Graduate Defences

Arya Horon's MSc Defence

• Dec. 11 from 1 to 4 p.m.
• Do Caribou Surf? An Empirical Test of the Green Wave Hypothesis for Woodland Caribou in Ontario, Canada
• Advisors: Dr. Nicholas Bernier and Dr. John Fryxell

Emma Mably's MSc Defence

• Dec. 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Squirrels and the City: Exploring the development of the gut-brain axis via maternal effects in response to urbanization in wild eastern grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)
• Advisor: Dr. Mehrdad Hajibabaei

Maysa Niazy's PhD Bioinformatics Defence

• Dec. 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Statistical Methods for High-Dimensional Complex Data with Application for Microbiome Studies
• Advisor: Dr. Steffen Graether

Kendra Gardner's MSc Defence 

• Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Assessing Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) Diets in Canadian Sea Cages Using Morphological and DNA Metabarcoding Analyses
• Advisor: Dr. Tess Grainger

Juni Rechter's MSc Defence

• Dec. 4
• Improving the domain generalisation of camera trap image classifiers using inserted animal cutouts

Teya Mathews' MSc Defence

• Dec. 4
• The effect of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on ectoparasitism in big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) maternity colonies.

Hayley Spina's PhD Defence

• Dec. 3
• Causes and Consequences of Double-Brooding in 
Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus Sandwichensis)

Laura Dutheil's MSc Defence

• Nov. 28
• Taxonomic resolution and the implementation of molecular methods for benthic invertebrate identifications in bioassessment

Ben Schultz' PhD Defence

• Nov. 25
• Disentangling the hybridization dynamics between Chrosomus eos, the northern redbelly dace, and Chrosomus neogaeus, the finescale dace

Amanda Semenuk's MSc Defence

• Nov. 15
• Nature's Pitfall Trap: Are salamanders integrated by carnivorous plants in a nutrient-poor bog ecosystem

Jelany Duali's MSc Defence

• Aug. 22
• Range-wide post- and pre-breeding migratory networks of a declining Neotropical-Nearctic migratory bird, the blackpoll warbler

Annika Wilcox's MSc Defence

• Aug. 16
• Limiting Factors of Restored Agricultural Wetlands for Migratory Birds

Christopher Farrow's PhD Defence

• Aug. 15
• Determining the dominant biological and hydrodynamic factors affecting passive dispersal in rivers

Amanda Whitehead's MSc Defence

• Aug. 8
• Nutrient Addition does not Strengthen Selection for Extended Floral Longevity in Response to Simulated Pollinator Decline in Lobelia siphilitica

Eric Bonk's MSc Defence

• July 25
• Assessment of Fish Communities in Small Streams Adjacent to Agricultural Activity from a Community Level Perspective

Carolyn Trombley's PhD Defence

• May 15
• Wrongfully Accused? Investigating the Role of an Invader in a Native Fish Species Decline

Josip Rudar's PhD Bioinformatics Defence

• April 30
• Applying Multivariate Decision Trees to Visualize, Select Features, and Gain Insights into Biodiversity Genomics Datasets

Jianfei Shao's PhD Defence

• April 29
• Experimental studies on the effects of soil nutrients, AM fungi and drought on the evolution of root morphology and function

Pria Mahabir's PhD Defence

• April 29
• Environmental and ecological factors, but not agricultural activity, are associated with brain form in a wild stream fish