Polar Knowledge Canada Explained

Agency Name:Polar Knowledge Canada
Type:Departmental corporation
Nativename:French: Savoir polaire Canada
Jurisdiction:Canada
Employees:~90[1]
Headquarters:Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Minister1 Name:Hon. Dan Vandal
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Northern Affairs
Chief1 Name:Jennifer C. Hubbard
Chief1 Position:President and CEO
Parent Department:Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Formed:June 1, 2015
September 9, 1991 (historic)

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.

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, which opened in August 2019.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of the federal public service by department . Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat . Government of Canada . 1 November 2023 . 12 July 2012.
  2. Web site: 2015-05-20 . About Polar Knowledge Canada . 2023-07-12 . Polar Knowledge Canada.
  3. Web site: 2018-12-06 . Official opening of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) campus . 2024-07-12 . Polar Knowledge Canada.