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CRRC member Joseph Culp co-led the development of a special issue of Freshwater Biology that is focused on regional and circumpolar assessments of Arctic freshwater biodiversity (Volume 67, Issue 1). The issue was based on the work of the freshwater group of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP), part of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group of the Arctic Council.

The papers in the special issue include assessments of Arctic freshwater chemistry; regional biodiversity patterns in lakes and rivers of Fennoscandia, Russia, and North America; long-term fish catch records in Norway and Iceland; circumpolar assessments of benthic diatoms, plankton, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish; and a systematic review of published Indigenous Knowledge. Several CRI Fellows and Associates contributed to this large effort, which represents the first comprehensive assessment of biodiversity across the circumpolar Arctic.

All papers in the issue are open access, and freely available to read at the link bellow.

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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.”