ALEXANDRA LANGWIEDER
WORKING WITH NORTHERN COMMUNITIES TO STUDY POLAR BEARS
through collaborative research
curriculum vitae highlights
Highlights from 2021-2025 while leading polar bear work as part of my MSc-turned-PhD.
For a detailed CV, please reach out directly.
Funding
$1,170,801 in
research funding
Research funding secured between 2021 and 2025 where listed as the primary applicant or principal investigator including $400,000 through the Polar Knowledge Canada Inuit Nunangat research and training and capacity building program (2024). Additional $2.5 million secured as co-applicant (Weston Family Foundation Northern Biodiversity Research Program 2024).
Communication
>30 presentations
Invited expert at the international Polar Bear Range States Meeting of the Parties (2023) and regular invited specialist at the national Polar Bear Technical Committee Meeting (2022-2025). Presenter at 20 regional and community meetings, the 2025 Southern Hudson Bay polar bear hearing, 4 international and 5 national conferences.
Training
6 students
supervised
Supervised six Indigenous and non-Indigenous students at the graduate (MSc) and undergraduate level in independent projects and fieldwork in James Bay. Led multiple workshops for wildlife professional and community member training in the Eeyou Marine Region and Nunavik.
Academic publications
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PHD
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Humphries, M.M., Menzies, A.K., Langwieder, A. 2025. Iñupiat marine mammal science a long time coming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In review.
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Rivkin, L. R; King, K., Aars, J., Laidre, K., Langwieder, A., McGeachy, D., Newediuk, L., Petersen, S., Pilfold, N., Wilder, A., York, G., Richardson, E., Garroway, C. 2025. Climate-linked evolution and genetics in a warming Arctic. Ecological Monographs. In review.
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MSc
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Langwieder, A., Coxon, A., Louttit, N., Varty, S., Boulanger, F., Diamond, S., Lameboy, J., Jolly, A., Natawapineskum, G., Okimaw, D., and Humphries, M.M. 2023. Community-led non-invasive polar bear monitoring in the Eeyou Marine Region of James Bay, Canada: insights on distribution and body condition during the ice-free season. FACETS. 8(): 1-12. link here
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BSc
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​Frederick, C., Girard, C., Wong, G., Lemire, M., Langwieder, A., Martin, M., and Legagneux, P. "Communicating with Northerners on the Absence of SARS-CoV-2 in Migratory Snow Geese," Ecoscience 28(3-4), 217-223, (28 December 2021). link here
For science communication publication highlights, see www.alignillustration.com
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Media Coverage
Radio
Quirks and Quarks summer in the field special (2022). Canadian Broadcast Corporation (National Radio). link here
Changing the nature of polar bear research (2024). Arctic Focus magazine. link here
Community-based polar bear research in James Bay (2022). Polar Bears International Latest News Stories. link here
Monitoring polar bears in the Eeyou Marine Region (James Bay, Canada) with camera traps and hair samples (2022). Weaving Ways of Knowing for the Environment. link here
film
Southern Bears (2024). Coexistence Films. Feature film documentary beginning filming summer 2024, release date to be determined. link here
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Pristine Seas James and Hudson Bay Documentary (2023). National Geographic. Release date to be determined.
Boating around James Bay to collect polar bear hair (2022). MAC Connections, McGill University. link here