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Assessment of Phytoremediation as an In-Situ Technique for Cleaning Oil-Contaminated Sites: Phase II Final Report
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The cold climate and short growing season characteristic of the major oil and gas producing regions of western Canada make it particularly important to conduct phytoremediation research on plants...
Biochar Application for Revegetation Purposes in Northern Saskatchewan
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Our research was focused on biochar application for revegetation purposes under northern Saskatchewan conditions. The Gunnar Mine Site, located on the northern shore of the Athabasca Lake, was used as...
Developing a Reclamation Costing Framework for the Athabasca Oil Sands
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The Athabasca oil sands are a significant component of the economy in Alberta. However, they also represent a large environmental risk. At the end of mining operations, companies are expected to begin...
Environmental and Management Drivers of Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions From Actively-Extracted Peatlands in Alberta, Canada
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The installation of drainage ditches and removal of vegetation in preparation for vacuum harvesting alters the carbon dynamics of peatlands. However, we lack the measurements to understand the spatial...
Flexible Migration by Woodland Caribou in Ontario, Canada
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Abstract Recent studies of ungulate movement ecology suggest that seasonal movement tactics often vary within a population. The forest-tundra and forest-dwelling ecotypes of woodland caribou (...
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit about Population Changes and Ecology of Peary Caribou and Muskoxen on the High Arctic Islands of Nunavut
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Abstract Over the past 40 years, severe population fluctuations in Peary caribou ( Rangifer tarandus pearyi) and muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus) living in the High Arctic of Nunavut has caused widespread...
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit about Population Changes and Ecology of Peary Caribou and Muskoxen on the High Arctic Islands of Nunavut
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This master's project collected and documented Inuit observations to describe the population distribution of caribou and muskoxen in Nunavut.
Remediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils in the Canadian Arctic by Landfarming
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat
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In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive charm and magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into a verdant Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and...
The Boreal-Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset
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Here we present the Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD), a land cover dataset based on an expert assessment, extrapolated using random forest modelling from available spatial datasets of...
The Impacts of Climate and Social Changes on Cloudberry (Bakeapple) Picking: A Case Study from Southeastern Labrador
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Abstract The traditional subsistence activities of Indigenous communities in Canada's subarctic are being affected by the impacts of climate change, compounding the effects of social, economic and...
Theses - Queen's University
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This community is a joint endeavour of the School of Graduate Studies and Research and the Library to make available Queen's University graduate theses and projects in electronic form via the...
Video - Capture Sand in Flocculated Fines: A New Approach to optimize the Capture of Oil Sands Fines in Sand Beach
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Ruijun Sun is a Senior Research Engineer with the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Ruijun Sun describes a new way to optimize the capture of oil sands clay fines in sand...
Video - Cleaning Up Mines in Northern Saskatchewan
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Uranium mining in the Athabasca Basin region in Northern Saskatchewan was developed in the early 1950s. The mines developed during this period were abandoned, leaving deep holes and mining debris...
Video - Cleaning up the Lorado Uranium Mill
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In 1960, the Lorado Mill was abandoned in northern Saskatchewan, leaving an estimated 227,000 cubic meters of radioactive uranium tailings that covered the mill site and flowed into nearby Nero Lake...
Video - Column Consolidation Testing of Oil Sands Tailings
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Ruijun Sun is a Senior Research Engineer with the Saskatchewan Research Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He reports on consolidation testing of oil sands tailings from Total's Joslyn oil sands mine...
Video - Gunnar Mine Site Remediation Project in Northern Saskatchewan
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The Gunnar Mine site is part of a cleanup project, Project CLEANS (Cleanup of Abandoned Northern Sites), managed by the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC). Significant progress was made at Gunnar...
Webinar - Measuring Carbon in Wetlands: A Rapid Assessment Protocol
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This webinar provides an overview of a project funded by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative that involves collaboration among the Saskatchewan Research Council, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Louisiana...