HONOURS, RESEARCH, and JOB OPPORTUNITIES:
Opportunity for Graduate Students:
1. Master of Science in Environmental Sciences
Research Project:
The role of local institutions in climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Congo Basin forest of Cameroon
This research focuses on institutional factors affecting the vulnerability and adaptation of forest-dependent communities in the humid forest zone of Cameroon, Central Africa to climate change and related international mitigation and conservation policies. The aim of the research is to enhance our understanding of the role of local institutions (civil, public, and private) in fostering socio-ecological resilience in forest-dependent communities, in the context of the risks and opportunities introduced by climate change, and a new international policy on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+).
Funder: Insight Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Collaborator: Center for International Forestry Research
Please contact Dr. Peach Brown if you want more information about conducting field research in Africa while doing a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences related to this project.
2. Master of Science in Environmental Sciences or Master of Arts in Island Studies
Research Project:
Partnership for Canada-Caribbean Community Climate Change Adaptation (ParCA)
The focus of this project is on the integration of scientific and local knowledge in understanding the multi-scale socioeconomic, governance and environmental conditions that shape vulnerability and capacity to adapt to climate change in communities in Atlantic Canada (PEI and Nova Scotia) and the Caribbean.
Funder: International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change (IRIACC) of the
International Development Research Centre of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Collaborators: Dr. Carolyn Peach Brown and Dr. Irene Novaczek of the Institute for Island Studies, UPEI and were co-applicants on the research proposal. The project is being led by Dr. Daniel Scott of the University of Waterloo and Dr. Murray Simpson of The CARIBSAVE Partnership.
Opportunity for Graduate Students: Please contact Dr. Peach Brown if you want more information about conducting climate change research here on PEI while doing a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences or a Master of Arts in Island Studies in relation to this project.
posted June 2011
MSc research opportunity in plant geography
A graduate student position is available in the lab of Dr. Karen Samis to study the causes and consequences of limits and changes in plant geographic distributions. The project will involve a combination of field work across the eastern North American range of a coastal, sandy beach plant, and lab work to study patterns of genetic variation. Funding is available.
Please see attachment for more information."
posted July, 2010.
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Department of Biology