By Vanessa Poirier, PhD Student at Université du Québec à Montréal I walked into the 9am plenary talk at the American Ornithological Society conference with the expectation of learning something interesting about birds, that was hopefully easy enough to digest before my coffee. The hour that followed surpassed every expectation. I listened to a story...

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By Danielle Mac Rae, MSc Student at Concordia University With the social pressure to continue higher education, young adults are entering graduate degrees in a rush. Before jumping into the first biology lab you can find, in a hurry to start the long and strenuous journey of graduate school, here are some things to consider. ...

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By Eve Beauchemin, PhD Candidate at McGill University Thanks to the QCBS Excellence Award, I had the opportunity to travel to Lausanne, Switzerland in August 2022 for the 18th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology hosted by the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME). The ISME symposium brings together top researchers in microbial ecology from across...

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Par Laura Lardinois, étudiante au doctorat à l’université McGill Petite, la mer, pour moi, était une étendue d’eau froide aux reflets tantôt gris fer, tantôt vert Véronèse…  Une ligne d’horizon entrecoupée par les acrobaties des oiseaux marins. Cet été, dans le cadre de ma recherche, j’ai eu l’occasion d’y plonger moi aussi. Ma mission : découvrir...

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By Brian Gallagher, PhD Candidate at Concordia University As a PhD student at Concordia University, I was fortunate to attend a conference entitled “Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream-Dwelling Salmonids” (http://www.troutsymp.com/) with support from a QCBS Excellence Award. The conference was held from in Palma, the largest city on the beautiful island of Mallorca...

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By Alexander Boucher, MSc Candidate at Concordia University Have you ever listened to the grunts of deer, moose and reindeer during their rut and wondered how researchers go about studying their vocalizations? Probably not. But over the decades, a few Cervidae enthusiasts have. In 1859, Charles Darwin noted that sexual selection is a driving force...

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By Julia Baak, PhD student at McGill University I want to preface this blog post by saying that I have no professional experience with giving conference-related advice. However, I am a graduate student, and I attend conferences, so I figured I would use this space to share some of the tips I’ve gathered along the...

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Par Laura Jeanne Raymond-Léonard, étudiante au doctorat en biologie à l’UQÀM Depuis le début de mon doctorat (2021), je suis membre du programme Ufor, qui vise à former des étudiants en foresterie urbaine à l’échelle pancanadienne. Dans le cadre de celui-ci, nous devons entre-autres participer à des séminaires mensuels et à une école d’été (ou...

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by Dana Martin From May 9th to August 19th, 2022, I was fortunate enough to be able to conduct research for my MSc thesis at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS). UMBS is located in the transition zone between mixed hardwood and boreal forests, in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. My summer at...

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by Lauren Jackson I stepped aboard the tiny plane and watched as the door closed behind me. Minutes later the wheels left the ground, and I looked down at what was my last glimpse of civilization for the next 4 months.  Figure 1: Small charter plane on Middleton Island, Alaska. Middleton Island is a small,...

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