Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik Research Complex, CA

Research station is owned and run by the Centre d’études Nordiques (CEN: Centre for Northern Studies) with its secretariat based at the Université Laval, Québec, Canada. It is on Cree land and is run in collaboration with the Cree First Nation of Whapmagoostui.

Contact

Station Manager Mickaël Lemay.

Location

The CEN Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik Station (55°16’50” N, 77°45’10” W) is located on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay at the maritime limit of James Bay, and in the adjacent villages of Whapmagoostui (Cree First Nation) and Kuujjuarapik (Inuit).

Website

https://eu-interact.org/field-sites/cen-whapmagoostui-kuujuarapik-research-station/
https://www.cen.ulaval.ca/en/

Facilities

This station is the CEN’s principal field station and has operated since the 1970s, with diverse research projects on past and present environments. In 2010, major upgrades to the station were undertaken, consisting of the construction of a state-of-art Community Science Centre to serve the needs of the circumpolar science community for research planning, information exchange, national research workshops, and coordination of field operations, and the local communities for information exchange, identification of northern research needs, science training of northerners, exchange of traditional knowledge, and outreach activities. The centre offers a conference room with a capacity for 50 participants, a permanent, interactive display on local natural history and on CEN research activities. In addition to this new building, the station also has wet and dry laboratories, a greenhouse, a dormitory, a cafeteria (with full-meal services during the summer season), vehicles for rent, wireless internet, rental of sampling and camping equipment, and an onsite station manager.

Availability for access

Time frame for access preparation

It always depends on the logistic needed to support the mission, but usually more than 1 month before the planed fieldwork.

Permits, licenses and training

No permits systems in place yet in Nunavik. However, CEN always recommend to contact the communities to explain the project and get the social acceptability of the research project.  
ATV, skidoo and Boat licenses if researchers want to use those equipments. 

Medical guidelines

 No required guidelines.