Science Educational Mentorship Project

During the Winter Term of 2024 we will be hiring 9 teaching assistants (TAs) for science courses. Each TA will be mentored by a faculty supervisor for a specific first or second-year science course (e.g. Biology 217, Biology 218, Ecology 318, Biology 360 and Math 251).

Research Assistants

The purpose of this project is to conduct a literature review and design a study about urban attitudes towards wildlife and our natural spaces in the City of Red Deer. This project is part of a larger multi-year plan to study human attitudes towards wildlife in urban areas, determine wildlife occupancy, connectivity and movement around the City of Red Deer to promote human-wildlife coexistence in this region. For this component of the study will focus on conducting a literature review on urban attitudes towards wildlife and urban green spaces. This information will be supplemented by a review wildlife conflict data from within an around the City of Red Deer to identify conflict hotspots and an assessment of the population status and movement of urban ungulates (especially moose) within and around the city. This analysis will allow us to plan future research projects and make informed management recommendations to promote human-wildlife coexistence, improve habitat connectivity and inform future urban planning in Red Deer.