Lab News
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7 May 2025. New paper alert! The diet of monarchs includes a lot of nectar from non-native plants in the Ottawa area. Check it out: https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/icad.12829
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15 April 2025- Manon successfully defended her MSc! CONGRATULATIONS!
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8 April 2025- Congrats to Matt and Anna who did a phenomenal job presenting their Honours posters!
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4 April 2025- From April 24- May 10 at Artengine in Arts Court, Artist-in-residence Valérie invites the public to Flutterings, her residency exhibition that explores the impact of climate change on monarch butterflies. The opening reception will take place on April 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM.
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March 2025- Join the conversation at the Crossing Boundaries Symposium. For more info: https://www.boundaryxr.ca/
February 2025- Call for speakers now open! |
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20 February 2025- MSc student Nicole gave a great talk about her project looking at the niche dynamics of Dog-strangling vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum) at the Invasive Species Forum. Minutes 0-15min.
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13 February 2025- Congrats to Valérie on her upcoming exhibition. Looking forward to it!
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12 Nov 2024- Congratulations to Katherine on doing an amazing job defending her MSc!
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3 Nov 2024- Sarah's first PhD paper has been published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Congrats Sarah!
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29 Oct 2024- Heather presented a poster at the Society for Ecological Restoration North American conference.
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23 Sept 2024- A new public science piece out in the Conversation about climate change and introduced species by Heather.
9 Sept 2024- Welcome to the new members of our lab! MSc students Lily and Nicole, and Honours students Matt, Anna and Tessa.
9 Sept 2024- Welcome to the new members of our lab! MSc students Lily and Nicole, and Honours students Matt, Anna and Tessa.
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27 August 2024. Congratulations to Sarah Dolson for successfully defending her PhD!
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30 May 2024. Spencer, Katherine and Manon presented their research at the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution annual meeting in Vancouver.
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6 May 2024. Heather and Nicole had a fun week at UBC at the CIEE-UBC workshop on improving forecasts of species range shifts to climate change led by Heather and Jenn Williams (UBC).
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11 April 2024. Congratulations to Honours students Nicole and Jenna for doing a FANTASTIC job on their posters for Honours Poster Day 2024!
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8 April 2024. Heather and our artist-in-residence, Valérie Chartrand presented their Art-Science collaboration about insect declines at the SCI_ART symposium at the SAW centre in Ottawa.
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13 March 2024. Congrats to former PhD student Steph Rivest on publishing her final PhD paper!
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1 March 2024. Over reading week, Heather spent time an amazing group of conservation scientists in Conguillío National Park, Chile. As part of the Andina VI workshop, they gathered together to figure out how we can have a bigger impact in society, and involving the climate change and biodiversity crises.
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Rivest and Kharouba 2024. Insect Conservation and Diversity.
Andina VI workshop participants
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11 February 2024. A great initiative! The Science Student Association is running a competition for a science student to design a mural for the Biosciences complex on campus related to the theme of "Science and Society". Deadline is Feb 28 2024 to apply. Details here
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12 January 2024- We are starting a new phase of our collaboration with Valérie Chartrand, a local visual artist. The first phase of the project is supported by Artengine. Stay tuned!
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Valerie (left) and Katherine (right)
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10 January 2024- Sarah is presenting her work at the International Biogeography Society in Prague.
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7 December 2023- A new blog post by Katherine about her field experiment on monarchs.
25 September 2023- The lab has finally joined instagram! Find us here: https://www.instagram.com/kharouba_lab/
21 September 2023- Tyler Smith and I are recruiting for a graduate student for Fall 2024.
25 September 2023- The lab has finally joined instagram! Find us here: https://www.instagram.com/kharouba_lab/
21 September 2023- Tyler Smith and I are recruiting for a graduate student for Fall 2024.
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15 September 2023- Lab members advocating for climate action at the Global Climate Strike on Parliament Hill.
30 August 2023- Our monarch-climate change experiment was featured on CBC Ottawa morning. 15 August 2023- We are recruiting for a PhD student for September 2024! 26 May 2023- Big news! Zoe will be starting as an Assistant Professor at Acadia University November 1. Congrats Zoe!! |
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1 May 2023- A huge congratulations to Steph who will be starting a MITACS postdoc with the Université de Montréal and the Montreal Botanical Garden in September!
14 April 2023- Congratulations to the Honours students-- Marianne, Zoe and Sarah-- for their amazing posters and projects!
14 April 2023- Congratulations to the Honours students-- Marianne, Zoe and Sarah-- for their amazing posters and projects!
28 March 2023- Congratulations to Maisy for passing her MSc defence with flying colours!!
8 March 2023- Such a fun project and great study by Steph just published in Ecology. Check out the amazing graphical abstract designed by @eberh_art and the media release here.
22 February 2023- Check out our opinion piece in The Conversation Canada about challenging the paradigm on non-native species.
20 January 2023- Heather is on sabbatical at UBC for the next 6 months. If you're in Vancouver, come say hi!
8 March 2023- Such a fun project and great study by Steph just published in Ecology. Check out the amazing graphical abstract designed by @eberh_art and the media release here.
22 February 2023- Check out our opinion piece in The Conversation Canada about challenging the paradigm on non-native species.
20 January 2023- Heather is on sabbatical at UBC for the next 6 months. If you're in Vancouver, come say hi!
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12 December 2022- A huge congratulations to Dr. Steph Rivest and Hannah Keefe for successfully defending their PhD and MSc thesis, respectively. The lab won't be the same without them!
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6 Sept 2022- Welcome to the new students in the lab! Welcome to Spencer, Katherine, Sarah, Marianne and Zoe.
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21 June 2022- Happy to be a part of Pheno2022 in Avignon. Fun to see so much great work on phenology!
16 June 2022- Had a great time in the field with Jessica Linton and Ryan Norris in central Ontario. Thanks for the intro to the endangered Mottled duskywing butterfly! |
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18 January 2022- Welcome to Nico, a new postdoc in the lab!
14 January 2022- Welcome to Manon who is joining the lab as a new MSc student!
14 January 2022- Welcome to Manon who is joining the lab as a new MSc student!
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21 November 2021- Congratulations to Steph who won the 'Teaching Assistant of the year' award in Biology!
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21 July 2021- A great interview by Steph on the CBC Ottawa Morning show about her new paper.
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Photo by S. Rivest.
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12 July 2021- Check out our new lab paper on documenting milkweed decline around Ottawa. pdf
24 June 2021- Congrats to Sharla on doing a fantastic job at defending her MSc!
26 May 2021- Congrats to Sydney on successfully completing her MSc!
21 April 2021- Congrats to lab alumni Phil Tremblay on the acceptance of his MSc paper in Ecology and Evolution.
12 April 2021- Congrats to Steph on the acceptance of her 1st PhD paper published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology!
13 September 2020 - Welcome to Maisy Roach-Krajewski and Hannah Keefe, new MSc students, and Darby Hooper and Ben Lalonde, new Honours students.
24 June 2021- Congrats to Sharla on doing a fantastic job at defending her MSc!
26 May 2021- Congrats to Sydney on successfully completing her MSc!
21 April 2021- Congrats to lab alumni Phil Tremblay on the acceptance of his MSc paper in Ecology and Evolution.
12 April 2021- Congrats to Steph on the acceptance of her 1st PhD paper published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology!
13 September 2020 - Welcome to Maisy Roach-Krajewski and Hannah Keefe, new MSc students, and Darby Hooper and Ben Lalonde, new Honours students.
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9 July 2020- After months of social distancing, the field team is happy to be out in the field again.
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