As part of the Conservation, Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour (CEEB) research initiative, our department hosts weekly seminars and talks tackling current research in organismal biology. These include the Organismal Seminars presented by invited speakers, the Ecology & Evolution Lunches (EEL) led by our graduate students, as well as other general interest talks scheduled by the Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA).
The CEEB Seminars are held:
Thursdays from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm in Stewart Bio, N2/2 or via Zoom
Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm.
The EEL Seminars are held: Fridays at 12:00 pm in Stewart Bio, N7/1. Click here to join via Zoom
CEEB Seminars - Fall 2025
| Date | Speaker | Title | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, September 18, 2025 | Marc Fortin McGill/TISPP |
Is Canadian research underfunded? | Kassen Lab |
| Thursday, September 25, 2025 | Jennifer Sunday McGill University |
Observing climate change impacts on biodiversity using retired data and invisible particles |
Hendry Lab |
| Thursday, October 2, 2025 | David Maneli McGill/Gault |
TBA | Pollock Lab |
| Thursday, October 9, 2025 | Jack Greenhalgh & Sebastian Theis McGill University |
The Freshwater Soundscape | Iversen/Gonzalez Lab |
| Thursday, October 23, 2025 | Eryn McFarlane York University |
Hybrid zone dynamics: from pattern to process and back again zone dynamics: from pattern to process and back again. | Barrett/Hendry Labs |
| Thursday, October 30, 2025 | Simon Joly University of Montreal |
Flower adaptation of the jewelweed to urban environments | Pollock Lab |
| Thursday, November 6, 2025 | Katalin Patonai University of Montreal |
Quantifying the community effects of key (invasive) species in food webs | Hendry Lab |
| Thursday, November 13, 2025 | Sujaya Neupane York University |
Neuroecological theory of hippocampal function: comparing primate and avian species | Guigueno Lab |
| Thursday, November 20, 2025 | Mark Hauber CUNY |
Species recognition in brood parasitic birds and their hosts | Guigueno Lab |
| Thursday, November 27, 2025 | Steve Kembel UQAM |
TBA | Gonzalez Lab |
EEL Seminars - Fall 2025
| Date | Speaker | Title | Lab |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 3, 2025 | Sarah Sanderson | The impacts of human disturbances on contemporary evolution at broad and local scales | Hendry Lab |
| Friday, October 31, 2025 | Justin Gupta | TBD | Kassen Lab |
| Friday, October 31, 2025 | Kate Sheridan | TBC | Sunday Lab |
| Friday, December 5, 2025 | Micah Pavlidis | Ice storms, climate change, and deer: 28 years of change in a Québec old-growth forest | Guichard/Potvin Labs |