Takuvik was created in January 2011 through a partnership between University Laval (UL - Canada) and le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS - France) as a joint laboratory studying the Arctic ecosystems. Takuvik's scientific program is designed to study the impact of ongoing climatic and anthropogenic changes on Arctic marine and terrestrial ecosystems and geosystems. The Canadian Excellence Research Chair in remote sensing of Canada's new Arctic frontier, is one of the keystones of the program. Takuvik is located at UL, in Québec City, Canada, where the CNRS employees are working on a full-time basis. CNRS has about 25 such joint laboratories around the world.

 

In tribute to Jean Carignan

Jean Carignan was the co-director of Takuvik from January 2011 to September 2012. He was intstrumental in the creation of the UMI and for the orientation of the Takuvik research program. Jean's passion in life and enthousiasm for his research were an example to all his pairs. Jean will always be present in our thoughts.

hommage à Jean from marie-helene forget on Vimeo.

 

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