BGS Institute

Spring Naturalist Weekend

Dates: June 8-10, 2012 at the Barrier Lake Field Station in Kananaskis Country.

Cost: $125 + GST, includes 5 meals and accommodation for 2 nights.

Guest scientists include Dr. Jack Millar, small mammal population ecologist, University of Western Ontario; Dr. Steve Dobson, Columbian ground squirrel researcher, Auburn University, Alabama; and Dr. Peter Neuhaus, behavioural ecologist, University of Calgary.

Session topics are: Steve Dobson, “More than just a Gopher: Behavioural Ecology of Columbian Ground Squirrels”; Jack Millar, “Old Age among Small Mammals of the Kananaskis”; Peter Neuhaus, “Behavioural Ecology of Bighorn Sheep, Sage Grouse and others!!”

For more information: Judy Buchanan-Mappin, ph. (403) 220-5355; email: jmbuchan [at] ucalgary [dot] ca

2012 Summer Institute

Dates: July 7-14, 2012 at the Barrier Lake Field Station in Kananaskis Country. An 8-day summer institute for high school science teachers.

Cost: $550* + GST, includes meals, accommodation, and field-site transportation for 7 nights (*$450 + GST for those registered in graduate education course noted below).

Topic: Climate Change & Water in the Canadian Rockies
Explore  the impact of climate change on glaciers, snow pack, groundwater, and water policies in the Canadian Rockies and Foothills with scientists and educators in the field. Also available as graduate education course (EDSE 501) through the University of Alberta Department of Secondary Education.

For more information: Michael Mappin, ph. (403) 220-5355; email: mmappin [at] ucalgary [dot] ca; Website Link under BGS Workshops. Click here for more information.

Mission and Goals

The primary mission of the BGS is to provide and support high quality science through independent research or research clusters and to promote professional practices in the Canadian Rockies and adjacent areas. Informed natural resource and environmental polices can then be used to maintain ecosystem processes and services.

The BGS has four primary goals:

Improve understanding of ecosystem processes in the Canadian Rockies through research studies that take into account spatial and temporal variations;
Provide innovative, robust, and accessible information services and tools;
Cultivate a diverse and creative workforce, and a scientifically literate and engaged community;
Provide state-of-the-art facilities and services conducive to environmental research and education.

BGS INSTITUTE
The Biogeoscience Institute is the result of the merging of two research entities: the Kananaskis Field Stations and the G8 Legacy Chair in Wildlife Ecology.
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