Promoting Summer Classes, Projects, & Research at Bishop’s

Olivier Domingue, Geneviève Levasseur & Marylene Boulet: Multi-Institutional Micro-nursery Project with PRESE. Olivier Domingue, biology professor at Cegep de Sherbrooke, obtained funding with Geneviève Levasseur and Marylene Boulet, Biology and Biochemistry department, at Bishop’s University through PRESE for an educational micro-nursery tree project. The goal is the conservation of the indigenous-declining trees in the Eastern Townships region by seeding, growing, and planting the trees. The project not only serves to create collaboration between two Sherbrooke institutions but also offers an opportunity for inter-linguistic exchanges. The tree project started last March in a biology class taught by Olivier at Cegep de Sherbrooke. The cegep students were able to sow more than 200 seeds and took care of the little seedlings. The native tree species the students selected are American chestnut, shagbark hickory, black walnut and hackberry. Bishop’s students from the Organic Gardening class will be taking on the relay: transplanting trees in larger pots, with their cegep peers. With PRESE funding, the team will be able to build the micro-nursery, that will be located in the future community garden, to house the trees until they are strong enough to be planted on both campuses and in the Sherbrooke/Lennoxville community. To have more details on PRESE, you can contact Sophie Vincent at Sophie.Vincent@USherbrooke.ca or you can visit the PRESE website.

Professor Bruno Courtemanche Ph.D.: Spring Class: ESG 288 Underwater Environmental Assessment. This course examines human impact on the underwater environment, including limnology, and the monitoring and restoration of ecosystems affected by invasive species. It introduces students to the different tasks performed by a scientific diver: sample collection, environmental monitoring, and aquatic inventory and restoration operations. Specific scientific diving training, including PADI Open Water certification, can lead to Diver-in-Training certification from the Canadian Association for Underwater Sciences (CAUS). This class is also open to everyone, not only students. To have more details on this course, you can contact Bruno Courtemanche at bcourtem@ubishops.ca.

Dr. Vicki Chartrand: Justice Exchange is a collective of academics, students, and volunteers who seek to advance collaborative and community justices. They approach justice as a collective concern with the aim of cultivating, as well as connecting people and communities together. The Centre for Justice Exchange offers an internship program through the Department of Sociology at Bishop’s University. The course integrates students’ research skills and interests with the activities of the center to provide students with a practical insight and experience working in the field of justice. Students must have taken at least one Criminology-related course to qualify for the Internship. For more information, visit the Justice Exchange website.