at YukonU. This directory lists projects undertaken by the YukonU Research Centre programs. Faculty research can be found on YukonU Scholar.
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Program/School | Category | Researcher | Status | ||
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Accelerating community energy transformation | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Joe Collier | Ongoing | |
Air source heat pump pilot project | Northern Energy Innovation | Climate change, Energy | Patrick Giles | Ongoing | |
Beat the Peak campaign | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Joe Collier | Ongoing | |
Biodiversity specimen research and teaching collection | Biodiversity Monitoring | Biology | Dave Mossop | Ongoing | |
Bringing research home | Climate Change Research | Climate change | Alison Perrin | Ongoing | |
CANSTOREnergy | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Michael Ross, Joe Collier | Ongoing | |
Characterizing permafrost vulnerability to climate change induced thaw in the Traditional Territory of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations | Permafrost and Geoscience | Climate change | Fabrice Calmels | Ongoing | |
Climate Resilience Knowledge to Action | Climate Change Research | Climate change | Alison Perrin | Ongoing | |
Eagle Gold bioreactors | Northern Mine Remediation | Environmental science | Guillaume Nielsen | Ongoing | |
Electric vehicle and smart heating opportunities | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Joe Collier | Ongoing | |
Enhancing Yukon trade corridor resilience to northern geohazards | Climate Change Research, Permafrost and Geoscience | Climate change, Water | Fabrice Calmels | Ongoing | |
Ethno-Ornithology of Yukon and Alaska | Biology | Kathryn Aitken | Ongoing | ||
Focal species in tundra systems: gyrfalcon, willow ptarmigan | Biodiversity Monitoring | Biology | Dave Mossop | Ongoing | |
Frederik Paulsen Seminar: Mine Bioremediation in the Arctic | Northern Mine Remediation | Environmental science, Water | Guillaume Nielsen | Ongoing | |
Health Research Information Tool | Yukon SPOR Unit | Health | Michelle Leach | Ongoing | |
Improving winter discharge estimates | Climate Change Research | Climate change | Benoit Turcotte | Ongoing | |
In situ passive treatment of heap leach facility drainage solutions containing arsenic, nitrate, and uranium | Northern Mine Remediation | Environmental science | Guillaume Nielsen | Ongoing | |
In Their Words: COVID-19 Experiences of the Vuntut Gwitchin people of Old Crow | Research Chair in Health | Health | Liris Smith | Ongoing | |
Lab Scale Study of Nitrate and Arsenic Removal via Permeable Reactive Barrier under Cold Conditions | Northern Mine Remediation | Environmental science, Water | Guillaume Nielsen | Ongoing | |
McIntyre Creek hydrology | Climate Change Research | Climate change, Water | Benoit Turcotte | Ongoing | |
Mine revegetation in the North | Northern Mine Remediation | Environmental science, Biology | Guillaume Nielsen | Ongoing | |
Nitrogen removal using bacteria at the Minto Mine | Northern Mine Remediation | Environmental science, Biology | Guillaume Nielsen | Ongoing | |
Oxygen diffusion in saturated covers | Northern Mine Remediation | Environmental science | Guillaume Nielsen | Ongoing | |
Revitalizing Yukon Indigenous Storytelling | Indigenous Knowledge | Storytelling | Jocelyn Joe-Strack | Ongoing | |
Scottie Creek Borderlands culture history project | Natural science | Norman Alexander Easton | Ongoing | ||
Supporting humans in a thawing landscape | Permafrost and Geoscience | Climate change | Fabrice Calmels | Ongoing | |
The impacts of COVID-19 on Yukon's frontline healthcare workers | Research Chair in Health | Health | Liris Smith | Ongoing | |
Wetland analysis and monitoring | Biodiversity Monitoring | Climate change | Dave Mossop | Ongoing | |
Yukon Biodiversity Forum | YukonU Research Centre | Biology | Ongoing | ||
Yukon electric thermal storage demonstration | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Joe Collier | Ongoing | |
Yukon endangered birds: research and monitoring | Biodiversity Monitoring | Biology | Dave Mossop | Ongoing | |
Yukon First Nations Climate Action Fellowship | Indigenous Knowledge | Climate change, Storytelling, Youth | Jocelyn Joe-Strack | Ongoing | |
YukonU CubeSAT | YukonU Research Centre | Rachel Pugh | Ongoing | ||
Watson Lake solar project | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Joe Collier | Completed in 2023 | |
Yukon SPOR Health Summit | Yukon SPOR Unit | Health | Shayna Haley | Completed in 2022 | |
ATCO/Northland utilities Fort Providence study | Northern Energy Innovation | Climate change, Energy | Jason Zrum | Completed in 2022 |