Laura Boisvert-Marsh

Laura Boisvert-Marsh

@lboismarsh.bsky.social

Ph.D. GSC @NRCan. Data wrangler. R enthusiast. Recovering researcher. Habs fan. Franglais speaker. Plant photographer. Pico's human. Views expressed = my own

54 Followers 126 Following 7 Posts Joined Nov 2024
11 months ago

Congrats to the lead authors! And thanks for getting us involved!

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1 year ago
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Canadian scientists head to Antarctica to search for climate clues YouTube video by CBC News: The National

🌊πŸ§ͺ Canadian scientists are traveling to #Antarctica and the Southern Ocean under the Canadian flag πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ for the first time. Our @tiaanderlini.bsky.social is onboard studying trace element chemistry. @uvicscience.bsky.social @geotraces.bsky.social youtu.be/zK4Rw5zcPEY?...

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1 year ago

Today, I am nearing the end of my career transition towards supporting research and its outputs from a management side. I am honoured to support so many great projects!

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1 year ago

So, I started looking for something new. I ended up taking an assignment with the Geological Survey of Canada to set up web mapping services on mineral occurrences in a common format across F/P/T. This led to another assignment w/ the GSC in program planning in Natural Hazards and CC Geoscience.

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1 year ago
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Career-wise, I was also at a crossroads. I enjoyed research, but I was looking for opportunities more on the support/management side. Many years ago, I discovered my keen interest in data management, all started during the undergrad. I taught myself IM/IT/db management...

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1 year ago

3 years ago, hubby and I made the decision to move home. We didn't know it at the time, but it was the best decision we could have made for our family. On the drive back, he got a call that changed everything. It started us on one of the hardest periods we have faced together, and that says a lot.

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1 year ago
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During 8 of those years, I worked as a Forest Biologist with the Canadian Forest Service. The lab I was with approached forest ecology from a plant trait lens - how form/function shaped post-disturbance species and community resp. I did a bit of everything - field work, data management/analysis...

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1 year ago
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Hi folks! Finally making the jump here so I figured I would introduce myself.

I am in the middle of a career transition. I spent 15 years researching forest ecology and climate change, specializing in detecting tree range shifts and understanding underlying processes and controls under CC.

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