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APTN National News article examines link between climate change and cultural heritage

December 4, 2019

APTN National News Article focuses on how climate change is impacting the preservation of cultural heritage in the Western Arctic. Read what participants in the Young Leaders Climate Change Summit think.

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ARI Celebrates International Mountain Day

November 26, 2019

The Aurora Research Institute celebrates International Mountain Day on December 11 with a showing of the film, “The Sun at Midnight.”

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Research Day at North Slave Campus

November 25, 2019

Research Day is an opportunity for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at Aurora College to display and honour scholarship from students, faculty and invited scholars. Guests to the gathering are invited to cast their vote for the People’s Choice Awards for top three posters.

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Inuvik ISR H. pylori Project Shares Results

November 22, 2019

The CanHelp Working Group will present the results of their research on H. pylori and wants to hear your feedback.

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ARI Celebrates GEOweek with public talk

October 30, 2019

On Wednesday, November 13th the Aurora Research Institute will host a presentation by Nanar Hakobyan of the NWT Centre for Geomatics. Nanar’s talk ‘Using Satellite Radar to Measure and Study the Landslides at Caribou Hills,’ discusses how the NWT Centre for Geomatics uses Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) to analyze ground surface displacement caused by permafrost freeze/thaw cycle by focusing on two case studies at Caribou Hills and Quarry PW10, ITH. Everyone is welcome and ARI looks forward to seeing community members come out to celebrate GEO week. As always, there will be snacks and prizes. 

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Nunataryuk Give Back to Community Through ARI’s Research Assistant Program

August 27, 2019

Nunataryuk work with local knowledge holders and much of the material in this blog post was provided by David Obie James Anikina from Tuktoyaktuk who was hired with funds from ARI's Research Assistant Program. 

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ARI Lecture: Merging Science and Sport with Dr. Natalie Kramer Anderson

August 27, 2019

On Tuesday, September 3rd, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm the Aurora Research Institute in Inuvik will host Dr. Natalie Kramer Anderson.

Natalie's talk will weave together her two passions – kayaking and science. Her global kayaking explorations and research documenting and understanding rivers to sustainably manage earth's fragile water systems complement each other. Her early research focused on driftwood in the Slave River and Great Slave Lake of the South Slave Region. She is currently in Inuvik studying driftwood deposits in the Mackenzie River Delta. Her work highlights the importance of natural delivery of wood to deltas to maintain productive ecosystems and healthy oceans.

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Huawei Canada and Connectivity in the North

August 8, 2019

Huawei Canada was in Inuvik for the Arctic Development Expo in June and took the time to create this amazing video focusing on the human element of connectivity. 

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ARI Summer Speaker Series August 8, 2019

July 29, 2019

The fifth summer series talk will be on Thursday, August 8th from 7-8 pm at the Aurora Research Institute in Inuvik.

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ARI Summer Speaker Series July 25, 2019

July 23, 2019

The fourth summer series talk will be on Thursday, July 25th from 7-8 pm at the Aurora Research Institute in Inuvik. We have three speakers on July 25th.

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