Events
EEB Seminar
October 27, 2026
Unpacking the Drivers of Transmission for Emerging Pathogens in Wildlife and Humans: Jamie Lloyd-Smith (UCLA)
Emerging pathogens pose huge threats to human health and ecosystem integrity. Understanding pathogen transmission is vital to assessing emergence risks and designing countermeasures, but crucial processes occur at scales from molecules to continents and involve disciplines from ecology to virology to sociology and beyond.
EEB Seminar
October 28, 2026
The Making and Remaking of Food Webs: Behavioural and Spatial Perspectives on Ecological Interactions: Hsi-Cheng Ho (National Taiwan)
Drawing on theoretical and empirical studies, Hsi-Cheng Ho (National Taiwan) will illustrate how individual foraging decisions shape the emergence of trophic interactions, how geographical constraints influence the assembly of local food webs, and how species extinctions and range shifts reorganize ecological communities.
Research
Successful science combines both “curiosity-driven” and “solution-driven” research. We have chosen to coalesce around four strategic research foci: evolutionary genetics & genomics, quantitative ecology, reproductive systems biology, and a fourth in systematics, centred on EEB faculty at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Ecologists and evolutionists address the central questions of the origin, maintenance and organization of biodiversity. We teach, study and consult on all aspects of earth’s organismal diversity, from genome to ecosystem, encompassing the range of plant, animal and microbial species. In EEB we are charged with understanding this diversity, at a time of global change, habitat loss, and the emergence of novel diseases. Our research informs conservation decisions, the management of natural resources, and the management of infectious disease.
Undergraduate
Students participate in diverse learning environments. Hands-on bench & computer lab practicals, field trips, off-campus field courses, small-class discussion seminars & independent research projects.
Graduate
Graduate students pursuing a MSc or Phd degree will learn and interact with a large group of diverse students and faculty from our three campuses including the Royal Ontario Museum and Government affiliations.
Photo of the day
Algonquin Wildlife Research Station
Photo by Clara Thaysen