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“With interest intensifying in the Arctic, particularly in defence, climate adaptation, economic and resource development, it’s critical that Northern communities have the research spaces, tools and capacity to guide this growth. These strategic investments by the CFI support excellent research over the long term for a sustainable, sovereign Canadian Arctic.”
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– Sylvain Charbonneau, President and CEO, Canada Foundation for Innovation
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“Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre is honoured to be the first recipient of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Northern Fund. This investment represents an important milestone for Inuit-led research and innovation in Nunavut and across the North. Through this support, we are creating the infrastructure needed for Nunavummiut to lead research that reflects Inuit priorities, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, and community aspirations. These investments in research spaces, digital infrastructure, and land-based research capacity will strengthen opportunities for training, mentorship, knowledge sharing, and evidence generation that supports healthier communities and meaningful systems change for generations to come.”
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– Rosemary Gauthier, Executive Director, Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre
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“Inuit and Indigenous communities have already been using SIKU to document the changes they are seeing using their own language and knowledge system as a science. This funding is going to really make a difference for Indigenous communities to now fully run their own projects, research and monitoring programs on SIKU, to visualize and analyze their data using an Indigenous lens, and have Indigenous Knowledge play a key role in science and decision making.”
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– Lucassie Arragutainaq, Chairman, Arctic Eider Society
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Quick facts
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- The CFI is looking to increase its collaboration with Northern institutions. The Northern Fund is open for proposals in all research disciplines that engage with and serve the needs of Northern communities. Northern universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions and organizations can email the CFI at [email protected] for information about how to apply.
- For this funding program, the North includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut.
- Recognizing the unique opportunities and challenges of operating infrastructure in the North, the CFI will contribute to the costs of operating and maintaining the research infrastructure it funds through its Infrastructure Operating Fund (IOF). The total investment of $10 million includes $5 million from the Northern Fund and $5 million from the IOF.
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Associated links
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- Learn more about the Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Find details on the CFI’s Northern Fund
- Visit Building stronger Arctic communities for more information on CFI-funded Arctic research infrastructure
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About the Canada Foundation for Innovation
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With a bold, future-looking mandate, the Canada Foundation for Innovation equips researchers to be global leaders in their field and to respond to emerging challenges. Our investments in state-of-the-art tools, instruments and facilities at universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions underpin both curiosity- and mission-driven research that cuts across disciplines and bridges all sectors. The research infrastructure we fund mobilizes knowledge, spurs innovation and commercialization, and empowers the talented minds of a new generation.
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A full list of our funded projects, as well as stories about the facilities we fund, are available at Innovation.ca. For updates, follow us on Bluesky, LinkedIn and X @InnovationCA and subscribe to our YouTube channel to find videos about the CFI and its transformative research projects.
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