By Morgane Dendoncker, Christian Messier, Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez & Olivier Villemaire-Côté Published in Climate Change Ecology (2026), with the contribution of Madeleine Gauthier for communication As temperatures climb and precipitation patterns shift, the trees growing across our 2.3 million km² of managed forest are increasingly pushed beyond the climatic conditions they evolved to handle. Our new study, published in Climate...

The DIVERSE Team spent the day in the bush learning about assisted migration and alternative harvest strategies.

DIVERSE's Silviculture Trials are well underway!

L'intégration : savons-nous vraiment ce que ça veut dire et comment y arriver?

DIVERSE MSc student Andrea Guarino

Découvrez quelques photos marquantes de notre Assemblée Générale Annuelle prises par Viviane Hamel.

Missed the AGM? Click here to check out our YouTube Highlights! Left to right, Guest Speaker Kate Lindsay (FPAC) & Project coordinator Madeleine Gauthier at the DIVERSE AGM. Late this past October, we hosted our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Gatineau, QC, at the UQO Campus. The event brought together over 60 in-person attendees and...

Thanks to James Steenberg, Senior Research and Planning Forester, and his dedicated team at the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, DIVERSE researchers, government representatives, and forestry partners gathered this past November for an inspiring field visit to conserved and managed forests in eastern Nova Scotia. The enthusiasm was palpable as this group—bringing together scientists...

DIVERSE HQPS discuss with each other during the HQP Masterclass On October 27th, our HQPs (Highly Qualified Personnel) were given the opportunity to participate in a Masterclass with our own Principal Investigator, Dr. Christian Messier, as well as his friend and colleague, Dr. Jürgen Bauhus, Professor of Silviculture at the University of Freiburg. Christian and...

An update on progress of two of DIVERSE’s themes: Functional Complex Networks and Evaluation of Various Forest Management Approaches Under Global Stressors  Dr. Marie-Josee Fortin is leading DIVERSE’s themes 3 and 4: Functional Complex Networks and Evaluation of Various Forest Management Approaches Under Global Stressors, and her team has been busy getting things moving for...