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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.

2021 Theme : Knowledge Mobilization and Sharing

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.

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:

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.

Summer is just around the corner and the return of good weather is kicking off a new field research season. Institut nordique du Québec (INQ) is taking this opportunity to highlight an indispensable tool designed to guide research teams in the development and implementation of their projects in northern territories: Research Guidelines.

Speaker: Achim Randelhoff, UMI Takuvik, Université Laval

Presenters: Cécile Aenishaenslin and Léa Delesalle, GREZOSP, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal

INQ Newsletter | May 2021

Watch the recording of this webinar broadcast on May 5, 2021. Speakers: Stéphane Roussel (ÉNAP), Mathieu Landriault (UOttawa) and Jean-François Payette (UQÀM).

Manicouagan is more than just a hydroelectric dam and its vast reservoir nestled in a meteorite crater. It is also a river, from its mouth to the lake. In fact, it is an entire ancestral territory, the homeland , or Nitassinan, of the Innu community of Pessamit. At the intersection of these perspectives is geography, which is not only physical but also cultural and historical.

Atiku, the Northern and Arctic Knowledge Portal, offers the best international information resources for researching information on the North and the Arctic, divided into 3 thematic collections and 6 collections by document type. Content development is ongoing. Here are some recent additions to the 'Studying the North', 'Archives and Primary Sources' and 'General Public' collections.