Henna Kangosjärvi, a PhD Candidate at the University of Jyväskylä and her presentation "How Environmental Drivers and Human Stressors Impact Cold-water Lake Food Webs" became the audience's favorite.

The competition's jury has announced two winners: Ariane B. Barrette, a PhD Candidate at the Université Laval and her presentation "Fantastic Molecules and Where to Find Them: The Secrets of Belugas" and Mette Motzfeldt Jensen, a PhD Candidate at the Aalborg University and Ilisimatusarfik - University of Greenland with her presentation "Metabolic Effects of Short-term Cold Exposure Among Greenlanders and Non-Greenlanders".

My Northern project aims to organize an international science popularization contest involving students from Quebec and the Nordics. The partners in this project are the Institut nordique du Québec and the University of the Arctic (UArctic).

This is the 6th time the two partners have organized a competition for doctoral and master students to reward them for their efforts in popularizing science. While promoting the transfer of knowledge and the popularization of science and offering an unprecedented academic experience to finalists, the competition aims to strengthen the ties between the Institut nordique du Québec and UArctic.

In 2024 the competition was very successful once again, and audience got to hear inspiring talks from the following students:

  • Charlie Wenger, Master of Science Student, Université Laval, Canada: Dwelling in Inuit Fiction: Words, Images and Architecture
  • Helgi Winther Olsen, PhD Candidate & Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Faculty of Education, University of the Faroe Islands: The Health-related Effects of the FIT FIRST School-based Physical Activity Concept in Faroese Schools
  • Mariane St-Aubin, Master of Science Student, Université de Montréal, Canada: Following an Electrifying Current in a Sub-arctic River of Nunavik
  • Mads Bjørn Bjørnsen, PhD Candidate, Institute for Health & Nature, Ilisimatusarfik - University of Greenland and Globe Institute – University of Copenhagen: Gastrophagy - Learning from the Microbiology of Greenlandic Foodways
  • Ariane B. Barrette, PhD Candidate, Université Laval, Canada: Fantastic Molecules and Where to Find Them: The Secrets of Belugas
  • Tongtong Yu, PhD Candidate, Institute of Physics and Technology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bergen & Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE): Intermittent Multiphase Fluid Flow in Porous Media and the Effect on Injectivity and Reservoir Performance
  • Madeleine St-Cyr, Master of Science Student, Université Laval, Canada: On the Trail of Disappearing Permafrost in Umiujaq
  • Henna Kangosjärvi, PhD Candidate, University of Jyväskylä, Finland: How Environmental Drivers and Human Stressors Impact Cold-water Lake Food Webs
  • Mette Motzfeldt Jensen, PhD Candidate, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark & Greenland’s Centre for Health Research, Ilisimatusarfik - University of Greenland: Metabolic Effects of Short-term Cold Exposure Among Greenlanders and Non-Greenlanders
  • Alex Mavrovic, Ph.D., Université du Québec à Trois Rivières (UQTR), Trois Rivières, Quebec, Canada: Greenhouse gas natural emissions during winter in Arctic and boreal regions

Funded by Nordic Council of Ministers Nordic Co-operation between Québec and the Nordic countries.