Arctic research in Canada is adapting under COVID-19 restrictions

With the longest Arctic coastline in the world and as stewards to globally important Arctic ecosystems, it is imperative that Canada continues to act a global leader in Arctic science.

The new realities created by the pandemic is providing an overdue opportunity to shine a spotlight on Indigenous knowledge, Inuit self-determination in research, and meaningful North-South science partnerships.Flickr photograph by Fiona Paton

Opinion

BY JACKIE DAWSON, STEPHANIE MEAKIN, JEAN ALLEN

June 10, 2020

Travel restrictions and new research protocols have halted southern-based and international scientists from heading to Canada’s Arctic this summer to conduct their annual field seasons, but it has not halted all research and monitoring activities. COVID-19 restrictions will create notable holes in...

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