News & Updates
2023 Follow-up Study Results Booklet
A plain-language booklet highlighting preliminary results from the 2023 follow-up study on children and youth.
Community Meeting: 2023 Results
We’re hosting a meeting to share preliminary results from our 2023 child and youth study. Hope to see you there, Yellowknife! Date: Wednesday, November 13th Time: 6:30 PM Location: Explorer Hotel, Katimavik…
Activity Book
Check out this informative activity book! The activity book answers some common questions about Giant Mine and the Health Effects Monitoring Program, including “Why test people for metals?” and “What is arsenic?”…
Coming this fall
Results Letters: Children and youth who participated in the study in 2023 will receive their test results in the mail this fall! Anyone who tested high for arsenic, cadmium, or lead will…
Press Release: Arsenic Study Re-starting Sample Collection
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Announcement: 5-year follow-up study
More information coming soon.
Results Booklets (2023)
Plain-language booklets that show the newest results from the 2017-18 baseline study, including results for health files and genetics.
Progress Report 2023
Our third progress report provides results from toenail and saliva samples, results from our review of medical files, and a discussion of biomarkers.
Study Methodology
Here is a little information to learn more about the method behind our study!
Giant Mine in the News
Yellowknife garden produce safe to eat, contains more nutrients, say researchers!
The YKHEMP team stands in support of residential school Survivors and their families on this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
We are committed to working together with the Yellowknives Dene First Nation and the North Slave Métis Alliance in Yellowknife, NdilǪ and Dettah, to address the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s…
YKHEMP in the News!
YKHEMP’s Project Manager, Renata Rosol, was interviewed for this article to provide a perspective from a health monitoring program that has been in place since 2017, testing the local populations in Yellowknife,…
Arsenic Tips Booklet
Check out this booklet for easy tips to keep your, and your family’s arsenic levels low. Tips include ways to reduce your environmental exposure, and ways to reduce your exposure through food…
Arsenic 101 Workshop
The YKHEMP team helped to host an Arsenic 101 in Dettah with the Yellowknives Dene First Nation.
We are working with CBYF Yellowknife to host a Giant Mine and Arsenic Trivia Night!
This is an opportunity to learn about our study, Giant Mine and arsenic. The event is open to all youth aged 12-24 and will take place at the Home Base Youth Centre.…
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Learn about our Community Partners
Our Community Partners Yellowknives Dene First Nation Yellowknives Dene First Nation are descendants of Tetsǫ́t’ıné (“copper or metal people”), the indigenous Chipewyan-related people living around Great Slave Lake and referred to in…
Results Are Here!
Results are here! Curious about the latest arsenic testing results from people in Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah? Check out our 2021 results brochure summarizing what the study has found to date and our more…
COVID-19 Restrictions
COVID-19 Restrictions Due to COVID-19 restrictions, travel and in-person community meetings have been cancelled as of March 2020. We are committed to resuming all activities when it is safe to do so.…
Giant Mine in the News
Wondering where to safely fish, swim, pick berries and harvest in the Yellowknife area?
Results Brochure 2021
An illustrated, plain-language brochure that covers reasons for the study, preliminary results, and information on arsenic and Giant Mine.
Progress Report #2 (2020)
This report provides an overview of the YKHEMP 2017-28 sampling project, as well as a description of the results.
