Graduate studies

PhD Opportunity : Modelling of harmful algal bloom (HAB) hazard in lakes of southern Quebec (Centre - Eau Terre Environnement, INRS)

Information : Pr Karem Chokmani and Pr Isabelle Laurion

Read the complete description: PhD. INRS - Fall. 2013 (french)

Date of posting: June 11, 2013

PhD Opportunity in Forest Ecology (Indre-et-Loire, France)

Read the complete description: PhD Forest Ecology (french)

Date of posting : April 19, 2013

MSc Opportunity in Ecotoxicology (Université de Montreal)

Information : Marc Amyot

Read the complete description: M.Sc. Ecotoxicology (french)

Date of posting : April 9, 2013

PhD position in teledetection (U. Sherbrooke)

Within the research program on winter extreme events in the Arctic, the Ph.D. project aims at developing satellite remote sensing methods to detect rain-on-snow (ROS) events. The project will evaluate the occurrence and impact of those events on various climatic feedbacks as well as related uncertainties in regional climate models. Research activities include the treatment of passive microwave and multispectral remote sensing data, the use and validation of snow multilayered thermodynamic models. Field work is also planned at several locations where in-situ geophysical and radiometric measurements of snow will occur. The deployment and maintenance of a snow-dedicated meteorological tower is also planned.

Those processes have significant impacts on surface energy balance, and their cumulated contributions to climate scenarios unknown. The research will provide improved knowledge on the climate scenarios uncertainties in a rapidly changing climate in the Arctic.

The Ph.D. will be funded for 3 years, starting in the Fall 2013.

Required: Extensive coding abilities (Matlab, Python…), GIS, field experience, team work.

If interested, please contact M. Alexandre Langlois,  a.langlois2@usherbrooke.ca 

MSc and PhD positions available in aquatic ecology (UQAC)

Canadian students invited to apply for the Master of Arctic Landscape Architecture, Norway

For more information : MSc Arctic Landscape Architecture (french)

Application deadline: April 1st, 2013

Date of posting: March 14, 2013

PhD POSITION IN ECOLOGY (REINDEER/CARIBOU)

PhD research position in Biology at U. Concordia starting September 2013 (or as soon as the position is filled). This work is part of a large ongoing research program on “The ecology of reproduction of reindeer/caribou (Rangifer tarandus)” that takes place in northern Finland. The student will have the opportunity to use long term data collected since 1996 including GPS data from more recent years. This project involves field work in northern Finland and the candidate should be ready to work in remote areas and to work in team. The project involves collaborators from Norway and Finland. Suitable candidates will have a M.Sc. in biology or similarly recognized degree. The ideal candidate will have experience in field research settings, be determined to complete a PhD degree, have a good academic background (good GPA), and strong quantitative skills (statistics; individual based modeling). Experience with GIS would be an asset. Financial support is available for three years, but if eligible, students will be encouraged to apply for external grant (FQRNT and NSERC).

MSc Opportunity in Geochemistry and Hydrology (UQAR)

Ecohydrology of a coastal marsh: transport and nutrient fluxes by groundwater

Information : Gwénaelle Chaillou

Read the complete description: M.Sc. Ecohydrology (UQAR) (french)

Date of posting : February 15, 2013

MSc Opportunity in Geomorphologie and Glacial Geology (UQAR)

Spillway of Madawaska glacial Lake towards Goldthwait Sea, Trois-Pistoles region

Information : Bernard Hétu

Read the complete description:  M.Sc. Geomorphology (UQAR) (french)

Date of posting : February 15, 2013

MSc Opportunity in Hydrogeomorphology and Geochemistry (UQAR)

Information : Thomas Buffin-Bélanger

Read the complete description: M.Sc. Hydrogeomorphology and Geochemistry (UQAR) (french)

Date of posting : February 15, 2013

Three MSc and one Postdoctoral Fellow position in Biology or Natural Resource Sciences

Description

A team of aquatic ecologists (Rene Gregory-Eaves & Chris Solomon at McGill and Christian Nozais, UQAR) is looking for 3 MSc students and 1 PDF to work collaboratively on an exciting new project being initiated by a community organization located in southern Quebec (i.e. le Conseil régional de l’environnement de Chaudière-Appalaches; CRECA).

CRECA is launching the implementation of their sustainable management plan for the Grand Lac Saint Francois (GLSF), one of the largest lakes in southern Quebec. One of the pressures on GLSF of greatest concern is how the large and variable winter water level drawdown (due to operation of the Jules-Allard dam) influences the dynamics of sport fish populations, for example via reductions in zoobenthos, which are important prey for many fish species in GLSF. Other concerns include increases in cyanobacteria abundances and changes in lake trophic state, over-harvesting of sportfishes and invasive species.

Trainees working on this project will work collaboratively in the field and then focus on one particular aspect of the project: 1) paleolimnology & historical ecology; 2) macroinvertebrate ecology; or, 3) fish ecology. Student projects will include a field study as well as a larger data synthesis designed to quantify the effects of water draw downs in temperate lakes in general.

Interested students should send a brief statement about their experience and interest in the project, as well as a CV and transcript (unofficial at this stage is fine) to irene.gregoryeaves@ mcgill.ca , chris.solomon@mcgill.ca and Christian_Nozais@uqar.ca asap. 

Read the complete description : 3 MSc and 1 PDF position in Biology

Date of posting : December 22, 2012

MSc opportunity in en volcanology and mineral resources, chibougamau area

Description

One of the best places in the world to explore for volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits, in particular for gold-rich VMS deposits, is the Archean Abitibi Subprovince of Quebec and Ontario. The Chibougamau area contains the former Lemoine mine, which exploited the 2nd richest VMS deposit in Canada. However, the Chibougamau area is not widely known for its VMS potential, as opposed to other parts of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt.

The research project defined by INRS and Ressources Cogitore Inc., our industrial partner, targets the Waconichi Formation east of the Lemoine mine area. The submarine tholeiitic rhyolites of the Waconichi Formation are clearly identified as the main favorable environment for VMS mineralization in the region. Even though the Lemoine property geology is known, many specific questions remain which have implications for exploration. The majority of these questions can be answered by reconstructing the volcanic architecture of the Waconichi Formation on the Lemoine property. Methods of investigation will include geological mapping, core logging, chemo-stratigraphy, physical volcanology, and U-Pb geochronology on zircons. Where possible, the mode of emplacement and vent/intrusive centre area will be identified for each volcanic or intrusive unit.

Information : rossps@ete.inrs.ca

Read the complete description : Msc opportunity in volcanology.PDF

PhD studentship on Arctic pelagic primary production

Description

We are seeking a motivated student for a PhD position to study the biophysical drivers of pelagic primary production in the Arctic. An advisory committee for the student will include Drs. C.J. Mundy, Mikael Sejr, Søren Rysgaard, and Carlos Pedrós-Alió. The student's degree will be housed within the Centre for Earth Observation Science at the University of Manitoba, Canada and field work will be focused in Arctic Canada and Greenland. Plus, the student will have opportunities to work in laboratories at Aarhus University in Denmark and at the Greenland Climate Research Centre as part of the new Arctic Science Partnership (ASP). 

The successful candidate will have a Masters degree in biological oceanography or related field. The studentship is fully funded as part of the Canada Excellence Research Chair program in Arctic Geomicrobiology and Climate Change. The project will involve field and laboratory research to examine how variation in sea ice cover and fresh water input and related changes in stratification, light regime, and nutrient availability influence seasonal changes in primary production, species composition and fate of carbon in contrasting oceanographic regions of the Arctic. Field experience in remote camps and, or oceanographic research vessels and a knowledge base of primary production (e.g., C-14 tracer techniques, P-E curves, PAM methods) and general oceanographic techniques will be assets for the position.  

Interested applicants should contact C.J. Mundy (cj_mundy@umanitoba.ca) for further information.

M.Sc. Oppurtunity in Ecology at Laval University