Polar Knowledge Canada

From Parliament Hill to the Canadian High Arctic Research Station, we're celebrating Pride Season across Canada: https://ow.ly/oEvz50Z9wS8

Happy World Oceans Day! 🌊🪸🪼🦀🐠 Read more about Dr. Savoie's Arctic Ocean work in Aqhaliat: https://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/publications/aqhaliat/volume-5.html %20Kelp%20in%20the%20Western%20Arctic

🌊 Happy World Oceans Day!

Oceans play a vital role in sustaining life on Earth. They regulate the climate, support biodiversity, and connect ecosystems across the globe. Studying them is essential, especially in the Arctic, one of the fastest‑changing environments on the planet.

At the Canadian Museum of Nature, our researchers study Arctic Ocean ecosystems, including kelp forest biodiversity. By collecting specimens, they create a lasting scientific record that helps track environmental change and supports conservation efforts.

During this work, Dr. Amanda Savoie collected this striking red algae specimen; now on display in Wild Colour. 💙

📸 Roger Bull & Amanda Savoie
Centre for Ocean Literacy Collaboration

Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and National Research Council of Canada (NRC) senior leadership and program specialists from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - SAIT spent the week in Cambridge Bay meeting with POLAR staff and leadership to discuss the potential for developing new research collaborations centered around CHARS and across the Canadian Arctic. Attendees also met with representatives of the Municipality of Cambridge Bay, the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Nunavut Arctic College and other key partners in the private and public sector in the Kitikmeot Region to discuss research needs and opportunities for cooperation, training and ongoing collaboration.

Department of National Defence

💻📓💡Education & public engagement are at the heart of the Museum! Our curriculum-linked school workshops make science fun, accessible, and inclusive for students across Canada.

Up until now, we’ve reported reaching 16,180+ students online and onsite. We’re on track for 18,000 by June! We have delivered our virtual workshops to all provinces and territories—23 of which were delivered to Indigenous communities thanks to our friends at North Connected North. Our most booked virtual workshop this year was Exploring Rocks & Minerals 💎 ✧˖°.🌋 Our most booked onsite workshop this year was Discovery-Tank Experience °:•.🐠*.•🪸.

A teacher from Northwest Territories says:
"My students connected with the Northern Indigenous culture and connection to the land and the animals. It was all engaging, easy to follow and interesting. We appreciate that the instructor shared real life things that individuals did and can do to help protect their environments. This makes tangible and empowering connections for the youth. Mahsi cho for the excellent workshop." (Arctic Ecosystems)

Thank you to our amazing supporters: The Centre for Ocean Literacy Collaboration, Jane Atkinson Smith Foundation, Polar Knowledge Canada, and TD Friends of the Environment Foundation for an incredible school year.