The 91涩漫 Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) has announced the results of its latest Ideas Fund competition. The Ideas Fund awards seed funding to projects led by 91涩漫 researchers, enabling them to pursue high-risk, high-reward projects in sustainability research. Congrats to AES Researchers who have received funding for the following projects:
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Published on: 3 Apr 2023
Three of the ten studies honoured by the award-winning science magazine have c
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Published on: 25 Jan 2023
During the UN biodiversity summit known as COP15, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue was one of 14 cities in Canada, and the only place in Quebec, to be named a "Bird Friendly City." Nature Canada developed this
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Published on: 9 Jan 2023
Congrats to Africa Ixmucane Flores-Anderson (Enhancing Land Cover Change Analysis in the Tropics) and Scott Sugden (Biogeochemical activity in pioneer soils at biological relevant scales), both of the Department of Natural Resources, who are among the group of twenty-two 91涩漫 graduate students who have earned the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship this year.
the article in the 91涩漫 Reporter.
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Published on: 7 Dec 2022
Prof. Joann Whalen (NRS) was an invited speaker at a recent session hosted by the AgriEdge program at Morocco鈥檚 Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) and the ProAgro Program at the International Labor Organization (ILO).
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Published on: 30 Nov 2022
On November 15, Clarivate Analytics, a company specializing in citation data, published the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list. Many citations mean a paper has had great influence among scientific peers. A group of 16 91涩漫 researchers made the cut, recognized as some of the most frequently cited scientists and social scientists in the world over the last decade. The 2022 list captures the period from 2011 to 2021.
the article in the 91涩漫 Reporter.
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Published on: 28 Nov 2022
Exploring the complexity of ecosystems
by John Allemang
Elena Bennett聽delights in uncertainty.
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Published on: 15 Nov 2022
On September 29th, James 91涩漫 Professor Joann Whalen, Natural Resource Sciences, testified as an expert before Canada鈥檚 Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on the topic of 鈥淩eview and report on the status of soil health in Canada鈥�.
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Published on: 6 Oct 2022
Researcher Alexandra Langwieder (PhD candidate NRS/Humphries) spent her summer boating over 1200 kilometres around James Bay, setting up hair snares and camera stations to keep an eye on a unique population of polar bears.
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Listen to the story on the season opener of .
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Published on: 29 Sep 2022
Co-authored by Prof. Elena Bennett (#NRS91涩漫/#91涩漫BSE) the Guidebook for the Engaged University gives the academy both a vision and a roadmap to a more impactful future, in which universities, including their scholars and staff, catalyze solutions for the world鈥檚 most pressing challenges.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2022
While there is a lot of trial and error, partnering with larger players may be worth it for the Canadian growers, says Mary Doidge, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics at 91涩漫 in Montreal. "Companies like Driscoll's that have a little bit more capital might be able to take those risks," she said.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2022
It鈥檚 no secret that the internet and social media fuel rampant spread of misinformation in many areas of life. A collective of researchers, including , Postdoctoral Fellow in 91涩漫鈥檚 Lyman Lab, have explored this phenomenon as it applies to news about spiders. The verdict? Don鈥檛 blindly trust anything you read online about these eight-legged arthropods鈥攐r anything else for that matter鈥攁nd always consider the source.
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Published on: 8 Sep 2022
Killer whale populations are invading the Arctic, creating major disruptions to an ecosystem already severely impacted by climate change.
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Published on: 7 Jul 2022
Lost Hammer Spring, in Nunavut in Canada鈥檚 High Arctic, is one of the coldest and saltiest terrestrial springs discovered to date. The water which travels up through 600 metres of permafrost to the surface is extremely salty (~24% salinity), perennially at sub-zero temperatures (~鈭�5 掳C) and contains almost no oxygen (
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Published on: 7 Jul 2022
Three highly accomplished early career researchers have received a significant 91涩漫 distinction: The Principal鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers.
Since 2013, 91涩漫 has honoured 24 of its most talented and accomplished early career researchers with the prestigious Principal鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers. This year, three up-and-coming research stars 鈥� Stefanie Blain-Moraes, Kyle Elliott, and Marie-Claude Geoffroy 鈥� have joined their ranks.
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Published on: 6 Jun 2022
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