Sarah Cusack (She/Her)

We are so excited to announce our call for sessions for our 2024 conference in Fredericton, NB! Find out more info on how to submit a session proposal here: scas-scsa.ca/Sessions . We can't wait to hear what you come up with!

This is what collaboration looks like! CRI Fellows who contributed to Rivers of North America 2nd Ed include Jen Lento @Jen_Lento, Wendy Monk @ecohydro_sci, Michelle Gray @mgray_forem, & Allen Curry @RAllenCurry, Joseph Culp, Kurt Samways and @aquaticfoodwebs is a co-editor!

We are hosting our spring seminar on April 25th at Mount Allison University! This years theme is Geospatial Techniques! We look forward to seeing everyone there! Please register on our website (link in bio)!🗾🧭 Stay tuned for more details!

Please RT! Two MSc positions open at @UNBSaintJohn to work in my lab! One position will focus on transcriptomic analyses in collaboration with @AnneMarie_DC. The other will examine evolved pollution tolerance in coastal fishes of NB in collaboration with @ACAPSaintJohn.

Congrats to all the awardees!

dynamicSDM: An R package for species geographical distribution and abundance modelling at high spatiotemporal resolution - excited to share our new #OpenAccess paper out now in @MethodsEcolEvol ! 🌍 👉Link: doi.org/10.1111/2041-2… @ICASLeeds @SRILeeds @PanoramaDTP @SEELeeds 1/5

This was an awesome opportunity to share my research, and I ended the day with first place for my presentation. 🎉 Thanks for having me!

The Student Leadership Committee has been hard at work behind the scenes preparing for this event. :) Can't wait to see everyone!

Just because it seems normal, doesn't mean it is. 'Shifting baseline syndrome' describes the gradual acceptance of degraded environmental conditions as the new normal. 📸: Cameron Shepherd

First field-documented case of a zebra mussel attached to a fish (lake chub). This phoretic interaction could facilitate within-basin spread of zebra mussels via fish migration and their overland transport by anglers moving baitfish. Read our new article: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

CRI Fellows and Graduate students are busy at #SCAS_SCSA2023!

WARM Lab represent 🤿

The UNB WARM Lab won our #LaterWaderAWN photo contest earlier this year. We recently caught up with them to find out more about this muddy memory! 📸 Read all about it in our latest #CommunitySpotlight article: atlwaternetwork.ca/community-spot… @UNBForEM

Thanks to all who attended our first SLC Coffee House! We chatted about consulting/industry jobs, and how our skills can be super transferable after graduation with our guest, Janet Blackadar. We also all had a chance to introduce ourselves and our research projects!

The CRI Student Leadership Committee is hosting a virtual coffee house from 7 - 9 PM (AST) on Tuesday, November 15th on Discord featuring guest speaker Janet Blackadar. Registration required: forms.gle/PFMyWt6sKWDYyC…. The meeting link will be sent after November 10th.

Are you researching aquatic species at risk? Consider joining our @scas_scsa special session: Progress and Priorities for the Recovery of Aquatic Species at Risk. Abstracts due Nov. 10. More details below. DM me with questions! scas-scsa.ca/Registration-&…

Do you research Canadian rivers? We would love to hear about your work at the @scas_scsa 2023 conference in our special session Canadian Rivers - understanding flowing water ecosystems in a changing world (SS11). Abstract deadline November 11, 2022 scas-scsa.ca/Registration-&…

Lots of familiar faces at @ASFWB_Atlantic 2022! A weekend full of research, networking and reunions! A few pictures of some of the amazing presentations given by UNB folks @DrHaydo @EcoAntoin and UNB alum @kristinehanifen & Matt Warner