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Centre for Ecosystem Management
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@UofG: Advancing knowledge and management of the #GreatLakes ecosystems and beyond. Learn more at http://www.ecosystemscience.ca 🐟
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🍁 Number of the Week: $50.8 million - how much money Ontario municipalities and conservation authorities spend each year battling invasives

🔗 www.insidehalton.com/news/ontario...

🌿 #InvasiveSpecies #Ontario #Conservation #Biodiversity #EcosystemHealth #GreatLakes
A sea lamprey attaches itself to a lake trout
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🎉 We're excited to introduce the CEM's newest addition, Dr. Carling Bieg! As a theoretical ecologist, her work looks at the dynamics of populations and food webs, global environmental change, and what makes ecosystems resilient. Her insights will be a welcome addition to our research community!
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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🧡 September 30th marks the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation
September 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Happy National #PostdocAppreciationWeek to ALL of our hard-working postdoctoral fellows here at the Centre for Ecosystem Management! Your curiosity, dedication, and big-picture thinking drive our research forward every day—we’re grateful for all that you do to advance science and inspire our team 👏
September 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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🌍 It’s #WorldWaterWeek! You, too, can join the global conversation on water & climate action, because online participation in the conference - happening now in Stockholm, Sweden - is FREE 👇

🔗 worldwaterweek.org/attending/at...

#WaterForClimate #WWWeek #GreatLakes #Sustainability 💧
An underwater view of the surface of a body of water, with sunlight and bubbles in the forefront.
August 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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🌊 Exciting steps toward collaboration! The CEM and Quantitative Fisheries Center recently met to share ideas, highlight postdoc research, and build momentum for a Great Lakes grant proposal 👇

🔗 tinyurl.com/mv4jbbum

#GreatLakes #Research #GreatLakesScience #SciComm @pitcherlab.bsky.social
Pictured: Staff from both the QFC and CEM collaborate in real-time (not pictured are our virtual attendees) at a board table in the Arboretum Center (University of Guelph)
August 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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🐟 Tune in to the GLFC's next webinar on June 26, featuring Dr. Steven Cooke, and stay up to date on cutting-edge technology emerging in the fisheries field. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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📈 This is what progress looks like! This working group, hosted by the CEM & funded by CIEE, brought together several bright minds from McGill, Yale, the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, and @uofguelph.bsky.social to focus on linking organismal thermal tolerance to population processes.
June 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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🌿 May 22, 2025: Happy #BiologicalDiversityDay! This year’s theme, “Be Part of the Plan”, echoes the urgent need for transformative action to halt biodiversity loss. Our affiliate, the Biodiversity Institute of Conservation Synthesis (BICS) has more: tinyurl.com/m8xpx74
May 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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⚠️ The 2025 National First Nations Water Leadership Award is now open for nominations! Who do YOU think has demonstrated leadership and outstanding dedication to the advancement of clean and safe drinking water in First Nations communities? Deadline is May 31, 2025:
sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/17000693...
View of a serene lake surrounded by conifers along the shore.
May 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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⚠️ Job alert! The FishPeoplePlace lab (Dalhousie) is seeking to recruit a highly qualified PhD student interested in working on a multi-disciplinary project that will investigate barriers to entry for new/young entrants to Great Lakes commercial fisheries: www.hannahharrison.ca/current-oppo... 🎣
Photo of a group of trout, taken from underwater.
April 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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📢 The Canada Water Agency is currently funding #GreatLakes projects! The application period for their Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative is open until February 13, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. EST 💵 💵 💵 Check out the funding streams and application guides here: www.canada.ca/en/canada-wa...
February 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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📢 PSA: Get your #invasive species monitoring & management projects ready! Indigenous communities, municipalities, conservation authorities, and other incorporated non-profit organizations are encouraged to apply for the Invasive Species Action Fund by January 15th: anishinabeknews.ca/2024/11/26/i...
January 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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December 19, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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🙌 When launching a major project with a room full of #scientists and government employees, you pose the question, "What values are important to you?" and the result is a word cloud that looks like this:

#sciencegoals #teamwork #GreatLakes #foodwebs #globalchange @joeybernhardt.bsky.social #ecology
December 11, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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👏 For our own @joeybernhardt.bsky.social, teaching #science goes beyond passing on knowledge to the next generation: it also includes passing on the skills to do #openscience through tutorials developed for students, by students ➡️ tinyurl.com/y49fkv6b

@uofguelph.bsky.social 💡#GreatLakes @mcgill.ca
An illustration of the tutorial development process and summary of the six available teaching tutorials: Disease modelling in mule deer; community ecology: hemlock looper outbreak on Anticosti Island; Tree swallow: Life history R basics & data exploration; Sexual dimorphism & sexual selection in tree swallows; and Understanding biodiversity with metrics & rank abundance curves.
December 9, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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🐚 If you or your stakeholders have an interest in #invasives, #LakeSuperior, or the #GreatLakes in general, then mark your calendars for Dec 4 @ 11am ET because the Lake Superior Partnership is hosting a webinar that's right up your alley! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 2, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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🎶 Tuning into #nature reminds us that it's anything but boring! (To be fair, it says "relaxing bird sounds", not "relaxed bird sounds".)
An illustration by Tommy Siegel of a man listening to supposed relaxing bird sounds on headphones, but in reality these sounds represent a crow tormenting a smaller bird after having eaten its young: "My babies! Somebody ate my babies!" // "I ate them and I'll eat them again next year!"
November 26, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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Take note! 💰 The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is now accepting pre-proposals for the 2026 funding cycle for their Fishery and Sea Lamprey Research programs 💰 Webinar: Friday November 22 @ 1pm EST // Deadline: January 15, 2025. Details and to register for the webinar: www.glfc.org/call-for-pro... 👀
A screenshot of the GLFC's home page.
November 22, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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🌍 At #COP16, Ecojustice, Greenpeace Canada, and other environmental groups urged Canada’s Parliament to pass Bill C-73, the Nature Accountability Act, which has stalled since its introduction. Read on to discover what you need to know about Bill C-73: www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/urgent-...
A birds eye view of a coniferous forest of varying shades of green.
November 14, 2024 at 4:42 PM