There are 53 projects funded under the Northern Contaminants Program for the 2016-2017 year, with allocated funding support of roughly $4.1 million. These projects were subject to a comprehensive technical, peer, and northern social/cultural review process. This process ensures that each project supports the priorities and objectives of the Northern Contaminants Program, as outlined in the NCP blueprints and annual call for proposals. Consultation with northern community authorities and/or Indigenous organizations is required for all projects involving field work in the North and/or analyses of samples.
TOTAL HUMAN HEALTH: $1,060,830
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TOTAL COMMUNITY BASED MONITORING AND RESEARCH: $255,742
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Environmental monitoring and research
| Project Title |
Project leader |
Funding Awarded |
| Northern Contaminants Air Monitoring: Organic Pollutant Measurements |
H. Hung |
$52,383 |
| Mercury Measurements at Alert and Little Fox Lake 2016-17 |
A. Steffen |
$72,445 |
| Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants and metals in ringed seals from the Canadian Arctic |
M. Houde
D. Muir |
$24,730 |
| Temporal and Spatial Trends of Legacy and Emerging Organic and Metal/Elemental Contaminants in Canadian Polar Bears |
R. Letcher |
$35,090 |
| Update on Mercury Levels in Hendrickson Island and Sanikiluaq Beluga |
G. Stern
L. Loseto |
$32,240 |
| Temporal Trends of Contaminants in Arctic Seabird Eggs |
B. Braune |
$12,930 |
| Temporal trends and spatial variations in mercury in sea-run Arctic char from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut |
M. Evans
D. Muir |
$78,353 |
| Temporal Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Mercury in Landlocked char in High Arctic Lakes |
D. Muir
G. Köck
J. Kirk
X. Wang |
$194,707 |
| Spatial and long-term trends in persistent organic contaminants and metals in Lake Trout and Burbot from the Northwest Territories |
M. Evans
D. Muir |
$32,748 |
| Temporal trend studies of trace metals and halogenated organic contaminants (HOCs), including new and emerging persistent compounds, in Mackenzie River burbot, Fort Good Hope, NWT. |
G. Stern |
$29,852 |
| Trace Metals and Organohalogen Contaminants in Fish from Selected Yukon Lakes: A Temporal and Spatial Study |
G. Stern
M. Gamberg |
$36,580 |
| Arctic Caribou Contaminant Monitoring Program |
M. Gamberg |
$18,678 |
| Community-based seawater monitoring for organic contaminants and mercury in the Canadian Arctic |
J. Kirk
A. De Silva
D. Muir
R. Lohmann
P. Amarualik |
$39,720 |
| Investigation of the toxic effects of mercury in landlocked Arctic Char |
N. Basu |
$76,680 |
| Impact of climate change on the mobilization and bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in arctic freshwater systems |
A. Cabrerizo
A. De Silva
D. Muir |
$36,550 |
| Climate change, contaminants, ecotoxicology: interactions in Arctic seabirds at their southern range limits |
K. Elliott
K. Fernie |
$120,830 |
| Plastics as a vector of contaminants in Arctic seabirds |
Dr. M. Mallory
Dr. J. Provencher |
$35,972 |
| Assessing Persistent Organic Pollutants in Canadian Arctic Air and Water as an Entry Point into the Arctic Food Chain |
L. Jantunen |
$75,913 |
| The effect of retrogressive thaw slumps on the delivery of high loads of toxic methylmercury to downstream freshwater systems in the Peel Plateau region, NT |
Dr. S. Tank
Dr. V. St. Louis |
$27,666 |
| Glacier and soil/permafrost thaw inputs of mercury and emerging organic contaminants to a pristine high Arctic watershed in Quttinirpaaq National Park, northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut |
Dr. V. St. Louis
Dr. D. Muir
Dr. I. Lehnherr
K. St-Pierre |
$44,712 |
| Sources of methylmercury, perfluoroalkyl substances, and polychlorinated biphenyls to ringed seal food webs of Lake Melville, Northern Labrador |
J. Kirk |
$11,259 |
| Metabolomic consequences of elevated PCB exposure in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) in Labrador: an expanded toxicological repertoire to characterize health impacts |
T. Brown
J. Cosgrove |
$11,259 |
TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND RESEARCH: $1,090,038
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Communications, capacity, and outreach
| Project Title |
Project leader |
Funding Awarded |
| Yukon Contaminants Committee (YCC) |
E. Sedlack |
$35,500 |
| Northwest Territories Regional Contaminants Committee (NWTRCC) |
T. Heron
S. O'Hara
E. Pike
C. Bessette |
$11,300 |
| Nunavut Environmental Contaminants Committee (NECC) |
J. Allen
A. Dunford |
$90,471 |
| Nunavik Nutrition and Health Committee: Coordinating and Learning from Contaminants Research in Nunavik |
Dr. F. Bouchard |
$38,990 |
| Coordination, Participation and Communication: Evolving Inuit Research Advisor Responsibilities in Nunatsiavut for the Benefit of Inuit and their Communities |
C. Pamak |
$43,700 |
| NCP Communications, Capacity and Outreach Products for Policy Makers and Inuvialuit Communities in the ISR |
S. O'Hara |
$23,750 |
Nunavik Inuit Research Advisor: Building Health and Environment
Research Capacity in the Nunavik Region |
M. Qisiiq
M. Nashak |
$124,200 |
| Wildlife Contaminants Workshop – linking wildlife and human health through a hands-on workshop |
J. Shirley
J. Carpenter
M. Gamberg
J. Provencher |
$48,754 |
| Learning about Ringed Seal Health from Contaminants Science and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: An Educational Workshop in Resolute, Nunavut |
D. Henri
M. Houde
J. Provencher |
$16,000 |
TOTAL COMMUNICATIONS, CAPACITY AND OUTREACH: $501,001
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TOTAL PROGRAM COORDINATION AND ABORIGINAL PARTNERSHIPS: $1,238,698
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GRAND TOTAL: $4,146,309
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