Cold Regions Research Centre
About Us
The Cold Region Research Centre
The Cold Regions Research Centre was established in 1987, evolving from a large multidisciplinary, research & training, project on snow & ice hydrology in the Karakoram Himalaya of Pakistan that was based in WLU’s geography department. While the Centre’s initial focus was on arctic & mountain glaciology & hydrology, since 1990 the scope & role of the Centre within the geography department & the university has broadened. Today the CRRC is a focus of cold regions (mountain & northern) research consulting on topics such as hydrology, climatology, glaciology, resource management, parks planning & biogeochemistry.
The Goals & Mandate of the CRRC
Research and Teaching
To facilitate interdisciplinary research and teaching about cold regions.
Field Training
To facilitate academic and field training of students in a range of cold regions disciplines and locations.
Collaboration
To provide a locus for interaction among faculty and students interested in cold regions research.
Cooperation
To encourage cooperation and links with other cold regions research and training centres and organizations.
The CRRC Provides
Research
Research space & facilities for affiliated graduate students.
Personnel
Maintains contacts with northern & other research institutes interested in cold regions.
Awards & Support
Student travel and scholarship awards
Events
Provide public & educational talks on cold regions topics.
Our Blog
Latest Articles
2020-2021 Cold Regions Seminar Series
We are planning an exciting lineup of speakers for the 2020/2021 Academic Year. Stay tuned! We have set the following dates for the seminar series, so please reserve the dates and we’ll post more details soon. DateSpeaker/TopicSept 24, 2020CRRC PhD Research...
Fall 2021 – Save the dates
We have an exciting lineup of speakers and events coming this Fall, stay tuned!
Ken Hewitt’s work in the Central Karakoram noted as highly downloaded earth science paper
Dr. Ken Hewitt's paper The hazardous 2017-2019 surge and river damming by Shispare Glacier, Karakoram was one of the top 100 downloaded earth science papers for Scientific Reports in 2020.
CRRC – Student Supports Fund
In light of this year’s current and ongoing travel restrictions, the CRRC is pleased to announce an expanded CRRC Student Support Fund (CRRC-SSF) in place of our regular travel awards this year. This CRRC-SSF will support a wider variety of activities which directly relate to student and postdoctoral research in cold regions.
Events
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