Wildlife Science with Dr Brad Fedy Brad Fedy teaches and researches at the University of Waterloo as an Associate Professor & Prominent Wildlife Scientist. He and his students study factors that influence the fitness of animal populations, such as Greater Sage Grouse, Tree Swallow, Golden Eagle, and Sandhill Crane. He will give us an excellent overview of the complexity and sophistication of modern ecological research and action as well as sharing many tidbits about the birds that he studies.
“It’s easy to forget that human beings form a tiny two-legged minority in an overwhelmingly six-legged world.” Dr. Stephen Marshall. Dr. Marshall will be amazing us with the fascinating world of flies, insects that we tend to abhor and swat. Marshall is a University of Guelph Professor Emeritus, researching the distribution and biology of insects. Stephen Marshall is passionate about bugs. He studies biodiversity and insect species, helps with the naming, describing and classifying newly discovered six-legged creatures. He himself has discovered hundreds of species, several new genera and two new subfamilies over the decades just a fraction of the estimated one to two million species of insects that live on our planet. Dr Marshall is the author of Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity which is considered the best resource anyone looking to identify North American insects could possibly invest in. Here’s an entertaining and informative talk on insect biodiversity… Read more »
Jenn Baici is an ecologist currently completing her PhD at Trent University in the Bowman Lab where she studies the social structure and behaviour of the Eastern Wild Turkey. Prior to this she studied biocontrol of invasive species at the University of Toronto in the Master of Forest Conservation (MFC) program. Jenn’s research interests include avian ecology, nesting behaviour, insect ecology, and human-animal conflict mitigation, although she’s nerdy about anything and everything to do with conservation biology. She hopes to apply her skills and knowledge to promote the conservation and preservation of earth’s amazing biodiversity, particularly undervalued and under appreciated species. Jenn Baici, BSc Hons, MFC (She/Her), PhD Candidate, Trent University Environmental and Life Sciences
