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Unit D: Population and Community Dynamics

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Kira Hoffman (she/her)

Career Profiles

Postdoctoral Researcher/Fire Ecologist

I am a researcher at both a university and a not-for profit organization where I am gaining experience to become a senior researcher.
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The Mysterious World of Mycorrhizas

Backgrounders

Learn about the unique partnership between plants and fungi.

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Rob Arsenault

Career Profiles

Environmental Enforcement Officer

I enforce laws that protect the environment, humans, fish and wildlife.
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Daria Iskakova (she/her)

Career Profiles

Senior Laboratory Technologist

I work in a genomics lab to identify plants and animals using DNA samples.
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Mairin Deith (she/her)

Career Profiles

Quantitative Ecologist

I study how large dams may affect salmon and explore the role of hatcheries in rebuilding fish stocks.
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Networks of Life

Backgrounders

Learn about the math behind networks and where we find networks in the natural and technological world.

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Coyotes: Coming to a town near you?

STEM Explained

Learn why coyotes are spreading in Canada and how this affects their relations with humans.

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Isha Berry

Career Profiles

Epidemiologist

I look for patterns in disease outbreaks and health outcomes in populations across the world.
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Let's Talk Great Lakes Resources

Backgrounders

Discover a set of resources designed to give you good background knowledge on all things Great Lakes!

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Diversity of Canada’s Marine Coastal Habitats

Backgrounders

Learn about the plants and animals in Canada’s marine coastal habitats, and what you can do to protect them.

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Tanya Savory

Cleaner Fish Coordinator

Tanya Savory is a Cleaner Fish Coordinator for Mowi Canada East.
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Where Did Viruses Come From?

STEM Explained

Viruses are not living things - so where did they come from? Scientists have proposed three different hypotheses.

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Pollinators are Important!

STEM Explained

Insects and other animals that are pollinators of plants play an important role in ecosystems.

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The Dirt on Soil Conservation

STEM Explained

If I asked you to name a few things that all life on the planet couldn’t live without you could probably come up with some good answers, but I bet you’d never think to say dirt.

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Using Mussels to Monitor the Environment

STEM Explained

Mussels are a kind of invertebrate that filter food out of the water they live in. This makes them a great tool for monitoring environmental water quality and tracking bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs.