Ecology and evolution outreach projects across Canada
Projets de vulgarisation grand public en écologie et évolution au Canada
Resources for teaching ecology and evolution
Ressources pour l'enseignement de l’écologie et de l’évolution
BIODIDAC: A bank of digital resources for teaching biology
Biodiversity Resource Kit (University of California, Davis)
Glossary of biodiversity terms (World Resources Institute)
Resources for the teaching of evolution (Society for the Study of Evolution)
Exploring biodiversity (Natural History Museum, London)
International Center for Scientific Research
Publicize your outreach project!
Informez-nous de vos projets de vulgarisation pour le grand public!
Are you a CSEE member involved with a project that facilitates awareness about ecology and evolution in your community? If so we would like to know about it so that we can provide publicity for your work! Please send an email rbarrett@zoology.ubc.ca with a brief description of your project. If you have a presence on the web, please also provide a website address so that we can put a link on this page. You can submit the story about your project in either French or English.
Êtes-vous engagé dans un projet de vulgarisation de l’écologie et de l’évolution pour le grand public? Si oui, nous pouvons vous aider à le publiciser! Envoyez une brève description de votre activité par courriel à rbarrett@zoology.ubc.ca. Si vous projet possède un site internet, indiquez-en l'adresse, nous pourrons aussi l'inclure à cette page. Vous pouvez soumettre le résumé de votre projet en français ou en anglais.
Darwin Day Celebrations and the CSEE
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. In celebration of the scientist who brought us the theory of biological evolution via natural selection, Darwin Day festivities are being held on or around February 12 marking the day Charles Darwin was born in 1809. Several events are being organized by members of the CSEE in communities around Canada.
In Vancouver, CSEE members Dr. Rosie Redfield, Dr. Arne Mooers and Rowan Barrett are part of a group of scientists organizing the Vancouver Evolution Festival, a series of events throughout the year to explore Darwin's many contributions to science, the latest findings in evolution & biodiversity, and the profound implications of these discoveries for society today.
CSEE Councillor Dr. Andrew Hendry will be busy promoting the importance of Darwin's discoveries at a symposium for high-school students at 12:15 pm on March 3, 2009 at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario.
CSEE members and Université de Sherbrooke professors, Dr. Fanie Pelletier and Dr. Dany Garant will be participating in public lectures at the Musée des Sciences in Sherbrooke discussing Darwin's voyage on the Beagle and the theory of evolution. These lectures are part of a series of talks entitled ''In the footsteps of Darwin'' being held at the museum on February 12, 2009, starting at 7:00pm (birthday cake will be provided).
Darwin Day celebrations promise to be a fun and educational way to learn more about the importance of evolution and celebrate scientific discovery. For evolutionary biologists, these festivities also represent a great opportunity to teach someone about evolution in your community. Are you celebrating Darwin's birthday? Let us know and we'll write about it here! Contact: Rowan Barrett (rbarrett@zoology.ubc.ca)
Added: 12.29.08
CSEE president organizing International Polar Year & Climate Change Symposium encourages Young Scholars to Participate in Dialogue
(December 8, 2008 –Lakehead University office of communications, Thunder Bay, ON)
The polar north, Canada's last frontier, is experiencing an unprecedented transformation. The polar sea is thawing, opening up the Arctic Ocean to ice-free conditions for longer and longer periods. Understanding the consequences of these transformations, especially those related to global warming, are a main focus of scientific inquiry as significant changes are sure to have a major effect on global conditions.
International Polar Year (IPY), a large scientific programme centred on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009, has galvanized polar research around the globe. Organized through the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), it involves over 200 projects (several led by Canadians), with thousands of scientists from over 60 nations examining a wide range of physical, biological, and social research topics. The aim is to educate and involve the public, and to help train the next generation of engineers, scientists, and leaders.
On March 6 and 7, 2009, the Centre for Northern Studies at Lakehead University will commemorate IPY with a two-day national symposium and poster session on "the ecological and evolutionary implications of climate change." The Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Toronto has joined with the Centre for Northern Studies as a junior sponsor for the event. The symposium, organized by Lakehead's Research Chair in Northern Studies, and president of the Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution, Dr. Douglas Morris, "will highlight Lakehead University's position as a leader in northern research," says the Chair of the Northern Studies Committee, Dr. Harvey Lemelin. "The symposium will begin on Friday, March 6, 2009 with a morning poster session on northern research, followed by a welcome address, and a scientific plenary session showcasing six of Canada's most acclaimed scientists involved in northern ecological research."
A public evening session entitled "Perspectives on ecology and evolution under global warming" will be opened to the public as well as local and national media. This session will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a social gathering, where participants will be encouraged to engage in dialogue with the keynote speakers.
On Saturday, March 7, 2009, graduate students from seven Canadian universities will present and discuss their research. This session will be followed by a workshop aimed at determining future priorities for Arctic research.
Added: 12.28.08
Vancouver Evolution Group
The Vancouver Evolution Group is a collection of researchers from Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia who meet monthly to discuss topics in evolutionary biology. All are welcome: undergraduates, graduates, postdocs, faculty, family and friends.
Added: 12.26.09
La biologie dans touts ses états
La biologie dans tous ses états est d’abord et avant tout un colloque de vulgarisation scientifique entièrement réalisé par des étudiants diplômés de l’Université du Québec à Rimouski. Sa mission est de promouvoir la science auprès de la communauté universitaire mais également du grand public rimouskois. Les organismes régionaux œuvrant dans le domaine de l’environnement sont également chaleureusement invités à y présenter leurs travaux sous forme de kiosques ou d’affiches.
Jeudi 12 mars
Soirée d’ouverture avec débat sous le thème : Darwin : l’évolution d’hier à demain. Vin d’honneur, kiosques et affiches
Vendredi 13 mars
Présentations orales vulgarisées des travaux de recherche d’étudiants gradués de l’UQAR, kiosques et affiches
Samedi 14 mars
Symposium en biologie évolutive; présentations orales d’étudiants de différentes universités du Québec
http://colloquebiologie.uqar.qc.ca
Added: 01.26.09
Les innovateurs à l’école
Des membres de la CSEE et autres scientifiques font l’école buissonnière aux quatre coins du Québec. Épris de science ou passionnés de recherche, ils rendent régulièrement visite aux écoles et aux bibliothèques. Chaque année, des centaines de scientifiques bénévoles partagent la passion de leur métier et font vivre à leur jeune auditoire la grande aventure des savoirs. Par exemple, dans la région de Sherbrooke Marco Festa-Bianchet rencontre les élèves pour leur parler de gestion et de conservation des grands mammifères alors que Bill Shipley explique aux jeunes d’où provient le sirop d’érable. Vous pouvez trouver plus d’information sur les innovateurs et les conférences offertes ici :
http://www.spst.org/innovateurs/
Added: 01.30.09
People of a Feather and The Arctic Sea Ice project
People of a Feather and The Arctic Sea Ice project is an interdisciplinary education and outreach initiative that combines Inuit, scientific and filmmaking approaches to document and broadly disseminate knowledge about sea ice ecosystems and environmental change in the Arctic. The outreach project evolved from the use of multi-media techniques (video and timelapse photography) to quantify sea ice dynamics and associated wildlife winter ecology. Our objective under funding from International Polar Year is to use existing materials, field infrastructure and high definition production capacity to complete and broadly distribute a feature documentary (People of a Feather) and a multi-media educational package (The Arctic Sea Ice) for schools, interpretation centers and independent
study. Due to an interdisciplinary approach, the project also includes
training and capacity for a multi-scale community-based research and
monitoring program. This project is currently in production by CSEE member Joel Heath.
People of a Feather - feature film - www.peopleofafeather.com
The Arctic Sea Ice - educational package - www.thearcticseaice.com
Added: 02.10.09
CSEE sponsors PEEC
The Pacific Ecology & Evolution Conference (PEEC) is an annual conference on ecological and evolutionary research for graduate students from Western Canada and the United States. In addition to providing a formal forum for presenting current advances in ecological and evolutionary research, the PEEC also gives students an excellent opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with their peers.
Please read a media summary of the 2009 meeting here: PEEC2009 media summary.pdf.
Conference website: http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~peec/
Added: 03.19.09
CSEE is on Facebook!
Check out our new Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58815627374. Please join up to meet other members and discuss outreach projects across Canada!
Added: 03.19.09
The Frontiers of Evolution Peter Yodzis colloquium
This year the Peter Yodzis colloquium on fundamental ecology celebrates Darwin's ideas with two days of invited talks that showcase science at the frontiers of evolutionary biology. The continued development of emerging fields in evolution demonstrate how the theory of evolution is conceptually alive but also still incomplete. Join us May 20-21 at the University of Guelph. Please see the website for more details and registration at: www.uoguelph.ca/Ecologicalcolloquia/
Added: 03.23.09
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