Discover YukonU research.
This directory lists projects undertaken by YukonU Research Centre programs. Academic faculty research can be found on YukonU Scholar.
You can also visit our YukonU Experts directory for a snapshot of who we are and what we do.
Research Activity Map
| Program/School | Category | Researcher | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The impacts of COVID-19 on Yukon's frontline healthcare workers | Research Chair in Health | Health | Liris Smith | Completed in 2023 | |
| Interjurisdictional dynamics amongst Yukon First Nations and non-Indigenous governments during the COVID-19 pandemic | YukonU Research Centre | Health | Alison Perrin | Completed in 2023 | |
| Climate risk mapping for Government of Yukon building assets | Climate Change Research | Climate change, Geology/geophysics | Stephanie Saal | Completed in 2023 | |
| Watson Lake solar project | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Joe Collier | Completed in 2023 | |
| ATCO/Northland utilities Fort Providence study | Northern Energy Innovation | Climate change, Energy | Jason Zrum | Completed in 2022 | |
| Northern Mine Remediation course for First Nation communities | Northern Mine Remediation | Natural science | Guillaume Nielsen | Completed in 2022 | |
| Technical assessment of Kluane electric power system | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Joe Collier | Completed in 2022 | |
| Net Zero Buildings Workshop | Northern Energy Innovation | Climate change, Energy | Michael Ross | Completed in 2022 | |
| Design and implementation of early detection and warning systems for transportation infrastructure impacted by permafrost-related geohazards | Permafrost and Geoscience | Geology/geophysics | Fabrice Calmels | Completed in 2022 | |
| Flooding in Dawson and Old Crow: Exposure analysis and risk reduction recommendations | Climate Change Research | Climate change, Water | Benoit Turcotte | Completed in 2022 | |
| Ecological monitoring protocols for protected areas | Biodiversity Monitoring | Biology | Dave Mossop | Completed in 2022 | |
| Assessment and monitoring of a new retrogressive thaw slump at km 1456 of the Alaska Highway | Permafrost and Geoscience | Climate change | Fabrice Calmels | Completed in 2021 | |
| Power system impact study: Beaver Creek solar project | Northern Energy Innovation | Climate change, Energy | Jason Zrum | Completed in 2021 | |
| Workshop: Seed Collection For Mine Revegetation | Northern Mine Remediation | Environmental science | Guillaume Nielsen | Completed in 2021 | |
| Changing climate, energy, and the hydrology of northern rivers | Climate Change Research | Climate change | Brian Horton | Completed in 2020 | |
| Permafrost thaw, food security and traditional activities: Impacts on Jean Marie River First Nation | Climate Change Research, Permafrost and Geoscience | Climate change | Fabrice Calmels | Completed in 2020 | |
| What about the land and the water? | YukonU Research Centre | Social science | Bronwyn Hancock | Completed in 2020 | |
| Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic | YukonU Research Centre | Social science | Valoree Walker | Completed in 2019 | |
| Seedbanks in Yukon communities: developing protocols, a roadmap, and course materials | Climate Change Research, YukonU Research Centre | Climate change, Natural science | Rachel Pugh | Completed in 2019 | |
| Chu äyì ätlʼet (The Water In Me): Collaboratively developing a water strategy for CAFN | Climate Change Research | Climate change | Completed in 2019 | ||
| Power system impact study for Old Crow solar project | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Jason Zrum | Completed in 2018 | |
| Barriers to Integrating a High Penetration of Renewables | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Jason Zrum | Completed in 2018 | |
| Energy Storage Technologies and Control | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Jason Zrum | Completed in 2018 | |
| Small Scale Distributed Energy Resource | Northern Energy Innovation | Energy | Michael Ross | Completed in 2018 | |
| Summary of climate and geohazard related vulnerabilities for the Dempster Highway corridor | Permafrost and Geoscience | Fabrice Calmels | Completed in 2018 | ||
| Changing landscapes and northern ways of life | Climate Change Research, Permafrost and Geoscience | Climate change | Fabrice Calmels | Completed in 2018 | |
| Climate change course for Government of Nunavut decision-makers | Climate Change Research | Climate change | Alison Perrin | Completed in 2018 | |
| Costing adaptation for community housing | Climate Change Research | Climate change | Alison Perrin | Completed in 2018 | |
| Developing a tool for flood risk assessment in Yukon communities | Climate Change Research | Climate change | Maciej Stetkiewicz | Completed in 2018 | |
| Elder’s stories of Jean Marie River First Nation: Using Traditional Knowledge to better understand the changes in the boreal caribou habitat | Climate Change Research, Permafrost and Geoscience | Climate change | Fabrice Calmels | Completed in 2018 | |
| Hazard Mapping in the North : A review of approaches for key hazard types | Climate Change Research, Permafrost and Geoscience | Climate change | Fabrice Calmels | Completed in 2018 | |
| Permafrost research for northern infrastructure and improved community life | Climate Change Research, Permafrost and Geoscience | Climate change | Fabrice Calmels | Completed in 2018 | |
| In situ bioremediation in Keno hill | Northern Mine Remediation | Environmental science, Water | Guillaume Nielsen | Completed in 2018 | |
| Native seed bank in the Yukon - State of the art | Northern Mine Remediation | Natural science, Biology | Amelie Janin | Completed in 2017 | |
| Compendium of metal uptake in plants growing on mine sites in Yukon | Northern Mine Remediation | Natural science, Biology | Amelie Janin | Completed in 2017 |