Polar Knowledge Canada

Polar Knowledge Canada is an agency of the Government of Canada under the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada portfolio.

Polar Knowledge Canada
Departmental organization overview
Savoir polaire Canada

Formed	June 1, 2015 September 9, 1991 (historic)
Jurisdiction	Canada
Headquarters	Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Employees	~70
Minister responsible	Hon. Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs
Departmental organization executive	Jennifer C. Hubbard, President and CEO
Parent department	Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Website	www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge.html

It is responsible for monitoring, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of the polar regions, 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 agency was established when the former Canadian Polar Commission, formed in 1991, and the Canadian High Arctic Research Station was merged into one unit in 2015. Its main office is at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

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Polar Knowledge Canada

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