Martin Fortier, Ph'D'

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Martin Fortier, Ph.D. Executive
Director SEARCH SSC Meeting 6 Novembre 2009
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• One of 18 Networks of Centres of Excellence
  (NCE) jointly funded by the 3 Research Councils
  of Canada.
• Funded for 7 years (2004-2011). Possibility of
  renewal for another 7 years (2011-2018)
• 6.4 Million from NCE per year (85 research
  infrastructure,10 networking, 5 administration)
• 12-30 Million cash in-kind contributions from
  partners per year
• Hosted at Université Laval, Quebec City

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General objectives of ArcticNet To build
synergy among existing Centres of Excellence in
the natural, human health and social arctic
sciences. To involve Northerners, government
and industry in the steering of the Network and
scientific process through bilateral exchange of
knowledge, training and technology. To
increase and update the observational basis
needed to address ecosystem-level questions
raised by climate change and globalization in the
Arctic. To provide academic researchers and
their national and international collaborators
with stable access to the coastal Canadian
Arctic. To consolidate national and
international collaborations in the study of the
Canadian Arctic. To contribute to the training
of the next generation of experts, from north and
south, needed to study, model and ensure the
stewardship of the changing Canadian Arctic.
To help translate our growing understanding of
the changing Arctic into impact assessments,
national and global policies and adaptation
strategies.
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• Board of Directors
• Inuit Organisations
• Simon, Mary (Co-chair) President, Inuit Tapiriit
  Kanatami
• Aatami, Pita President, Makivik Corporation
• Eetoolook, James 1st Vice-president, Nunavut
  Tunngavik Incorporated
• Smith, Duane President, Inuit Circumpolar
  Council-Canada
• Industry
• Boucher, Bernie (Chair) President , JF Boucher
  Consulting Ltd
• Bishop, Glen S. V-P, Canadian Arctic,
  ConocoPhillips Canada (until 2008)
• Loberg, Carmen President and CEO, NorTerra Inc.
• Thomas, David President, The AXYS group Ltd.
• Wojczynski, Ed Division Manager, Power Planning
  Dev.,Manitoba Hydro
• Federal Government
• Corey, Mark ADM, Earth Sciences Sector, NRCan
• Gray, Brian ADM, Environment Canada, Science and
  Technology
• Watson-Wright, Wendy ADM, Science, Fisheries and
  Oceans Canada
• Woods, Shelagh Jane DG, Primary Health Care
  Public Health, FNIHB, Health Canada
• Academia

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• Research Program Phase II (2008-2011)
• 28 research projects in natural, human health and
  social sciences covering the entire Canadian
  Coastal Arctic
• Over 110 Network Investigators (including 43 new
  NIs) from 28 universities and 8 Federal
  departments/agencies in Canada.
• Over 400 graduate students, research associates
  and technicians
• Over 150 partner organizations and 40 foreign
  scientists from 9 countries
• With Polar Continental Shelf Project, Centre
  dÉtudes Nordiques and Northern Research
  Institutes, Canadian research icebreaker CCGS
  Amundsen is major research infrastructure

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www.amundsen.quebec-ocean.ulaval.ca
The CCGS Amundsen a Canadian research icebreaker
for international collaboration in the study of
the changing Arctic
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• Canadian Commitment of 156 million
• 44 IPY Federal Program Projects
• 11 led by ArcticNet NIs
• 30 involve ArcticNet collaborators
• 11 NSERC-IPY Projects
• 6 led by ArcticNet NIs

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• Major IPY ArcticNet projects
• Inuit Health Survey (Grace Egeland, McGill U.)
• Circumpolar Flaw Lead System (CFL) Study
  (David Barber, U of Manitoba)
• Conducted from the CCGS Amundsen

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2007-2008 Research Effort IPY ArcticNet
15-month expedition CCGS Amundsen
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IPY-CFL (2007-2011) By the Numbers
Countries with Institutions participating in CFL
Canada, USA, China, Spain, Germany, Sweden,
Norway, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain,
Netherlands
370 investigators 102 Senior Scientists 122
graduate students 46 technicians 35 Schools on
Board 41 media
40M, 4 years (no salaries) 11M in new CFI
funds International lead- Pan-AME Strong northern
partnerships 11 month field program First
time!
Countries of origin of CFL researchers and media
Canada, USA, China, Spain, Switzerland, Germany,
Sweden, Norway, Russia, Belgium, France, Great
Britain, Netherlands, Finland, Scotland, Poland
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ArcticNet Observation Networks
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• ArcticNet Expedition on Amundsen

• ArcticNet annual program supporting over 10
  ArcticNet collaborative projects (coastal Arctic
  sub-Arctic).
• MALINA French-led project (Western Arctic)
• Geotraces Canadian-led IPY project (Western
  Arctic)
• ArcticNet/IOL Industrial Partnership Program
  (Western Arctic)

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• ArcticNet Expedition on Amundsen
• 168-d circumnavigation of North America

Passed Point Barrow on 12 July 2009. Entered
Mackenzie Shelf Study area on 14 July 2009. One
month earlier than entering through Northwest
Passage.
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2009 ArcticNet collaboration with Imperial Oil
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2009 ArcticNet collaboration with Imperial Oil
Major goal Increase the level and spatial
coverage of sea-ice, geological and environmental
data collected by the ArcticNet network in the
Beaufort Sea/Mackenzie Shelf/Amundsen Gulf region
(regional context) with a special focus placed in
and around Ajurak (EL446). 3 major research
components   1) Met/Ocean Sea Ice (Leg 2
3) 2) Environment Marine Resources (Leg
2a) 3) Geology/ Bathymetry (Leg 2a 3b)  
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2009 ArcticNet Leg 2a (16 to 30 July 2009)

• Objectives
• Deploy 5 subsurface oceanographic moorings in
  Ajurak and 4 subsurface oceanographic moorings in
  EL 449 (BP).
• Sample at 17 biophysical stations in Ajurak and 4
  biophysical stations in EL 449.
• Deploy 12 bottom anchored hydrophones in Ajurak.
• Deploy the Remotely Operated Vehicle for a visual
  survey of an expulsion feature in Ajurak.
• Conduct ice thickness and roughness surveys using
  the helicopter mounted EM Induction system and
  deploy 20 ice drift satellite beacons on large
  ice floes around Ajurak.
• Continuous sampling of bathymetry, meteorological
  and surface water properties using Amundsen
  samplers.

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Leg 3b (12 Sep to 8 Oct)

• 51piston cores
• Bottom mapping
• Moorings turn-around
• Metocean buoys
• Ice work

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Leg 4
Iqaluit
Québec
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www.polardata.ca
polardata.ca
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International Arctic Change 2008
Conference Quebec City, 9-12 December 2008
Over 900 participants from 15 countries
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www.arcticnetmeetings.ca
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www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca
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Questions
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Gibbs Fjord, Baffin Island, Nunavut
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Phase II Research Program (2008-2011)

• Effects of climate change on the Canadian Arctic
  wildlife (Berteaux)
• Food Security, Ice, Climate and Community Health
  (Chan Furgal)
• Population dynamics of migratory caribou in
  Nunavik/Nunatsiavut (Côté)
• Marine fatty acids in a changing Canadian Arctic
  (Dewailly)
• Impacts of Global Warming on Arctic Marine
  Mammals (Ferguson)
• Growth variability and mercury concentrations in
  Arctic charr (Power)
• Nunatsiavut Nuluak Effects of Climate Change and
  Modernization in a Northern Environment (Reimer
  Biasutti)
• Effects of Climate Change on Carbon and
  Contaminant Cycling in the Arctic Coastal and
  Marine Ecosystems (Stern, Macdonald Wang)

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Phase II Research Program (2008-2011)

• Impact of permafrost and climate change in
  Northern Coastal Canadian Communities (Allard
  Pollard)
• Monitoring the impact of climate change on Arctic
  benthos (Archambault)
• The Role of Sea Ice in ArcticNet Integrated
  Regional Impact Studies (Barber)
• Freshwater-Marine coupling in Hudson Bay (Barber)
• Analysis of past hydro-climatic variations in
  Nunavik (Bégin)
• Instability of coastal landscapes in Arctic
  communities and region (Bell Forbes)
• The law and politics of Canadian jurisdiction
  over Arctic Ocean seabed (Byers)

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Phase II Research Program (2008-2011)

• Multi-species tracking of aquatic animals in the
  Canadian Arctic (Dick)
• Long-term observatories in Canadian Arctic waters
  (Gratton)
• Impacts of vegetation change in the Canadian
  Arctic (Henry)
• Integrating and Translating ArcticNet Science for
  Sustainable Community and Global Policy and
  Decision Making (Hik Furgal)
• The Canadian Arctic seabed navigation and
  resource mapping for community and regional
  impact studies (Hughes-Clarke)
• High Arctic hydrological, landscape and ecosystem
  responses to climate change at the Cape Bounty
  Arctic Watershed Observatory, Melville Island
  (Lamoureux Lafrenière)
• Development of an Ocean Modelling Capacity for
  the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (Myers)

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Phase II Research Program (2008-2011)

• Effects of Climate Change on Carbon Exchange
  Dynamics in Arctic Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
  (Papakyriakou)
• Adaptation in a Changing Arctic Ecosystem
  Services, Communities and Policy (Smit)
• Coping With Atmospheric-Related Hazards in the
  Canadian Arctic (Stewart)
• Marine biological hotspots ecosystem services
  and susceptibility to climate change (Tremblay)
• Freshwater resources of the Eastern Canadian
  Arctic quantity, quality and indicators of
  ecological change (Vincent)
• Hydro-ecological Responses of Arctic Tundra Lakes
  to Climate Change and Landscape Perturbation
  (Wrona)