Snapshots from Fort Simpson

Julia wins Trudeau Scholarship

Yellowknife native and GAPS co-investigator, Julia Christensen, just won the prestigious Trudeau Scholarship for 2008. Her PhD and IPY research is entitled Homeless in a Homeland: Housing (in)Security and Resource Development in the NWT. Julia was also profiled in a full page spread of the Yellowknifer. The Trudeau Scholarship is Canada’s most prestigious doctoral level [...]

First Newsletter Published

Our first GAPS Initiative newsletter has just been released. You can download it (PDF format) in its entirely here.

CBC: Investigators in the News

One of our investigators, Julia Christensen, was on CBC North News recently. Check out the story! Northern youth art, writing to join International Polar Year snapshot Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 CBC News Young people from across Canada’s North will be invited to write, photograph, draw and paint their way into International Polar Year [...]

Welcome!

Welcome to the GAPS webpage! GAPS is a fully endorsed International Polar Year (IPY) project and is funded through the Norwegian and Canadian IPY programs. GAPS is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary initiative that aims to examine the scope and range of human security in the Arctic. GAPS specifically focuses on the impacts of oil and gas [...]

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