NORTHERN VILLAGE
OF
KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ
OF
KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ
Nunavik, Québec — Inuit Community
Kangiqsualujjuaq
In partnership with the Inuit community of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Nunavik, Québec, Canada), our research investigates how climate-driven Arctic warming and northern greening can influence mercury (Hg) dynamics in snowpacks and surrounding ecosystems. We also collaborate on community-based environmental monitoring to better understand potential exposure pathways through country foods, including traditional food preparation, and to document the distribution and bioaccumulation of rare earth elements (REE) across local terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species in the context of emerging mining activities.
Selected Recent Projects & Publications
- Lichen biomonitoring of atmospheric rare earth elements, radionuclides (U, Th) and trace elements in the Canadian subarctic prior to REE mining (2026)
- Rare earth element bioaccumulation and anomalies in organisms of northeastern Nunavik (Quebec, Canada)
- IMALIRIJIIT: a community-based environmental monitoring program in the George River watershed, Nunavik, Canada
- Influence of vegetative cover on snowpack mercury speciation and stocks in the greening Canadian subarctic region
- Improving nutritional intakes and reducing metal(loid) exposures from wild fish broth among Inuit pregnant women