Five students were recognized during a ceremony yesterday in Quebec as winners of the EcoZone success awards by the Port of Sept-Îles and Laval University. The scholarships offered to carry out their master’s or doctoral project in the Bay of Sept-Îles can reach up to $50,000.
The five winners, candidates for a master’s or doctorate, Sabrina Allard, Lydiane Bélanger, Patricia Cloutier, Neha Joshi and Charlène Lefebvre are interested in different aspects of biodiversity in the bay of Sept-Îles with research work in particular to understand the winter ecosystem of subarctic port areas
The EcoZone Achievement Awards (Chair on coastal ecosystems and port, industrial and maritime activities) are awarded when submissions are made. It was created during a philanthropic donation of $50,000 from the Port of Sept-Îles to a fund of the Department of Philanthropy and Alumni Relations at Laval University.
Through this innovative gesture, the Sept-Îles port authority recognizes its conviction in the advancement of knowledge promoting the sustainable management of coastal ecosystems, subject to port, industrial and maritime activities in the region. “On behalf of the Port of Sept-Îles, we would like to congratulate the recipients and graduates for their academic perseverance and thank them for the interest shown in one of the most beautiful bays in North America,” declares the CEO of the Port of Sept-Îles. Sept-Îles Pierre D. Gagnon. He also congratulates the holder and co-holder of the ÉcoZone Chair, Émilie Saulnier-Talbot and Philippe Archambault.
Most Promising Academic Talents
“The excellent research training conditions, which the establishment of the ÉcoZone Chair and its success awards were able to provide to students, made it possible to recruit among the most promising academic talents at Laval University and internationally. The team’s research work has demonstrated the scientific interest of the Sept-Îles region to better understand the effects of rapid global changes on coastal ecosystems,” says co-holder of the Chair Émilie Saulnier-Talbot.
The awarding of these scholarships comes almost five years after the launch of the Research Chair on Coastal Ecosystems and Port, Industrial and Maritime Activities (EcoZone) by the Port of Sept-Îles, Laval University and the Nordic Institute research in environment and occupational health (INREST).
The partners had confirmed annual contributions of $100,000 for 5 years. The mission of the EcoZone Chair is to improve knowledge on the functioning of coastal ecosystems in industrial and port zones with the aim of identifying practices that will ensure sustainable management of these environments.
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