CSEE Annual General Conference, UBC 2024
Photo credit: Andrea Wishart
Mushrooms of the Alaskan temperate rainforest along the Battery Point trail in Haines, Alaska on a break from Yukon fieldwork.
CSEE Annual General Conference, UBC 2024
Photo credit: Stephanie A. Rivest
Researchers record the behaviour of a Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) while it drinks nectar from the flowers of an Ocean Spray bush (Holodiscus discolor) in an oak savanna on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
CSEE Annual General Conference, UBC 2024
Photo credit: Kennedy Zwarych
Red-backed salamander on a zebra mussel podium attached to a unionid mussel.
CSEE Annual General Conference, UBC 2024
Photo credit: Simon Thibodeau
Leptodiaptomus minutus (a lacustrine calanoid copepod) at different life stages: nauplii (bottom left), copepodite (bottom right) and adults (top). The mature female (top left) is seen carrying eggs, while the male 5th leg (used for identification) is visible, and both adults show accumulation of lipid droplets.
CSEE Annual General Conference, UBC 2024
CSEE Annual General Conference, UBC 2024
Photo credit: Kendra Morgan
MSc student Briar Hunter performing an ultrasound on an endangered Oregon Spotted Frog to measure its follicular development in British Columbia.
Photo credit: Ken A. Thompson
A photo of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) species pair from Little Quarry Lake, British Columbia. A benthic female is above, and a limnetic female is below.
Photo credit: Justine Le Vaillant
Couple nicheur d'hirondelles bicolores (Tachycineta bicolor).
Photo credit: Lina Aragon Baquero
Measuring gas exchange on a beech sampling. UWaterloo Biology Greenhouse.
Photo credit: Danny McIsaac
DeKay's Brownsnake, Storeria dekayi. Walking the trail at Tommy Thompson Park where I saw several of these small snakes laying in the middle of the trail amongst small sticks. This one was very curious about my camera.
Photo credit: Kevin Bruce
PhD student collecting data along the shoreline on the western coast of Vancouver Island.
Photo credit: Stephanie A. Rivest
A Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar is spotted peaking over a Common Milkweed leaf (Asclepias syriaca) while researchers survey butterfly communities around Montreal, Quebec.
Photo credit: Victoria Marie Glynn
A close up shot of a cauliflower coral (Pocillopora spp.) from Coiba National Park, Panama. The coral's various polyps can be seen, emitting a blue-like fluorescence.
Photo credit: Kristina Tietjen
Professor Julia K. Baum takes a tissue sample of a brain coral (Platygyra spp.) on Kiritimati (Christmas Island, Kiribati).
Photo credit: Stephanie A. Rivest
Bright autumn colours of deciduous forests in Gatineau, Quebec including mostly Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), White Oak (Quercus alba) and Red Oak (Quercus rubra).
Photo credit: Andrea Wishart
Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus) in the alpine meadow of Ptarmigan Cirque, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta. These high-elevation rodents experience a very short active season and hibernate most of the year. Their ecophysiology is under study by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan.
Photo credit: Justin Benjamin
Monitoring Canada goose (Branta canadensis) nests in Wapusk National Park.
Photo credit: Mathilde Salamon
Mathilde Salamon (PhD candidate, Derry lab at UQAM) is sampling zooplankton at the Station de biologie des Laurentides (Quebec) at the onset of winter. Calanoid copepods of the species Leptodiaptomus minutus were identified and their DNA extracted for genomic sequencing.
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PhD Project Opportunity in Forest Sciences | Offre de projet de doctorat en sciences forestières

Start Date : May 2026
  • Grad Student
  • Anywhere
  • 30,000.00 CAD / Year

Université Laval

Anticipating the effects of climate change on seed production in eastern forests

The research team of Professor Loïc D’Orangeville at Université Laval is seeking highly motivated candidates for a PhD project in applied forest ecology. This project is a collaboration between Université Laval, Duke University (USA), and Québec’s Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks. Its goal is to develop tools to better predict how climate change will affect seed production cycles of Québec’s major tree species.

Desired Profile

  • Master’s degree in forestry, biology, geography, or a related discipline
  • Strong interest in forest ecology and/or silviculture
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills. French language ability is preferred but not required at the time of application. Both Canadian and international candidates are encouraged to apply
  • Availability for fieldwork

Funding

A guaranteed scholarship of CAD$30,000 per year for three years. Candidates who obtain a scholarship from NSERC or FRQNT will receive an additional 50% of the value of the scholarship offered in this posting. Opportunities for additional scholarship applications and teaching assistantships are available.

Research Sites

Sixteen long-term environmental monitoring sites (RESEF) across Québec, covering temperate, mixed, and boreal forests, as well as four seed orchards.

Deadline

Applications will be reviewed as they are received until the positions are filled.
We expect projects to begin between May and September 2026.

How to Apply

Send your transcript, CV, and cover letter to Loïc D’Orangeville, project lead researcher, at:
[email protected]

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Anticiper l’effet des changements climatiques sur la production de semences des forêts du Québec 

L’équipe de recherche du professeur Loïc D’Orangeville, de l’Université Laval, est à la recherche de personnes candidates hautement motivées pour un projet de doctorat en écologie forestière appliquée. Ce projet est une collaboration entre l’Université Laval, l’université Duke (USA) et le ministère des forêts, de la faune et des parcs du Québec, afin de développer des outils permettant de mieux prévoir l’effet des changements climatiques sur les cycles de production de semences des principales essences du Québec.

Profil recherché 

  • Maîtrise en sciences forestières, biologie, géographie,
    ou dans une discipline connexe.
  • Intérêt marqué pour l’écologie forestière et/ou la sylviculture.
  • Capacité à travailler de façon autonome et en équipe.
  • Excellentes aptitudes en communication orale et écrite
  • Disponibilité pour le travail sur le terrain.

Financement

Bourse garantie de 30 000 $ par année pendant trois ans. Les candidats obtenant une bourse à l’excellence du CRSNG ou du FRQNT obtiendront un supplément de 50% de la valeur de la bourse offerte dans cet affichage. Possibilité de demandes de bourses supplémentaires et de participation à l’enseignement.

​​​​Sites de recherche

16 sites de suivi environnemental (RESEF) au Québec qui couvrent les forêts tempérées, mixtes et boréales, ainsi que quatre vergers à graines.

Date limite

Les candidatures seront examinées dès leur réception jusqu’à ce que les postes soient pourvus. Nous prévoyons débuter les projets entre mai et septembre 2026.

Pour postuler

Transmettre votre relevé de notes, CV et lettre de motivation à Loïc D’Orangeville, chercheur responsable du projet, à [email protected]

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