We are looking for a highly motivated individual for a PhD position focusing on changes in plant functional traits along a latitudinal climate and permafrost gradient in the Canadian boreal zone. Go here for more details.
FERG team just established a seeding experiment in new fires in the NWT
FERG Postdoc Nicola Day is leading the establishment of a seeding experiment aimed at understanding drivers of post-fire successional trajectories. Thanks to Jill Johnstone for her help getting this started!
Congratulations to Katie Black on her Garfield Weston Award in Northern Research!
FERG MSc candidate Katie Black was recently awarded a Garfield Weston Award for Northern Research for her studies on tundra shrubbing! Read more about her award in the Canadian Geographic and Laurier Research. 
FERG fieldwork underway — here is what we are seeing
FERG grad student funding success
Congratulations to Cory Wallace, Katie Black and Meagan Warkentin who received OGS awards and to Katherine Standen for receiving the OGS-QEII award. Great job guys!
Nicola wins best Postdoc talk at the 32nd Annual Great Lakes Mycology Meeting!
FERG Postdoc Nicola Day presented her work on heat resistant fungi at the meeting. For more information go here. Here is one of Nicola’s fungal cultures Penicillium fuscum.
Nicola Day awarded NSERC PDF
Congratulations to FERG Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Nicola Day who has just been awarded an NSERC PDF for her work on post-fire fungal ecology. For more information on Nicola’s research go here
