Graduate Studies

Ashley Watt stands in a streamAshley Watt stands in a stream with fast-flowing shallow riffles, a favoured mating site for redside dace. She has drawn on her graduate studies for a children’s book about the fish.

Fish story to inspire freshwater conservation

PhD student Ashley Watt has turned her academic research into child’s play in her storybook, Rory the Redside Dace.
Jade WallaceJade Wallace, who has completed a master of arts degree in English and creative writing, is the 2022 recipient of the Governor General’s Gold Medal for academic excellence at the graduate level.

Medallist made up of the write stuff

Jade Wallace is the 2022 recipient of the Governor General’s Gold Medal for academic excellence at the graduate level.

Sarah Dobney collects recordings at a savannah sparrow nest Sarah Dobney, pictured here collecting recordings at a savannah sparrow nest in the Bay of Fundy, won a prize at the national meeting of the Society of Canadian Ornithologists.

Graduate students of ornithology deliver prize-winning talks

Two University of Windsor graduate students won prizes for outstanding talks at the recent annual meeting of the Society of Canadian Ornithologists.

Sarah Dobney, a PhD student in the Department of Integrative Biology, won the “Early Program Award” for an outstanding presentation from an early-career researcher. Her prize-winning talk was titled: “Quiet in the nest: Nest environment diminishes song transmission to nestlings.”