ÉcoLac - Programme de formation FONCER du CRSNG en écologie lacustre et fluvial

加拿大拥有数以万计的湖泊和许多世界上最大的河流。这些生态系统正面临越来越大的压力，特别是由于资源开发、农业集约化和气候变化。这些压力源的广泛存在带来了对水生生态学高素质人才的持续需求。尽管雇主们认识到从我们的大学毕业的候选人在淡水科学方面非常有能力，但他们缺乏对-à-vis工作环境现实的了解。在此背景下，CREATE湖泊与河流生态学培训项目（ÉcoLac）满足了战略需求。此外，拟议的项目直接属于NSERC的目标领域“环境科学与技术”。这个项目将是独一无二的，因为目标生态系统不是任何其他CREATE项目的对象。ÉcoLac将是一个双语方案，将允许110多名候选人通过10项主要倡议接受与其科学教育相补充的培训：道德行为和项目管理课程（倡议1）；写作课程（课程二）和口头交流课程（课程三）；在专业环境中带薪实习（倡议4）；关于北方湖泊（倡议5）和河流生态学（倡议6）的夏季实地课程；关于最新技术的讲习班（倡议7）；与工业界和政府人员举行关于工作环境现实的年度专题讨论会（倡议8）；国内和国际实习研究金（倡议9）和跨学科培训研究金（倡议10）。ÉcoLac将包括湖沼学和环境水产大学间研究小组（GRIL； 8所来自qubec的大学）、加拿大河流研究所（新不伦瑞克大学）和合作淡水生态股（劳伦森大学）。通过在加拿大东部的三个主要淡水研究中心之间发展协同作用，我们将创建一个杰出的培训计划。

Canada harbours tens of thousands of lakes and many of the world's largest rivers. These ecosystems are facing increasing pressures, particularly through resource exploitation, the intensification of agriculture and climate change. The widespread presence of these stressors has brought about a sustained demand for highly qualified personnel in aquatic ecology. Although employers recognize that candidates who graduate from our universities are highly competent in freshwater science, they lack knowledge vis-à-vis the realities of the working environment. In this context, the CREATE training program in Lake and Fluvial Ecology (ÉcoLac) meets a strategic demand. Furthermore, the proposed program directly falls within the NSERC target area "Environmental science and technologies". This program will be unique because the targeted ecosystems are not the object of any other CREATE program. ÉcoLac will be a bilingual program and will allow for more than 110 candidates to receive training complementary to their scientific eductation, through 10 major initiatives: course on ethical conduct and project management (initiative 1); courses on writing (initiative 2) and oral communication (initiative 3); paid internships in the professional environment (initiative 4); summer field courses on Boreal lakes (initiative 5) and fluvial ecology (initiative 6); workshops on state-of-the-art techniques (initiative 7); annual symposium on realities of the working environment with people from industry and government (initiative 8); fellowships for national and international internships (initiative 9) and for interdisciplinary training (initiative 10). ÉcoLac will involve the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie et en environnement aquatique (GRIL; 8 universities from Québec), the Canadian Rivers Institute (University of New Brunswick) and the Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit (Laurentian University). By developing a synergy among the three main freshwater research centres in Eastern Canada, we will create an outstanding training program.