Theses completed!

Aug 14, 2010

POSTED BY: Micheline Manseau
Congratulations to Peter N. Hettinga (fecal DNA to estimate caribou population sizes), Paula K. Hughson (Inuit perspective of the tundra landscape) and C-Jae C. Morden (fecal sampling for monitoring reindeer and caribou populations) for successfully defen

Great publications!

Jul 26, 2010

POSTED BY: Micheline Manseau
Congratulations to Mark Ball, Stephen Peterson and Cathy Cullingham for excellent papers on the use of fecal DNA to examine population genetic structure of woodland caribou, recovery vs recolonization hypotheses for Peary caribou, population distribution

CEO Award - Parks Canada

Jul 17, 2010

POSTED BY: Micheline Manseau
The Inuit Knowledge Project receives the 2010 CEO of Parks Canada Award! Congratulations to the Inuit Knowledge Working Group Members of Auyuittuq (Qikiqtarjuag), Sirmilik (Arctic Bay and Pond Inlet) and Ukkusiksalik (Repulse Bay) National Park. Congratul

NACW - Call for abstract

Jul 10, 2010

POSTED BY: Micheline Manseau
The 13th North American Caribou Workshop will be in Winnipeg, 25-28 October 2010. We have posted the program on the website, registration is open and the deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended to September 10, 2010. Also, read about the Inter

Post-doctoral fellow and PhD position available

Mar 14, 2010

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Position available for landscape ecologists or landscape geneticists with strong quantitative skills to complement a research team examining the conservation and spatial dynamics of boreal caribou populations.

13th North American Caribou Workshop

Nov 20, 2009

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
The 13th North American Caribou Workshop will be in Winnipeg, 25-28 October 2010. Check the newly launched conference website and call for pre-workshop seminars and concurrent sessions.

Podcasts release!

Oct 10, 2009

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Podcasts release!

Ukkusiksalik Inuit Knowledge Workshop

Sep 09, 2009

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
The first on-the-land workshop for the Ukkusiksalik Inuit Knowledge Project happened last week. It was attended by youth, hunters, elders, park staff and researchers! Lots of information was shared and great moments lived! Thank you to everyone for the ti

Landscape genetics

Sep 04, 2009

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Thank you to everyone you participated in the Boreal caribou landscape genetics meeting. This is a great start for the second phase of the project!!

Landscape genetics

Jul 08, 2009

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
A research team meeting is planned for the last week of August in Winnipeg to discuss work planned under the Boreal caribou landscape genetics NSERC-CRD grant. A schedule will follow shortly.

13th North American Caribou Workshop

May 26, 2009

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Planning is underway for the 13th North American Caribou Workshop to be held in Winnipeg - fall 2010. Please get in touch with us if you wish to participate!! www.nacw2010.ca

Successful thesis defense!

Feb 10, 2009

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Congratulations to Jeff Clark for successfully defending his thesis! Jeff was the first student working on non-invasive DNA sampling for woodland caribou, looking at landscape connectivity and the proposed boundaries of the Manitoba Lowlands National Park

End of Year

Jan 01, 2009

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Congratulations to Karin Johansson, Casidhe Dyke and Devin Imrie for successfully defending their thesis! You have done wonderful work! A copy of the theses can be found under the Publications tab.

Stephen Petersen

Oct 22, 2008

American Association Bison Conference

Oct 21, 2008

North American Caribou Workshop

Oct 20, 2008

POSTED BY: Micheline Manseau
The 12th North American Caribou Workshop will be held in Goose Bay, Labrador, from 3-6 November, 2008. For more information, please visit www.nacw08.org

Spring workshop - Arctic Bay / Sirmilik National Park - May 2008

Jun 05, 2008

POSTED BY: Micheline Manseau
Photos

Spring workshop - Arctic Bay / Sirmilik National Park - May 2008

Jun 01, 2008

POSTED BY: Micheline Manseau
Sirmilik National Park Inuit Knowledge Project –The Places of Ecological and Cultural Significance

Congratulations to Mark Ball

May 25, 2008

POSTED BY: Micheline Manseau
Congratulations to Mark Ball for successfully defending his PhD thesis on landscape genetics of woodland caribou - Mark's contribution to conservation is highly significant!

Congratulations to new graduates!

Dec 01, 2007

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Congratulations to new garduates!

Research Meeting

Nov 10, 2007

POSTED BY: Micheline Manseau
Research meeting (sharing and learning) of the Inuit Knowledge Project and the Peary Caribou Habitat Stewardship Project. Nov 19-24, Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Doctoral projects

Aug 23, 2007

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Seeking Two PhD Students in Conservation & Landscape Genetic

Research Associate Position

Aug 06, 2007

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Research Associate position is available to support the Inuit knowledge research program.

Sea Ice Workshop - ON THE ICE

Jul 02, 2007

POSTED BY: G. Laidler
Sea Ice Workshop - ON THE ICE

Sea Ice Workshop Summary Available

Feb 08, 2007

POSTED BY: G. Laidler
A workshop was held in Iqaluit in October, 2006, to bring together representatives from each of the Inuit Knowledge Working Groups for Auyuittuq and Sirmilik National Parks, to discuss sea ice use in relation to Nunavut National Parks.

Woodland Caribou surveys

Jan 24, 2007

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Winter surveys (pellet collection) have started in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Prince Albert Greater Ecosystem area was successfully completed last week, the Swan Lake and Interlake areas (MB) will be done this week.

PAGE meeting on landscape ecology of woodland caribou

Nov 02, 2006

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
A meeting of the Prince Albert Greater Ecosystem research team will be held in Winnipeg on Nov 23, 2006.

Partners meeting on woodland caribou genetic

Nov 01, 2006

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
Annual partners meeting on woodland caribou genetic will be held in Winnipeg on Nov 22, 2006.

Sea Ice Terminology Workshop

Oct 01, 2006

POSTED BY: M. Manseau
A sea ice terminology workshop is being held in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Oct 10-13, 2006.

Landscape connectivity for conservation

Aug 15, 2000

POSTED BY: Micheline Manseau
Congratulations to Paul Galpern for an excellent review paper on the use graphs of landscape connectivity in conservation - soon to appear in Biological Conservation!