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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |