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The INQ will participate in the next edition of the Arctic Circle Assembly, which will be held from October 14 to 17. We will be presenting two sessions.
Our popular MOOC | Northern Quebec: Issues, Spaces and Cultures will be offered this fall in its English version. You can register by following this link. This free, online training will begin on October 4 and end on November 28, 2021. We estimate that you will have to spend about 4 hours per week to successfully complete the course and obtain a certificate of success from Université Laval.
Réseau Québec Maritime (RQM), the Government of Québec's Centre d'expertise en gestion des risques d'incidents maritimes (CEGRIM) and Institut nordique du Québec (INQ), are joining forces to launch a joint call for projects for INQ and RQM members to improve the preparedness of Nunavik communities in the event of a marine incident.
Water does not only flow in lakes and rivers. It also circulates under our feet, in aquifers, made up of fractured rock or porous granular sediments. It is from these aquifers that 25% of Quebec's drinking water is drawn. Ten years ago, however, there was a great lack of knowledge about the quantity and quality of groundwater.
Don't know what to watch on your next movie night? Whether it's to quench your thirst for knowledge or simply to entertain yourself, Les Docus offers you a bank of 58 French-language open-access documentaries with northern themes. Here are some of our recommendations:
A new chapter has begun for the Louis-Edmond Hamelin (L-E-H). Thanks to a new partnership between the Centre for northern studies (CEN) and Réformar, the organisation behind the management of the Lampsilis and Coriolis II, the L-E-H is more accessible than ever.
Two students have been selected to represent the province of Quebec at the next international final* of the My Northern Project contest. This final, organized jointly by Institut nordique du Québec and UArctic, is traditionally held during the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík, Iceland.