Grant: Grants to Support Research and Activities Relating to The Polar Regions
Wilfrid Laurier University
$35,000.00
Evaluating the impacts of the 2023 megafires in the NWT: resurveying existing plots and growing the network
EF 2024-25 · 2024-04-01
Résumé
The Wilfrid Laurier University research team along with staff and students from the Environment and Natural Resources Technology Program at Aurora College’s Thebacha Campus in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, will evaluate how pre-fire forest conditions mediate forest resilience in the face of megafire events. These activities aim to remeasure the burned permanent plots to advance understanding of the impact of pre-fire conditions on post-fire outcomes, notably for caribou lichen and soil carbon combustion; and to establish a network of new forest monitoring plots in the burned forests around Fort Smith and Tsu Lake camp. In its collaboration in training college students in fire ecology research methods, this research project will establish a research and monitoring infrastructure for the college’s Environment and Natural Resources Technology Program and support its transition to a polytechnic university.
Ministère
Programme
Grants to Support Research and Activities Relating to The Polar Regions
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
Tel que publié
Agreement End Date
2025-03-31
Agreement Number
KME-2425-0005
Agreement Start Date
2024-04-01
Agreement Title
Evaluating the impacts of the 2023 megafires in the NWT: resurveying existing plots and growing the network
Agreement Title (French)
Évaluation des incidences des méga-incendies de 2023 dans les T.N.-O. : nouveaux relevés des parcelles existantes et développement du réseau
Agreement Type
Grant
Agreement Value
$35,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
The Wilfrid Laurier University research team along with staff and students from the Environment and Natural Resources Technology Program at Aurora College’s Thebacha Campus in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, will evaluate how pre-fire forest conditions mediate forest resilience in the face of megafire events. These activities aim to remeasure the burned permanent plots to advance understanding of the impact of pre-fire conditions on post-fire outcomes, notably for caribou lichen and soil carbon combustion; and to establish a network of new forest monitoring plots in the burned forests around Fort Smith and Tsu Lake camp. In its collaboration in training college students in fire ecology research methods, this research project will establish a research and monitoring infrastructure for the college’s Environment and Natural Resources Technology Program and support its transition to a polytechnic university.
Description (French)
L’équipe de recherche de l’Université Wilfrid-Laurier, en collaboration avec le personnel et les étudiants du programme de technologie de l’environnement et des ressources naturelles du campus Thebacha du Collège Aurora à Fort Smith, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, évaluera comment les conditions forestières antérieures aux incendies influencent la résilience des forêts face aux méga-incendies. Ces activités visent à mesurer de nouveau les parcelles permanentes brûlées afin de mieux comprendre l’effet des conditions avant le feu sur les résultats après le feu, notamment pour le lichen du caribou et la combustion du carbone dans le sol et à établir un réseau de nouvelles parcelles de surveillance forestière dans les forêts brûlées près de Fort Smith et du camp de Tsu Lake. En collaborant à la formation des étudiants du collège aux méthodes de recherche sur l’écologie des incendies, ce projet de recherche établira une infrastructure de recherche et de surveillance pour le programme de technologie de l’environnement et des ressources naturelles du Collège et soutiendra sa transition vers son statut d’université polytechnique.
Organization Code
polar-polaire
Organization
Polar Knowledge Canada | Savoir polaire Canada
Program Name
Grants to Support Research and Activities Relating to The Polar Regions
Program Name (French)
Subventions pour soutenir la recherche et les activités relatives aux régions polaires
Program Purpose
To foster and encourage activities and events that promote greater awareness of, and increase knowledge about, polar regions. Attract, inform and inspire new generations to carry on Canada's increasing activities in polar affairs.
Program Purpose (French)
Favoriser et encourager les activités et les événements qui favorisent une plus grande sensibilisation et une meilleure connaissance des régions polaires. Attirer, informer et inspirer les nouvelles générations afin qu'elles poursuivent les activités croissantes du Canada dans le domaine des affaires polaires.
Recipient City
Waterloo
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Wilfrid Laurier University
Recipient Postal Code
N2L 3C5
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
S
Reference Number
171-2024-2025-Q1-P0010