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Research Scientist
Landscape Science and Technology Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada
Dre. Micheline Manseau has 35 years of experience in the study of wildlife ecology & genetics, with a particular focus on species-at-risk. She has served in high-level Research Scientist positions at Parks Canada and Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) while maintaining academic positions at the Natural Resource Institute, University of Manitoba and Environmental and Life Sciences, Trent University. She has supervised more than 40 students at the masters, doctoral and post-doctoral levels. She has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and edited books. She has spearheaded a large-scale caribou genetic research program in collaboration with Dr. Wilson, Trent University, since 2004 to the successful high quality DNA extraction from winter collected caribou fecal pellets, the survey and production of demographic parameters for boreal and mountain caribou populations. This project has achieved national level support having received funding from nearly all provincial, territorial, and federal governments, Indigenous organizations and industry. These long-standing collaborations have also resulted in large partnership NSERC grants and a recent Genome Canada’s grant under the Genomic Applications Partnership Program aiming at developing a national non-invasive monitoring framework for caribou. Dr. Manseau also has significant experience in collaborative research with Indigenous organizations. She has led the Indigenous Participation sub-committee at the recent North American Caribou Workshop and helped develop a Call for Action for Indigenous Leadership in Caribou Conservation. She is involved in community-based conservation planning efforts, the Indigenous Guardians Program and the development of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.