Valérie Chartrand’s practice focuses on the loss of biodiversity and reduction in insect populations due to climate change and human interference in insect life cycles. She primarily employs imprint techniques, using found insects and non-toxic materials. She has participated in several artist residencies and group exhibitions. Her first solo exhibition, Ghost Hives, took place at La Maison des artistes in Winnipeg in 2017. Her MFA thesis show, Inspiderations, was presented at Gallery 101 in Ottawa in 2021.
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Nicole Kester
MSc candidate (2024-) Co-supervised by Dr. Tyler Smith at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada nkest080[at]uottawa[dot]ca Nicole is interested in invasive species and understanding the patterns of their spread. She is expanding her Honours project and is quantifying niche shifts for over 250 species of invasive plants in North America, which will help inform predictions about the future distributions of these species in their introduced ranges. |
Manon Veselosvky
MSc student (2022-) Co-supervised by Dr. Greg Mitchell at Environment and Climate Change Canada mvese092[at]uottawa[dot]ca Manon is interested in conservation and the effects of climate change on species interactions. She is seeking to identify which nectar sources provide the greatest energy benefit to the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) to help inform monarch habitat restoration. |
Matthew Osborne
Honours student (2024-2025) Matthew is interested in the ecological and spatial aspects of interactions between plants, insects, and pathogens. For his honours project, he will be combining field studies and citizen science data to better describe the distribution and characteristics of milkweed yellows phytoplasma. Check out his personal website: https://natthager.ca |
Spencer Karau
MSc student (2022-2024) Co-supervised by Dr. Tyler Smith at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Thesis: Using key functional traits to explain variation in rates of spread among invasive plants in North America. |
Nicole Kester
Honours student (2022-2023) Co-supervised by Dr. Tyler Smith at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Nicole developed current and future species distribution models for dog-strangling vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum) to evaluate its potential range across North America, and how this range could change in response to different climate scenarios. |
Dr. Nico Muñoz
Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2023) Co-supervised with Dr. Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis (Environment and Climate Change Canada) and Dr. Christina Davy (Carleton University). Nico investigated the importance of microrefugia and the potential for microclimatic buffers against climate change to be integrated within networks of protected areas. |
Maisy Roach-Krajewski
MSc student (2020-2023) Co-supervised by Tyler Smith at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Thesis: Using invasion history to quantify equilibrium in over 250 invasive plant species in North America. |