Environmental and Earth Sciences

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Meet NCC’s 2024 summer interns: Aidan Curran

Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences
Aidan Curran is a conservation technician at the Rice Lake Plains Natural Area in Ontario. He graduated in 2018 with a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Guelph. He then graduated with a diploma in urban forestry tech at Fleming College in 2023. Aidan previously volunteered for NCC in 2018 while on Cape...

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SCEE 2024 à Vancouver : immersion dans les idées et les conifères géants

Le Beagle - CSBQ Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences
Par Jocelyn Lauzon, Étudiant à la maîtrise en biologie à UQAM Des forêts de conifères gigantesques, des plages longeant la mer, des jardins botaniques et trois jours de discussions et de réflexions sur l’écologie et l’évolution… quoi de mieux pour lancer la saison estivale! Grâce à un prix d’excellence qui m’a été décerné par le...

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Compte-rendu d’un atelier sur les dynamiques de pouvoir dans le monde académique à la conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne d’Écologie et d’Évolution

Le Beagle - CSBQ Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences
Par Jeanne Clermont et Anne Ju Laberge, Stagiaire postdoctorale et étudiante à la maîtrise, respectivement, à l’Université de Sherbrooke En mai dernier, nous avons toutes les deux présenté les résultats de nos travaux de recherche à la conférence annuelle de la Société Canadienne d’Écologie et d’Évolution (SCÉÉ), qui s’est tenue à Vancouver du 26 au...

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A Memorable Experience at The Wildlife Conference

Le Beagle - CSBQ Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences
By Anaïs Remili, a former PhD student at McGill University In November 2022, I had the extraordinary privilege of attending The Wildlife Conference in the picturesque city of Spokane, Washington. This remarkable experience was made possible by the generous travel grant provided by the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS). The conference not only allowed...

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Science in Images: Bunchberries under the solstice sun

Le Beagle - CSBQ Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences
Photograph by Anna Crofts, PhD student at the Université de Sherbrooke Cornus canadensis, colloquially named bunchberry, illuminated by soft sunshine on a late evening close to solstice. Flowering coincides with midsummer, with four white petal-like bracts encircling a group of small individual flowers. This showy perennial herb is widespread, with its range spanning Canada. Take...

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