Polar Knowledge Canada
Savoir polaire Canada
Departmental corporation overview
FormedJune 1, 2015
September 9, 1991 (historic)
JurisdictionCanada
HeadquartersCambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Employees~90[1]
Minister responsible
Departmental corporation executive
  • Jennifer C. Hubbard, President and CEO
Parent departmentCrown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Websitewww.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge.html

Polar Knowledge Canada is a departmental corporation of the Government of Canada under the Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) portfolio.

It is responsible for monitoring, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of the polar regions (both Arctic and Antarctic), contributing to public awareness of the importance of polar science to Canada, enhancing Canada's international profile as a circumpolar nation, and recommending polar science policy direction to government.

Canadian High Arctic Research Station

The organization was established when the former Canadian Polar Commission, formed in 1991, and the Arctic Science and Technology Directorate within CIRNAC that is responsible for Canadian High Arctic Research Station was merged into one unit on June 1, 2015.[2] Its main office is at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

References

  1. ↑ "Population of the federal public service by department". Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Government of Canada. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "About Polar Knowledge Canada". Polar Knowledge Canada. 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2023-07-12.


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