The Forest Ecology Research Group is excited to welcome several new members who are bringing their diverse expertise, energy and enthusiasm to our team. Check out their bios on our Current Lab Members page!...

FERG student Mackenzie Mihorean presented a plenary talk at the 2025 Poplar + Willow Council of Canada Conference on her recently published paper.  Check out the presentation description below! Description: Across the boreal biome, temperatures are increasing 3-4 times faster than the glob...

Congratulations to Nia Perron who successfully defended her PhD thesis “Variability in tree-water relations from tree-line to tree-line in Canada’s western boreal forest.” Nia was co-supervised by Dr. Jennifer Baltzer and Dr. Oliver Sonnentag. See some photos from Nia’s field...

FERG is hiring research assistants for two exciting research projects with fieldwork in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. These research projects will investigate the impacts of disturbances such as wildfire, permafrost thaw and aspen running canker on the structure and function of the boreal...

There are two funded PhD positions available through Wilfrid Laurier University’s Forest EcologyResearch Group (https://forestecology.ca) as part of a new collaboration with the Yukon Government, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, and the Canadian Forest Service. Candidates will join dynamic co...

Research Technician Opportunity There is an 18-month research technician position available as part of the Global Water Futures Observatories program. Global Water Futures Observatories (GWFO) monitor and help support the development of solutions for the impending water crisis that is facing Canadia...

There is a one-year research technician position available in the Forest Ecology Research Group. We are looking for a motivated, energetic individual to contribute to ongoing research projects in sub-arctic forests in Northern Ontario, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon. The technician would s...

Researchers from FERG recently completed a successful fall fieldwork campaign, measuring active layer depths at approximately 70 sites across the southern NWT. The active layer depth is the depth between the surface of the soil and the permafrost and is measured at its maximum in the fall. Trained r...

A team of FERG researchers completed a successful fieldwork campaign based in Inuvik in July, looking at tree, vegetation, soil and water properties adjacent to boreholes which record long-term permafrost data. The samples and measurements collected as part of this field campaign will be used to inv...

In June, a collaborative team of researchers from the Forest Ecology Research Group along with the Walker Lab (studying Disturbance and Ecosystem Ecology) and Mack Lab (Plant and Ecosystem Ecology) from Northern Arizona University carried out surveys of recovery and regeneration post-fire in areas b...