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Earth's Ecosystems in a time of Global Change: Six Ecologists discuss challenges and solutions.  Watch this video of six panelists from the two CIEE-CESAB working groups 'FISHGLOB' and 'REDBIO' discussing Earth's ecosystems in a time of global change.  The panelists include Bastien Mérigot (Montpellier University), Nicolas Loeuille (Sorbonne Université), Shawn Leroux (Memorial University of Newfoundland), William Cheung (University of BC), Nancy Shackell (Bedford Institute of Oceanography), and Isabelle Gounand (Sorbonne Université), moderated by CIEE-ICEE Director Diane Srivastava. This event was sponsored by the Embassy of France in Vancouver, the University of British Columbia, CIEE-ICEE and FRB-CESAB.  Watch here.
Does participation in working groups catalyze the academic impact of researchers?  A new NSERC-funded study by CIEE and UBC Sociology discovers that working group participation accelerates the H-index of researchers. However, female researchers benefit less than their male counterparts despite similar rates of participation. These results provide a strong rationale for funding synthesis centres, but suggest that synthesis centres must also enact equity, diversity and inclusiveness policies beyond simple participation requirements. Full report here.
Funded Working Groups for 2022:
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Designing Canada’s Biodiversity Observation Network
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Andrew Gonzalez - McGill University, Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science 



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Species ranges, diversity and life history of Neotropical  birds

Jill Jankowski – University of British Columbia
Jenny Muñoz - University of British Columbia
Gustavo Londoño - Universidad Icesi  


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Ecological Applications and Transfer of Fisheries Acoustic Technologies (eatFAT) 2.0

Dak de Kerckhove – Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry
Alexander Ross - Lakehead University
Dr. Michael Rennie - Lakehead University

Previously Funded Working Groups:
2008-2013

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Year
An interim scientific assessment of the present and projected effectiveness of the Canadian Species at Risk Act
The Future of Scientific Field Research Stations in Canada

Predicting Ecological Change:
Multi-Scale Analysis of Plankton Diversity and Dynamics
Thermal scaling and body size: the next frontier in climate change ecological theory
2008


2010


2011


2013

Organizers

Arne Mooers (SFU), Dan Doak (U of Wyoming) and David M. Green (McGill)

Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde (Laurentian Univ), Frank Phelan (Queen’s Univ), Mark Forbes (Carleton Univ), Art Weis (U of Toronto)
Jeremy Fox (U of Calgary), Andrew Gonzales (McGill U), Bill Nelson (Queen’s U)

Mary I. O’Connor (UBC), Hamish Greig (U. Canterbury), Benjamin Gilbert (U of Toronto)
2014

Title

The terra incognita of community ecology: understanding continental-scale variation of ecological networks 2014
Forecasting groundfish biodiversity change in the Newfoundland shelf
Canada’s phylogenetic diversity in a changing world

Organizers

Timothée Poisot (U de Montreal) and Dominique Gravel (Sherbrooke)

Fred Guichard, Andrew Gonzalez, Patrick Thompson and Eric Pedersen (McGill University)
Jana Vamosi (U. of Calgary), Jeremy Kerr (U. of Ottawa)
2015

Title

Understanding recent biodiversity change across spatial and temporal scales


Adaptation versus maladaptation in response to environmental change

Organizers

Mary I. O’Connor (UBC); Andrew Gonzalez (McGill U); Jon Chase (iDiv, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Germany); Mark Vellend (Sherbrooke U)
Andrew Hendry(McGill University); Rowan Barrett (McGill University); Alison Derry (Université du Québec à Montréal); Gregor Fussmann (McGill University)
2016

Title

Canadian protected areas in a changing climate:
A cross-ecosystem approach to designing effective networks of protected areas
Genomic data in ecology, evolution and conservation:
the impacts of missing data in genotyping-by-sequencing datasets
Diversity and structure of coastal eelgrass communities along environmental and human disturbance gradients
Testing the conservation value of phylogenetic diversity Understanding recent biodiversity change across spatial and temporal scales.

Organizers

Cassidy C. D’Aloia (U of Toronto), Ilona R. Naujokaitis-Lewis (Environment Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Carleton U)
Jean-Sébastien Moore, Anne-Laure Ferchaud, Laura Benestan, Louis Bernatchez (Université Laval) and Thierry Gosselin (Independent consultant)
Julia K. Baum and Josephine C. Iacarella (University of Victoria)
Arne Mooers (SFU) and Caroline Tucker (U of North California)
2017

Title

Determining marine hotspots in Arctic Canada using tracking data from multiple species
The evolution of microbial metabolic and genomic diversity at multiple scales
Functional response of understory plants to climate, soil and disturbance regimes across Canadian boreal forest ecosystems

Organizers

Mark Mallory (Acadia), Marie Auger-Méthé (Dalhousie) and David Yurkowski (Manitoba). 
Stilianos Louca, Dr. Laura Parfrey and Dr. Michael Doebeli from the University of British Columbia
Alison Munson (Laval), Bright Kumordzi (Laval) and Isabelle Aubin (Canadian Forest Service)
2018

Title

Data and theory synthesis to resolve the effects of evolution on the predictability of range expansion
Canadian aquatic ecosystems under threat: A meta-ecosystem approach to the protection of aquatic diversity and ecosystem services
Incorporating phenotypic variation of thermal tolerance to improve projections of climate responses in Canada

organizers

Jennifer Williams (UBC), Tom Miller (RiceU)

Éric Harvey (U of Toronto), Marie-Josée Fortin (U of Toronto)

Jennifer Sunday (McGill University)
2019

Title

Responses of freshwater zooplankton to road salt pollution: A global perspective

Forecasting boreal vegetation dynamics: Understory plants, state changes, and biome shifts 

How does life deal with uncertainty in fluctuating environments?

organizers

Shelley Arnott (Queen's), 
Bill Hintz (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Steven Cumming  (Laval), Josie Hughes (Carleton), Stephen Mayor, (Ontario Forest Research Institute), Jennifer Baltzer (Wilfred Laurier)
Joey Bernhardt (UBC), Jennifer Sunday, (McGill), Mary O'Connor (UBC), Andrew Gonzalez (McGill)
2020

title

Creating a unified approach to evaluate regime shift detection methods

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Vulnerabilities of Canadian wetlands in a Changing Climate

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Forecasting in the Anthropocene: Addressing uncertainty in complex-systems using theory, modelling and applied science
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RED-BIO - Dynamic resource  landscapes, eco-evolutionary feedbacks ​and the emergence of meta-food webs

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FISHGLOB -Fish biodiversity under global change – a worldwide assessment from scientific trawl surveys
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Synthesizing fifty years of ecological change in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

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GrassSyn - Biodiversity of Brazilian grasslands and savannas: patterns and drivers, ecosystem services, and strategies for conservation and restoration ​

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organizers

Eric Pedersen (Concordia University), Jessica Burnett  (United States Geological Survey, Denver),
Gavin Simpson (U of Regina), Christie Bahlai (Kent State University)
Courtney Robichaud (U of Waterloo), Scott Davidson (U of Waterloo), Rebecca Rooney (U of Waterloo), Maria Strack (U of Waterloo)
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Korryn Bodner (U of Toronto), Carina Rauen Firkowski (U of Toronto), Marie-Josée Fortin (U of Toronto
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Eric Harvey (Université de Montréal), 
Isabelle Gounand (Institut d’écologie et des sciences de l’environnement de Paris)
Co-organized by FRB-CESAB
Sponsored in part by Consulate General of France in Vancouver and UBC
Maria Lourdes D Palomares (UBC),
Bastien Merigot  (Université de Montpellier)
Co-organized by FRB-CESAB
Sponsored in part by Consulate General of France in Vancouver and UBC
Nicolas Rolland (Fisheries and Oceans Canada), Guillaume Blanchet (Université de Sherbrooke)
This working group has ten graduate student participants selected competitively, as well as two established researchers (above) who will lead the group. Co-organized by Bios2, an NSERC-CREATE program.
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Madhur Anand (U of Guelph), Milena Rosenfield (U of Guelph) 
Project led by Gerhard Ernst Overbeck and co-funded by SinBiose, the Brazilian synthesis centre; CIEE funded the participants from Canadian universities (listed above).
2021

Title

organizers
Global distributions of native and exotic earthworms​

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Developing tools for the robust monitoring of human activity for effective management and species conservation in Canadian protected areas
Determining fungal conservation targets in Canada 

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Assembling, predicting and refining a predator-prey metaweb for Canada
Increasing diversity among early career grant recipients in ecology and evolution: a rubric to assess and support Canadian funding programs
Erin Cameron (St. Mary's University), Helen Phillips  (St. Mary's University)

Christopher Beirne (University of BC), Alys Granados (University of BC), Cole Burton (University of BC)
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Allison Walker (Acadia University), Alfredo Justo (New Brunswick Museum), Greg Thorn (Western University)
Gavin Kernaghan (Mount Saint Vincent University)
Laura Pollock (McGill), Timothée Poisot (Université de Montréal)
Catherine Sun (University of BC), Alys Granados (University of BC), Cole Burton (University of BC)
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