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Laurier Hosts 37th Cold Regions Student Conference, Kicking Off with Engaging Icebreaker Event
Wilfrid Laurier University’s Cold Regions Research Centre (CRRC) successfully hosted the 37th Cold Regions Student...
Documentary Film Screening – Signal Fire
On Nov. 5 at 5:30 p.m., join the producers of Signal Fire for a screening and Q&A at Princess Twin Cinemas in...
Eight Laurier graduate and postdoctoral researchers win prestigious Weston Family Awards in Northern Research
he Weston Family Foundation is honouring eight Wilfrid Laurier University graduate and postdoctoral researchers with 2024 Weston Family Awards in Northern Research. Weston Family Northern Scholars are encouraged to co-design their research with northern communities, with the goal of protecting and restoring biodiversity in Canada.
“The Weston Family Awards are among Canada’s most prestigious student prizes in the natural sciences,” says Jonathan Newman, vice-president: research. “Seeing eight Laurier winners, including six master’s students in a category of just 15 total awards, is an outstanding feat. This is a credit to Laurier’s strong northern research and our faculty supervisors who create exceptional training opportunities in the North.”
Native Guardians: Canada’s First Nations Move to Protect Their Lands – Yale E360 – e360.yale.edu
The Cold Regions Research Centre invites CRRC-affiliated graduate students to apply for an open position to join our Early Career Researcher Leadership Team.
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.
Robert McGhee Awardee Calin Lazarescu
Congratulations to Calin Lazarescu for winning the Robert McGhee Award! Calin Lazarescu (he/him), is a PhD candidate...
Recent issue of Freshwater Biology
CRRC member Joseph Culp co-led the development of a special issue of Freshwater Biology that is focused on regional...
42nd Annual Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing
CRRC is proud to be a supporting sponsor of the 42nd Annual Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing to be held in...
NSTP Awardees 2024
We are thrilled to announce that 25 Wilfrid Laurier graduate students and research assistants have been awarded the...
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...
CRRC Seminar Series – Eli Enns
Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs): A New Era of Indigenous-Led Conservation in Canada and Beyond