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Jean-Sébastien Moore
PI - Assistant professor

I am an evolutionary ecologist, with a particular interest in migratory fishes. My desire to work on applied problems led me to study anadromous salmonids. I've participated in projects on the three coasts of North America, but it is the Arctic for which I am especially passionate. I've now worked in Nunavut (and more recently Nunavik) for over 10 years and I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to work alongside Inuit harvesters. I am also a proud dad, an outdoors enthusiast, a mediocre guitar player, and a decent ultimate frisbee player. 
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Sara Bolduc - MSc student
co-supervised with Mélanie Lemire

I completed my bachelor's degree in biology at Laval University. I had the opportunity to work in molecular biology during my studies but I realised that field work was missing to my training. That's what brought me to continue as a master's student in the Moore Lab, under the co-direction of Mélanie Lemire. With climatic changes, the characteristics of Arctic Char are changing and it affects the precious relation between Inuit and fishes. My research project, which is a part of the BriGHT project, will focus on the quality indicators of Arctic Char flesh and food preferences of Inuit in Nunavik. I will try to see how the characteristics of the fish (fatty acids, origin region, genetic, etc) are linked with the nutritional status of Arctic Char.

Xavier Dallaire - MSc student
co-supervised with  Louis Bernatchez 

During my bachelor’s degree at Université de Sherbrooke, I worked on the impacts of genetic introgression on parasitism in Brook Char (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the Garant Lab. This first contact with population genetics led me to pursue graduate studies in this field. My MSc project will focus on documenting genetic structure of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) in Nunavik, Québec. This species is of great cultural and subsistence importance for local communities. My study is the first of its kind in the region, which raises the interest and promote participation of residents and regional government, without whom the sampling campaign would be impossible. A secondary objective of the project will be to investigate local adaptations in Nunavik Arctic char, due to contrasting oceanographic features. These analyses will rely on data collected during missions of the icebreaker Amundsen, as part of the BriGHT project (Bridging Global change, Inuit Health and the Transforming Arctic Ocean).

Maude Sévigny - MSc student

I graduated from Cégep de Sainte-Foy in bioecology, then I completed a bachelor's degree in biology at the Université du Québec à Rimouski in the wildlife and habitat concentration. I was lucky enough to work in the field several times with salmonids, which allowed me to discover a great passion for the aquatic environment. The main objective of my master's project is to establish the potential for biocomplexity within the Ekalluk River watershed, on southern Victoria Island, Nunavut. Anadromous Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) is important to Inuit communities for subsistence fishing, as well as for their economy through commercial and sport fisheries. My project is divided into three sub-objectives: (1) validate the presence of philopatry by telemetry; (2) confirm the presence of genetic differentiations between individuals from different spawning grounds; and (3) look for markers possibly under selection whose presence would indicate a potential presence of local adaptation. 

Isabeau Caza-Allard​ - Undergrad student

​I am currently in my final year of my bachelor's degree in biology. From a very young age, the aquatic and marine world has fascinated me, and that is why joining the Moore lab, which focuses its research projects on Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), an anadromous fish, was of great interest to me. The goal of my project is to estimate the annual survival rate of Arctic Char in Cambridge Bay using acoustic telemetry. These results can be used to parameterize models useful for the management of the fishery. The exploitation of this fish contributes greatly to the local economy of the northern populations of the region. It is therefore important to have a good management of Arctic Char stocks.

Emile Gaumond - Undergrad student

About to complete my bachelor’s degree in biological sciences at Laval University, I realize that graduate studies are approaching quickly. But luckily for me, there is just enough time to have a taste of the world of research. I have always been very passionate about marine biology and this is why the possibility of being part of the research on the Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) was for me a great opportunity. The objective of my project is to determine if the morphology of anadromous Arctic Char varies with migration conditions. I will try to determine if morphological traits are affected by the difficulty of migration using geometric morphometric analyses of the fish from four rivers with different conditions located on the south of Victoria Island (Nunavut).