It’s Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday is a global movement that encourages people to rally behind the organizations they believe in (for instance, the Churchill Northern Studies Centre). Today, we want to spotlight the importance of our facility to researchers, and how your support really makes a difference for subarctic science. Our Campaign If you are able to give financially, maybe … Read More
Researcher Feature: Chloé Warret Rodrigues
PhD student at the University of Manitoba whose focus species is the fox
Join the Great Canadian Giving Challenge
Join the Great Canadian Giving Challenge! It’s here — the Great Canadian Giving Challenge has begun! This month, we are asking you to join the challenge and help the CNSC continue to support subarctic science by making a donation of $3 or more. Every dollar really does count! The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is a month-long initiative to help registered … Read More
How CNSC is supporting beluga conservation efforts
How CNSC is supporting beluga conservation efforts A multi-year study of beluga whales in the Churchill River estuary led by Oceans North will continue this summer as part of an effort to establish a National Marine Conservation Area in the region. And for the second year in a row, the Churchill Northern Studies Centre’s science team will participate in collecting behavioural data … Read More
#RocketGreensMoms deliver new van
#RocketGreensMoms deliver new van February 24, 2022 Linda Basler and Jo-Anne Joyce met for the first time earlier this month. Less than a week later, they went on an epic road trip together: a 1,300-kilometre adventure from Winnipeg to Churchill. “We really hit it off,” says Jo-Anne. “We just got on like a house on fire.” Their journey wasn’t … Read More
Celebrating 4 Years of Rocket Greens Part 2!
Interviewer: Fiona Rettie, Sustainability TechInterviewee: Carley Basler, Rocket Greens operator and Sustainability Coordinator Looking back – four years of growth The blizzard that hit Churchill on Dec 16, 2021 kept the CNSC staff at home as winds gusted to 90 km/h, creating drifts that made Launch Road impassable. Our sustainability team of Carley, Fiona, and our science technician Dani sat around their kitchen … Read More
Celebrating 4 Years of Rocket Greens! Part 1
Interviewer: Fiona Rettie, Sustainability Tech Interviewee: Carley Basler, Rocket Greens operator and Sustainability Coordinator Fostering community connections The blizzard that hit Churchill on Dec 16, 2021 kept the CNSC staff at home as winds gusted to 90 km/h, creating drifts that made Launch Road impassable. Our sustainability team of Carley and Fiona, and our science technician Dani sat around their kitchen table … Read More
NEW DIRT FROM THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
BY KATE MAZUR, Seasonal Research Technician. The newest addition in the Churchill Northern Studies Centre’s science department features three bioactive terrariums. These terrariums provide guests and staff with a refreshing glimpse of summer, creating a real life visual of vegetation not normally accessible in the winter months. The soil samples were collected by the science team, under 1.5 km away from the CNSC. A corresponding control plot was created for each plot of soil gathered, making for a total of six soil … Read More
Wolves and Caribou and Polar Bears, Oh My!
By: Fiona Rettie and Amanda Proulx For 25 years, the world-leading scientific authority on polar bear-human conflicts, Doug Clark, has been documenting polar bear behaviour in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic ecosystems. His research is primarily focused on polar bears’ interactions with human infrastructures. In 2011, Dr. Clark first placed motion-activated trail cameras in Wapusk National Park and around the Churchill Northern Studies Centre (CNSC) to … Read More
Something Fishy is Going On
By Joni Reimer After over a year of being empty, the CNSC’s Hudson Bay Aquarium is back up and running after a little help from the science team. The 125 gallon tank offers a glimpse into what the Arctic Ocean looks like beneath the surface and is the only saltwater aquarium in Churchill. Collections began in early summer, as the … Read More