Winter 2026 schedule

Click on the photos of our speakers for more information on their presentation 

Allegra Love: Jan 12th

Effects of parasite infection on the nutrient cycling function of ungulates

University of Guelph

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Dominique Potvin: Jan 19th

No time machine needed: genes, songs and GPS tell the story of island bird recolonisation

University of Sunshine Coast

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Rescheduled due to snow: Jan 26th

 

Vojtӗch Brlík: Feb 2nd

Towards an understanding of the full annual cycle in small migratory birds

University of Guelph

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Maggie MacPherson: Feb 9th

How does disease vs. abiotic factors shape the evolution of migratory phenotypes? Explaining the loss of migration in American Robins

Trent University

Reading week - no seminar: Feb 16th

Alex Muth: Feb 23rd

Drivers of vocal variation in Chestnut-Backed and Mountain Chickadees of the Sierra Nevada

Western University

Randall Martin: March 2nd

Shakespeare's Red List birds, the Biocultural Gap, and Rewilding

Western University

Tristan Ducharme: March 9th

Ecological drivers of reproductive success in alternative reproductive tactics of Bluegill Sunfish

Western University

Jamie Cornelius: Mar 16th

Survival in an unpredictable world: the ecophysiology of birds in storms

Oregon State University

Eva Fischer: Mar 23rd

Who cares? Lessons on parenting from poison frogs

University of California Davis

Erin Fraser: Mar 30th

TBA

Western University

Scott Colborne: Apr 6th

Movement dynamics and conservation: ecological insights from telemetry studies of North American sturgeon

Michigan State University