Published on April 21 2022 In

INQ' s Newsletter | April 2022

Our annual scientific event is fast approaching and the INQ team is excited to see you in person!

This activity, which will combine scientific presentations, round tables and networking, will take place on May 10th at the Musée de la civilisation in Quebec City. About fifteen speakers will take part in the day’s various discussions and conferences. The program is available on the event's website.

Northern Day in brief:

Round table | Sustainable health of Indigenous and Northern populations - INQ in collaboration with RISUQ
Round table | What is the future for caribou?
Conference | Wildlife, Environmental Change and Local Indigenous Food Systems in Eeyou Istchee and Nunavik
My Northern Project | Science popularization contest highlighting Quebec's emerging northern researchers
Networking Cocktail | Unveiling of the six Quebec finalists who will go to the international finals of the My Northern Project contest in Iceland

Acfas - Northern science at the Museum | the evening of May 10

Immediately following INQ's Northern Day, you can take part in conferences for the general public aimed at improving our understanding of the northern environment and featuring INQ researchers Pierre Ayotte, Marcel Babin and Normand Voyer as well as biologist and humorist Boucar Diouf.

Many seats for this informative and entertaining evening have been reserved for those registered for INQ's Northern Day.

RISUQ and INQ: together for a healthy North

To strengthen and enhance INQ’s "Health" axis, one of its five research axes, Mélanie Lemire, professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval, has joined forces with Cathy Vaillancourt, director of Réseau intersectoriel de recherche en santé de l’Université du Québec (RISUQ). This alliance will allow sustainable health to shine throughout Northern Quebec.

A promising union of the strengths of RISUQ and INQ!

Read the article ➔

Finalists to be announced soon

INQ would like to highlight the high quality of the student applications received for the My Northern Project science popularization contest. We promise you a great competition!

Moreover, the People's Choice Award will be back this year. The candidate who receives the most votes from the public will win a $250 scholarship.

To find out who the 12 selected candidates are, we invite you to follow us on LinkedIn where the announcement will be made next week.

Session - 203 | Sustainable energy production and use in the North: observations, solutions, issues and challenges for all disciplines

On May 12, 2022, INQ invites you to participate in this scientific session held during the 89th Acfas conference, which highlights the work of several members of INQ’s Working Group on New and Renewable Energies. This session includes more than 20 presentations and will give you the opportunity to hear from many actors in the field.

Please note that this event is online and you must be registered for the Acfas conference to attend. The event is held in French.

Details (in French) ➔

The Arctic in the Anthropocene: emerging research questions

Atikᶸ presents three volumes of the scientific work Fauna Boreali-Americana, written by John Richardson with contributions from William Swainson and the Reverend William Kriby.

These three works are true accounts of natural history in the pre-Darwinian era, each focusing on a specific taxon: quadrupeds, birds and insects.

They contain detailed observations of the anatomy, appearance, and behavior of boreal wildlife species, as well as additional information from Indigenous knowledge. You can learn about the many food uses of caribou by the Inuit, such as the stomach and its contents, which they call nerrooks...

Explore this resource ➔

Microwave Digestion System

Lab-O-Nord presents the microwave digestion system CEM MARS 5 affiliated with the common services laboratory located at INRS (Centre Eau Terre Environnement).

This device uses microwave energy and high pressure to bring solid samples into acidic solution. It permits the digestion, dissolution and hydrolysis of a wide variety of materials. It can also be used to extract organic compounds.

Check it out in Lab-O-Nord ➔