Canada China Field Course 2015

[August 7th, 2015] Day at the Canadian Museum of Nature and Parliament Hill Date: Friday, August 7, 2015 Group: Round-headed Apple Borer Location: Gatineau and Ottawa Address: 100 Laurier St, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M8, Canada   We set out at 8:15 am on a yellow school bus for our adventurous day. Our first stop today … More [August 7th, 2015] Day at the Canadian Museum of Nature and Parliament Hill

[August 6, 2015]- Wetland Assessment Field Day   Blog Entry Written by Team: Scrambled-egg slime mold Team Members: Fei Jin (Fudan University), Zixiang Li (Beijing Normal University), Sarah Minnes (Memorial University), Natalie Wong (University of Toronto) Weather: Partly cloudy, Temp: 24-29℃ Today marked our last day in the field, as tomorrow we are off to … More [August 6, 2015]- Wetland Assessment Field Day

August 5th, 2015 – Wetland Survey and Preliminary Data Collection-Team Dryad’s Saddle Blog Entry Written by Team: Team Dryad’s Saddle (Polyporous squamosus) Team Members: Derek Newton (Queen’s), Lanxue Qin (Tongji), Kangnan Xing (BNU), Wenyang Lyu (D’overbroecks) Weather:  Partly Cloudy, Sunny in morning with some light showers in the mid-afternoon         18-23°C We began the morning with … More August 5th, 2015 – Wetland Survey and Preliminary Data Collection-Team Dryad’s Saddle

(August 1/15) – GPS Practice and the Geocaching Challenge [2015年8月1日]定向越野 Blog entry written by: Team Cherry-Faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum) Team Members: Will Baigent (UofT), Fan Wu (York), Xiaofei Feng (BNU), Chiahsing Hsu (FDU) Weather: High of 27°C, Low of 16°C. Isolated showers in the afternoon. The day began with a delicious breakfast of oatmeal and … More [August 1st 2015] – GPS Practice and the Geocaching Challenge

[2015年8月4日] –  Field technique practica 本日志由红鳆鱼队的学生撰写 Team Redbelly Dace Group members：Zhang Xinyuan  Feng Jingyi  Zhong Manna Weather: Sunny, Temp:15-30℃， This morning, we were happy to have Professor Brian for a brief lecture on the general situation of Lake Opinicon. Then, all the students were separated into two large group for two different field technique practice, … More August 4th, 2015 – Field technique practica

August 3rd, 2015 – Fish Seining and Identification / Biology of Wetlands / Aquatic Reptiles [2015年8月3日]围网捕鱼与鉴定/湿地生物学/水生爬行类讲座 Blog entry written by: White Winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) Team Members: Manreet Kaler (Western), Chang Liu (Tongji), Mengxi Wu (SWU), Anyi Tang (Fudan) Weather: Windy, cloudy and some precipitation, Temperature: 17-27° C This morning, we started by learning the … More August 3rd, 2015 – Fish Seining and Identification / Biology of Wetlands / Aquatic Reptiles

[Aug 2nd, 2015] – Leasure Day (Team Tall Hairy Groovebur) [2015年8月2日] 休息日 (Tall Hairy Groovebur小队) Blog Entry Written by Team: Tall Hairy Groovebur Team Members: Jagmeet Raina(York)  Xiaoyu Yu(BNU)  Yuewei Liu(Tongji)  Mengqi Wang(Fudan) Weather: Sunny, Temp:12-23℃， The early bird catches the worm, so does the early people.Our valuable leisure day began with the most beautiful sunrise that we have ever … More [Aug 2nd, 2015] – Leasure Day (Team Tall Hairy Groovebur)

[July 31st, 2015] – Touring the Thousand Islands, Ravensview and Queen’s University [2015年7月31天] 千岛湖, 污水处理厂, 女王大学之旅 Blog Entry Written by Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus) Team Members: Huck Nelson (Queen’s), Yutong Liu (BNU), Junshu Li (SWU) and Xuewei Wang (York) Weather: 15–27°C, Sunny This morning we left the Queen’s University Biological Station for the first time … More [July 31st, 2015] – Touring the Thousand Islands, Ravensview and Queen’s University

[Jul 30th, 2015] – Lectures, Seminars (Team Round-headed Apple Borer) [2015年7月30日] 讲座，研讨会(苹圆头天牛小队) Blog Entry Written by Team: Round-headed Apple Borer Team Members: Jacqueline Chiu (U of T), Joshua Boateng (Trent U), Yunhui Zhou (Fudan), Yeqi Lin (SW). Weather: Sunny, Temp: 20-28℃. Today was filled with many seminars and lectures and so we were indoors all … More [Jul 30th, 2015] – Lectures, Seminars (Team Round-headed Apple Borer)

[July 29, 2015]- Plant diversity, identification & importance   Blog Entry Written by Team: Scrambled-egg slime mold Team Members: Fei Jin (Fudan University), Zixiang Li (Beijing Normal University), Sarah Minnes (Memorial University), Natalie Wong (University of Toronto) Weather: Sunny, Temp: 21-32℃ Today we started the day with Dr. Dale Kristensen from the Department of Biology … More [July 29, 2015]- Plant diversity, identification & importance