Page 13 - CHARS

scientists and researchers at the CHARS campus. each other, to share knowledge and perspectives, as

well as to solve problems and make plans.
Since its inception, POLAR has embarked on a

journey to address the unique challenges of climate In ten years, additional new knowledge will have
change in Canada’s North and strengthen the been created at this leading-edge facility on the

resilience of northern communities. That journey is issues that matter most to Northerners and to all

a big part of what is happening here at the CHARS Canadians, and ultimately the world.
campus. The Main Research Building has been

designed with that journey in mind. Not only does
it have state-of-the-art laboratories that will attract

scientists from across Canada and around the

world—it also has also places for those scientists
and Indigenous knowledge holders to get to know

12 13