Project Description
Arctic Pulse (AP) is a Canadian-led international science initiative designed to support coordination and solutions-based research during the ramp up period to IPY (2024-2030). Between 2024-26 the initiative will be co-developed with Indigenous rightsholders and national and international experts, and three focused field seasons are planned for 2027- 29. AP is designed to support globally relevant research with locally relevant impacts by connecting and leveraging research projects, programs, and science assets in Canada and internationally, to enhance and streamline scientific activities across the Canadian Arctic. AP will promote meaningful partnerships that result in the generation of new knowledge and will be implemented in ways that support Indigenous self-determination and leadership in research within their homeland. The Arctic Pulse team plans to focus on two activities in 2025: 1) Identification (inventory) of projects, programs, organizations and assets that exist across the circumpolar Arctic and 2) Organization of a research priority setting workshop with International, National, and Inuit partners in 2025.
Activity 1 involves creating a database of the Arctic research ecosystem by capturing and mapping the work of national and international scientists who are or who want to work in the Canadian Arctic over the next 5-7 years. This activity supports the planning of AP field seasons (2027-2029) and creates opportunities for researchers and Indigenous knowledge holders to connect projects together in more impactful and meaningful ways. The purpose of Activity 2 is to set priorities for AP and specifically for the 2027 field season. A coordinated meeting is needed to co-identify research questions that connect directly to community needs and respond to regional and national priorities, as well as to connect them to globally relevant research themes (i.e., as defined through the ICARP RPT process). The hybrid workshop will be in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in 2025.
Date and Location
TBC | Inuvik, Canada
IASC Working Groups funding the project
- Marine WG
- Terrestrial WG
Project Lead
Julia Macpherson (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Jackie Dawson (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Year funded by IASC
2025