The EcoGenomics research group under Principal Investigators Dr. Paul Wilson (Trent University) and Dr. Micheline Manseau (Environment & Climate Change Canada) is recruiting a full-time Caribou Genomics Coordinator for Project Management and a 6-month limited-term (with a potential for longer-term) Laboratory Technician in support of a nation-wide genomics research and monitoring project on caribou. CARIBOU…
Genomic population structure and inbreeding history of Lake Superior caribou Authors: Kirsten Solmundson, Jeff Bowman, Micheline Manseau, Rebecca Taylor, Sonesinh Keobouasone, Paul Wilson. Abstract Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) have experienced dramatic declines in both range and population size across Canada over the past century. Boreal caribou (R. t. caribou), 1 of the 12 Designatable Units, has…
The NACW is a central event for sharing Indigenous knowledge, science and lessons learned, reporting on caribou status and discussing approaches to address key challenges to caribou conservation, management and recovery. For the very first time this year, the 19th North American Caribou Workshop (NACW) and 16th Arctic Ungulate Conference are combined and held together…
A successfully survey of the Redstone caribou herd in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories – the results of an excellent collaboration between the Sahtu Renewable Resources Board, Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Polar Continental Shelf Program and Epéchille Production.
Dr. Micheline Manseau, one of the Principal Investigators of the EcoGenomics research program, recently spoke at the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute’s Caribou Ecology & Recovery Webinar Series on how advances in genomics methods are opening new horizons in caribou monitoring and conservation. Genetic data, most often obtained non-invasively by collecting fecal or hair samples, can…
Authors: Samantha McFarlane, Micheline Manseau, Paul Wilson ABSTRACT In social species, reproductive success and rates of dispersal vary among individuals resulting in spatially structured populations. Network analyses of familial relationships may provide insights on how these parameters influence population‐level demographic patterns. These methods, however, have rarely been applied to genetically derived pedigree data from wild…
Alberta’s provincial government has proposed that the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Provincial Park be expanded to nearly twice its current size. The Mikisew Cree First Nation has been credited for driving discussions of this expansion, which Chief Peter Powder has described as a step towards realizing the community’s vision for its lands.
Source: JUST RELEASED! – Amended Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou, Boreal population
Source: Trent University
Source: Woodland Caribou (Boreal population) with Cold Lake First Nations: Conservation Agreement
