For the past 5 years, UArctic has been in partnership with Global Affairs who supports the Indigenous and Northern Collaborative Research and Education Engagement and Indigenous and Northern Relationship Development Funds.

The purpose of the Indigenous and Northern Collaborative Research and Education Engagement fund is to support researchers with established Arctic partnerships who are interested in leading collaborative research and education engagement initiatives. Funding is directed toward thematic network activities and cooperative projects related to Arctic research and education, particularly those aligned with priority issues in Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy Framework and grounded in UArctic values and Memorial University’s Policy on Research Impacting Indigenous Groups.

In alignment with policies governing research involving Indigenous groups, and recognizing the responsibility of researchers to engage with Indigenous and Northern peoples in a respectful, ethical, and genuinely collaborative manner, the Indigenous and Northern Relationship Development Fund provides support for building and strengthening these essential relationships by helping Canadian UArctic member institutions establish new partnerships or deepen existing ones for the discussion and planning of research with Northern or Indigenous partners.