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-----Original Message-----
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Meg Krawchuk
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] PhD & MSc opportunities in landscape
ecology/disturbance/vegetation at Simon Fraser University, Canada
PhD and MSc opportunity in landscape ecology and biogeography, disturbance
interactions in British Columbia's pine forests
Two positions are available, one PhD and one MSc, to join the Landscape and
Conservation Science Research Group at Simon Fraser University (SFU).
Graduate students will participate in a project examining the outcome of
disturbance interactions on sub-boreal vegetation communities in
north-central British Columbia (BC), Canada as part of a broader research
program studying the geography of disturbance in Canada's northern forests.
Details about the positions can be found at:
www.sfu.ca/~makrawch/positions2011.pdf. Field work will take place in
north-central BC, in a region near to Vanderhoof, beginning May 2012, with
graduate term beginning fall 2012. Students are welcome to define their own
research focus within the scope of the project.
Successful students will join the Landscape and Conservation Science
Research Group, www.sfu.ca/~makrawch, led by Dr. Meg Krawchuk in the
Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University. SFU is a mid-sized,
research-intensive university located atop Burnaby Mountain in BC, Canada.
Within the Greater Vancouver Area, SFU provides easy access to numerous
science and conservation institutions, vibrant city life, and absolutely
fantastic mountain recreation opportunities. The departmental deadline for
application to the graduate program is January 15 2012. Information about
the graduate program at SFU can be found at:
www.sfu.ca/geography/graduate-programs/admission.
If you are interested in one of these positions, please send an email to Dr.
Meg Krawchuk, [log in to unmask], with brief details of your research
interests and experience, why you'd like to participate in the project, and
your academic standing over the last two years. I would like to hear from
interested students by end-November.
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Meg Krawchuk
Assistant Professor
Landscape and Conservation Science Research Group Department of Geography
Simon Fraser University**
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