Permafrost Thaw, Change, and Adaptation: Integrating Perspectives In recent decades, the impacts of climate change and economic development have significantly changed permafrost environments around the world, resulting in a wealth of community initiatives, research projects and unparalleled engineering designs. The ICOP2024 program emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of permafrost science and Read more…

The network will be holding a reception to showcase the findings of the network’s projects and connect members with our international colleagues. Join us for food and drinks, meet the network students and professors, and find out about the research.

The NSERC CREATE LEAP trainees, instructors, and partners will attend the annual in-person northern field school, organized jointly with northern partners.This year the Northern field school will be held in Inuvik, NT between 20-29 July 2024.The field school goals are to: The event will include excursions led by northern partners, practical training, student project presentations, Read more…

Tuesday, September 17 - Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium Meeting the challenge of geotechnical transportation infrastructure on degrading permafrost Ryley Beddoe Abstract As permafrost in the Canadian Arctic undergoes climate driven degradation and changes, the stress and impact it will have on current and future linear infrastructure networks will be significant. Now Read more…

Hannah Macdonell will be presenting Development and demonstration of a statistical ranking framework for ground temperature models, tailored towards permafrost environments. Zoom details for all our seminars will be posted in our Teams site. Models used to simulate permafrost variables such as ground temperature are important tools for understanding the current Read more…

Date: Wednesday 16th October 2024Time: 1pm Eastern Time / 11am Mountain Time Rae Landriau will be presenting Performance of Drilling Waste Sumps, Western Arctic Canada. Petroleum resource exploration and development has occurred in the Northwest Territories since the 1920s. Freezing-point depressants, mainly potassium chloride, were added to drilling fluids to facilitate drilling into Read more…

Date: Wednesday 13th November 2024Time: 1pm Eastern Time / 11am Mountain Time Rose Lefebvre will be presenting Modelling the nitrogen cycle of mosses across the boreal forest.Mosses are common ground cover species in the boreal forest. They can influence different components of the ecosystem, such as the ground thermal regime due to their Read more…

Date: Wednesday 4th December 2024Time: 1pm Eastern Time / 11am Mountain Time Zakieh Mohammadi will be presenting A framework for evaluating thaw settlement. Thaw settlement is a common challenge for infrastructure built on permafrost, leading to higher maintenance costs and reduced service life. This seminar will discuss the development of essential components for Read more…