MSc Showcase

Masters of Science in Environmental Science Showcase

March 7, 2019 – The Culinary Arts Building (Cafeteria), TRU

1:30 – 3:00 pm ~ Room open for setting up of posters and proofing of oral presentations

3:00 pm ~ Doors Open, refreshments available from the no-host bar

3:30 – 4:40 pm ~ A stimulating assortment of 4-minute oral presentations by 1st year MSc students

4:40 – 5:30 pm ~ A sensational selection of poster presentations, with 2nd year MSc students in attendance to address your inquiries

Appies to be served approximately 4:40 & no-host bar to continue throughout

6:30pm ~ Award ceremony for best 1st year oral presentation and best 2nd year poster presentation

7:00pm ~ We bid adieu

MSc Showcase Oral Presentations

Oral presentations will run from 3:30 to 4:40 pm. Each will be four minutes in length with an additional minute allotted for questions.

Time	MSc Student		Supervisor	Title
3:30	Fontaine	Nicolas	Cheeptham	Developing and Testing the Efficacy of a Topical Probiotic on Captive Bats to Prevent White Nose Syndrome
3:35	Gervan	Chantalle	Fraser	A Bugs Life: Invertebrate Response to Mine Reclamation
3:40	Gillich	Kyle	Fraser	Hydrological function in strip-harvested, mid-rotation, lodgepole pine silvopastures
3:45	Grant	Ashley	Fraser	Grassland Reclamation Post-Mining: Investigating Topsoil Stockpiling and Inoculations with Local Soil
3:50	Joly	Stephen	Reudink	Home-wreckers or helpers? Do conspecific and heterospecific neighbours influence extra-pair paternity in mountain bluebirds?
3:55	Pageau	Claudie	Reudink	Evolution of moult-migration: a large-scale phylogenetic approach
4:00	Turner	Brandon	Hill	Catching the Downpour: Estimating precipitation at high spatial resolution using low-cost sensing and weather RADAR
4:05	Whitehouse	Rachel	Fraser	Ecologically Based Weed Management in Rangelands
4:10	Zelmer	Adam	Mason	Vertical Challenges: Creating Sustainable Rock Climbing in Banff National Park
4:15	Atkins	Marcus	Larsen	35 Years on the Northern Frontier: Temporal and Spatial Population Trends of the Western Rattlesnake
4:20	Chisholm	Joseph	Larsen	Occupancy and fine-scale habitat use of five meso-carnivore prey species in the sub-boreal forests of Central British Columbia
4:25	Dulc	Susan	Larsen	Bat boxes are a conservation tool...but do they help or hinder?
4:30	Eye	Dana	Larsen	Reproductive Ecology of Female Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus) in Southern British Columbia

MSc Showcase Posters

Students will be available at the posters to answer any questions from 4:40 to 6:00 pm.

	MSc Student		Supervisor	Title
1	Baron	Jackson	Hill	Classification of a heterogeneous grassland ecosystem to detect spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) using remote sensing
2	Dzumek	Piotr	Fraser/Kwiatkowska	Mine post closure reclamation with use of subsoil treated by combination of soil amendments and BC native plants
3	Kega	Steven	Fraser	Evaluating the potential for increased forage productivity in strip-thinned silvopastures
4	King	Denise	Tsigaris	Kamloops Residents’ Perceptions of Risk for Outdoor Pet Cats
5	Marcisz	Edyta	Larsen/Hill	Analyzing ranges and forays of Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis) rams in Thompson Region, BC
6	Massey	Carmen	Mason	Examining Sustainability at the Adams River Salmon Run
7	Mendt	Shannon	Gosselin	The effect of energy reserves on early benthic phase mortality for the marine snail Nucella ostrina
8	Mufford	Justin	Church	Comparison of heat stress behaviour between different Canadian Bos taurus cattle breeds using unmanned aerial vehicles
9	Neumann	Pate	Mason	Sustainable Management of Backcountry Trails: Tourism, Technology and Climate Change
10	O'Connell	Garret	van Hamme	Biochemical characterization of two nitrilotiracetate monooxygenases from Gordonia NB4-1Y thought to mediate the transformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate to 6:2 fluorotelomer aldehyde
11	Prytula	Erik	Reudink	The Effect of Weather on Migratory Timing in Avian Populations
12	Ross	Paulina	Mason	Examining Local Food Procurement, Adaptive Capacity and Resilience to Environmental Changes in Fort Providence, Northwest Territories, Canada
13	Taiwo	Aramide	Donkor	Application of Capillary Electrophoresis for organoarsenicals in water bodies near poultry farms

Also view the Showcase Abstracts

Science Menu

Section Menu

MSc Showcase