The Université Laval is located in Québec City, Canada. Université Laval (ULaval) has a long- lasting tradition for academic excellence and benefits from a well-established infrastructure for Arctic research. Since the 1960's, ULaval has continuously invested in Northern research supporting the efforts of about 50 of its professors and hundreds of students in different departments. ULaval operates the icebreaking research vessel CCGS AMUNDSEN and hosts the Centre d'études nordiques (CEN: Centre for Northern Studies) which is one of North America's leading research centers of excellence for the study of high latitude climate, landscapes, aquatic environments, vegetation and wildlife. It focuses on three research themes: (1) structure and function of geosystems and ecosystems across the ecozones of eastern Canada; (2) evolution of these systems in the context of climate change and accelerated development; (3) vulnerability and risks associated with environmental change and adaptation strategies.
ArcticNet is a network center of excellence, based at ULaval that brings together scientists and managers in the fields natural, health and social sciences with their partners from Inuit organizations, northern communities, federal and provincial agencies and the private sector to study of the impacts of climate change and modernization in the coastal Canadian Arctic.
involvement in the project
ULaval participates in the WP3- infrastructure.
ULaval staff involved in ILLUQ
Ass. Prof. Jean-Pascal Bilodeau
Department of Civil and Water Engineering
Laval University
