June 15th - 25th, 2022

NADEF 2022

Rapide-Danseur, Quebec, Canada

Ten days of activities and workshops about dendroecology

The 31st Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF) will be held at the Lake Duparquet Research and Teaching Forest (UQAT-UQAM, Rapide-Danseur, Quebec). With about 50 participants, this annual activity brings together a diverse group of international researchers, students and professionals to discuss and teach research topics and techniques related to dendroecology. The fieldweek will run from June 15th through June 25th and registration fees will be $1300 US ($1600 CAD) per student and $1500 US ($1850 CAD) per professional. Students should send a photocopy of their student ID with their registration. Registration fee includes room and board for the entire week.

Registration fees are due by May 31, 2022.

During NADEF, teaching and research projects will be supervised by experienced researcher.

NADEF organizers are still in the process of planning NADEF 2022, but here are some of the potential groups in addition to an advanced group for experimented participants:

Accommodations and research station

FERLD

488 chemin du Balbuzard

Rapide-Danseur (QC) Canada

C.P 460, J0Z 3G0

The Lake Duparquet Research and Teaching Forest (FERLD) is centrally located in the Boreal Shield Ecozone (48°30' N, 79°22' W).

Group leaders / Instructors

Raquel ALFARO SÁNCHEZ

Wilfrid Laurier University

Valentina BUTTÒ

UQAC

Adam CSANK

University of Nevada

Andria DAWSON

Mount Royal University

Fabio GENNARETTI

UQAT

Karen HEETER

University of Idaho

Margot KAYE

Penn State University

Miguel MONTORO GIRONA

UQAT

Jim SPEER

Indiana State University

Invited speakers

(in person or online conferences)

Etienne BOUCHER

UQAM

Jill E. HARVEY

Thompson Rivers University

Christoforos PAPPAS

UQAM and Téluq

Trevor PORTER

University of Toronto

Organizing committee

The local UQAT-UQAM organizing committee is composed by:

  • Lucie BARBIER

  • Danielle CHARRON

  • Raphael CHAVARDES

  • Dorian GABORIAU

  • Marc-André GEMME

  • Fabio GENNARETTI

  • Raynald JULIEN

  • Daniel LESIEUR

  • Miguel MONTORO GIRONA

  • Ana VERHULST CASANOVA

Associated conferences and networks

NADEF will precede the conference AmeriDendro2022, which will bring together all members of the tree ring community from the Americas and abroad.

AmeriDendro2022 will be held in Montreal on June 27th -July 1st 2022. Participants to NADEF are encouraged to join the conference.

https://ameridendro2022.ca/

NADEF is proud of it's partnership with the International Research Laboratory on Cold Forests. For more information, please visit :

https://forets-froides.org/en

NADEF Partners

Picture credits: Fabio Gennaretti, Miguel Montoro Girona, Jeanny Thivierge-Lampron, Dorian Gaboriau