There are around 60 projects funded under the Northern Contaminants Program for the 2018-2019 year, with allocated funding support of roughly $4.1 million. These projects were subject to a comprehensive technical, peer, and northern social/cultural review process. This process ensures that each project supports the priorities and objectives of the Northern Contaminants Program, as outlined in the NCP blueprints and annual call for proposals. Consultation with northern community authorities and/or Indigenous organizations is required for all projects involving field work in the North and/or analyses of samples.
- Human Health
- Community-Based Monitoring and Research
- Environmental Monitoring and Research
- Communications, Capacity and Outreach
- Program Coordination and Indigenous Partnerships
| Project Title | Project leader(s) | Funding Awarded |
Brian Laird (University of Waterloo) | $181,016 | |
Pierre Ayotte (Université Laval) and Mélanie Lemire (Université Laval) | $454,308 | |
Chris Furgal (Trent University) and Mélanie Lemire and Pierre Ayotte (Université Laval), and Catherine Pirkle (University of Hawai’i at Manoa) | $74,750 | |
Brian Laird (University of Waterloo) | $194,258 |
Total Funding Awarded to Human Health projects: $904,332
| Project Title | Project leader(s) | Funding Awarded |
George Low (Dehcho First Nations) and Heidi Swanson (University of Waterloo) | $33,600 | |
Community-Based Monitoring of Arctic Char in Nunatsiavut: Increasing Capacity, Building Knowledge | Rodd Laing (Nunatsiavut Government), Derek Muir and Jane Kirk (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | $6,140 |
Contaminants in Traditional Foods of the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation | Dawna Hope (First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun) | $29,946 |
Jody Pellissey (Wek’èezhìi Renewable Resources Board) | $22,370* | |
James Simonee (community-based researcher in Pond Inlet) | $67,833* | |
Joel Heath and Lucassie Arragutianaq (The Arctic Eider Society) | $15,640 | |
Contaminants in Traditional Food in the White River First Nation Territory | Ray Sabo (White River First Nation) | $33,516 |
Anna Schmidt (Taku River Tlingit First Nation) | $29,562* | |
Community Monitoring of Plastic Pollution in Wild Food and Environments in Nunatsiavut | Max Liboiron (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Liz Pijogge (Nunatsiavut Government) | $32,607* |
Contaminant Monitoring and Community Interests in the Lower Northwest Passage | James Qitsualik (Gjoa Haven Hunters and Trappers Association) and Virginia K. Walker (Queen’s University) | $13,985 |
Jane Kirk (Environment and Climate Change Canada) and Liz Pijogge (Nunatsiavut Government) | $37,315 | |
Heidi Swanson (University of Waterloo) and Mary Gamberg (Gamberg Consulting) | $21,413 |
Total Funding Awarded to Community-Based Monitoring and Research Projects: $343,927
| Project Title | Project leader(s) | Funding Awarded |
Northern Contaminants Air Monitoring: Organic Pollutant Measurements | Hayley Hung (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | $199,511 |
Air Measurements of Mercury at Alert, Nunavut and Little Fox Lake, Yukon | Alexandra Steffen (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | $113,200 |
Passive Air Sampling Network for Organic Pollutants and Mercury | Hayley Hung and Alexandra Steffen (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | $42,877 |
Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Metals in Ringed Seals from the Canadian Arctic | Magali Houde and Derek Muir (Environment and Climate Change Canada), and Steve Ferguson (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) | $77,430 |
Robert Letcher (Environment and Climate Change Canada and Carleton University) and Markus Dyck (Government of Nunavut) | $33,225 | |
Lisa Loseto, Steve Ferguson, and Courtney Watt (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) | $66,115 | |
Birgit Braune (Environment and Climate Change Canada, Carleton University) and Phil Thomas (Environment and Climate Change Canada, Carleton University) | $74,430 | |
Temporal Trends and Spatial Variations in Mercury in Sea-Run Arctic Char from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut | Marlene Evans and Derek Muir (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | $13,600 |
Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Mercury in Landlocked Char in the High Arctic | Derek Muir and Jane Kirk (Environment and Climate Change Canada), and Günter Köck (Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Studies) | $35,700 |
Marlene Evans and Derek Muir (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | $29,450 | |
Gary Stern (University of Manitoba) | $20,171 | |
Mary Gamberg (Gamberg Consulting) | $45,386 | |
Mary Gamberg (Gamberg Consulting) | $85,827 | |
Community Based Seawater Monitoring for Organic Contaminants and Mercury in the Canadian Arctic | Derek Muir, Amila DeSilva, and Jane Kirk (Environment and Climate Change Canada), and Rainer Lohmann (University Rhode Island) | $39,710 |
Liisa Jantunen (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | $33,575 | |
Kyle Elliott (McGill University) and Kim Fernie (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | $34,025 | |
Plastics as a Vector of Contaminants to Arctic Seabird Tissues and Eggs | Mark Mallory and Jennifer Provencher (Acadia University) and Amila De Silva (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | $4,600 |
Adam Morris and Robert Letcher (Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Carleton University) | $37,260 | |
Seabirds as a Vector and Concentrators of Microplastics in Arctic Ecosystems | Mark Mallory and Jennifer Provencher (Acadia University) | $20,901 |
Charles S. Wong (University of Winnipeg) | $32,114 | |
Snowpack Mercury Mass Balance over the Spring Melt Period, Iqaluit, NU | Murray Richardson (Carleton University) | $45,943 |
Temporal Trends of Emerging Pollutant and Mercury Deposition through Ice and Sediment Core Sampling | Cora Young (York University), Alison Criscitiello (University of Alberta), Amila De Silva and Jane Kirk (Environment and Climate Change Canada), and Igor Lehnherr (University of Toronto-Mississauga | $49,200 |
Total Funding Awarded to Environmental Monitoring and Research Projects: $1,134,250
| Project Title | Project leader(s) | Funding Awarded |
Ellen Sedlack (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada) and James MacDonald (Council of Yukon First Nations) | $23,050 | |
Emma Pike (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada-- NWT), Tim Heron (NWT Metis Nation), Shannon O'Hara (Inuvialuit Regional Corporation) | $151,050 | |
Jean Allen (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada), Andrew Dunford (Nunavut Tungavik Inc.) | $70,825* | |
Kitty Gordon (Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services) | $116,725 | |
Liz Pijogge (Nunatsiavut Government) | $46,004 | |
Carla Pamak (Nunatsiavut Government) | $33,750* | |
Shannon O'Hara (Inuvialuit Regional Corporation) | $61,963* | |
Nunavik Inuit Research Advisor: Environmental, Health and Climate Change Research in Nunavik | Markusi Qisiiq and Michael Barrett (Kativik Regional Government) | $60,375* |
Wildlife Contaminants Workshop – Building Contaminants Research Capacity in Nunavut | James Shirley (Nunavut Research Institute), Jason Carpenter (Nunavut Arctic College), Mary Gamberg (Gamberg Consulting) and Jennifer Provencher (Acadia University) | $56,912 |
Dominique Henri and Magali Houde (Environment and Climate Change Canada), and Jennifer Provencher (Acadia University) | $28,600*
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Amie Black(Environment and Climate Change Canada) and Jennifer Provencher (Acadia University) | $28,265* |
Total Funding Awarded to Communications, Capacity and Outreach Projects: $705,784
| Project Title | Project leader(s) | Funding Awarded |
Coordination and Administration of the Northern Contaminants Program, 2018-2019 | Sarah Kalhok (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada) | $542,795 |
| Ellsworth LeDrew (University of Waterloo) | |
| Shannon Christoffersen (Arctic Institute of North America) | |
| Harold Malle (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | |
| Robert Letcher and Adam Morris (Environment and Climate Change Canada and Carleton University) | |
International Action to Reduce the Long-range Transport of Contaminants to the Arctic | Sarah Kalhok (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada) | $200,000 |
| Rolf Rødven and Simon Wilson (AMAP Secretariat) | |
| Tom Harner (Environment and Climate Change Canada) | |
Council of Yukon First Nations Participation in the Northern Contaminants Program | James MacDonald (Council of Yukon First Nations) | $37,375 |
Dene Nation Participation in the Northern Contaminants Program | Trevor Teed (Dene Nation) | $51,227 |
Eric Loring (Inuit Tapiirit Kanatami) | $182,114 | |
Eva Kruemmel (Inuit Circumpolar Council-Canada) | $178,538 |
Total Funding Awarded to Program Coordination and Indigenous Partnerships Projects: $1,192,049
* This project is funded jointly through the Northern Contaminants Program and the Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program.