Michel Laforge

Moving to Bluesky: @m-laforge.bsky.social
Assistant Professor and Chair of caribou populations and habitat at Lakehead University.

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

I'm looking to hire a graduate student to examine plasticity and individual differences in movement and habitat selection of caribou to disturbance. Please see the attached ad and share!

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

I am currently looking for an MSc student to join my research group for September 2025 to investigate moose habitat selection in the context of apparent competition in Ontario's Far North. Please share and contact me for further details!

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

@MarkJCarney "CaLl An ElEcTiOn"!!! 1% chance of CPC majority? Yup, I kind suspect he likely will:

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

@govt_corrupt

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

Hi all, posting again because I think my last post with a link may have gotten blocked or downranked. I'm moving to the other place where the sky is blue. Please look me up there: m-laforge.

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

Not a fan of current management here, so trying to migrate to Bluesky. Please follow me there!
https://t.co/jHRrEL7GRP

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

@Tany_LK98 Hi Tanya, unfortunately due to very expensive foreign tuition which makes funding models intractable, the positions are only open to domestic applicants

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

I’m excited to announce that I’ve started as an Assistant Professor at Lakehead University! I’m looking for two PhD students to join my new lab. If you are interested in investigating how disturbance affects caribou in Northern Ontario, please apply! And please spread the word!

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

I am currently recruiting two graduate students (PhD or MSc) to work on caribou habitat management in Ontario at Lakehead University. Please repost and circulate to interested parties, and please contact me for further details!

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

Very excited to see the 2nd chapter of my thesis out in @AnimalEcology!

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

Animals match life history events to when resources are abundant. @MamlSpatialEcol, @webber_quinn and @wildlifeevoeco show that caribou acclimate timing of migration and parturition to timing of snow melt and green-up. Photo credit : Maegwin Bonar https://t.co/FYLJO5AYRy

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

@TrekkieBrie In The Pale Moonlight

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

@MethodsEcolEvol Thanks for the tweet!

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

How does a flight not load ANY checked bags?

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

@FattebertJ @Oikos_Journal @WileyEcolEvol @NordicOikos @Mark_Alun_Lewis The classic "shell game"!

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

Our new group paper from @WildOnTheMove on paper citations is now out in @wildlifesociety Journal of Wildlife Management!

[Wildlife on the Move @WildOnTheMove]

Is your team working on a paper or recently published some great science? Yay! 🥳 Our new paper, now out in @wildlifesociety, can help authors prepare & disseminate their research to maximize its influence/incorporation into wildlife management! 1/8
https://t.co/S5F3QV1hGH

[Wildlife on the Move @WildOnTheMove]

Is your team working on a paper or recently published some great science? Yay! 🥳 Our new paper, now out in @wildlifesociety, can help authors prepare & disseminate their research to maximize its influence/incorporation into wildlife management! 1/8
https://t.co/S5F3QV1hGH

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

If you suggest that voters will determine if a leader is a "dictator" **at the next election**, then spoiler alert you've already answered your own question 🙄

[Steven Chase @stevenchase]

Worth noting: Conservative MP Rachael Thomas (née Harder) on Monday in the House of Commons said "many Canadians" hold the view that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fits the definition of a dictator. She did not cite a poll.

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

@rangeshifts @humans_MUNBIOL @wildlifeevoeco Thanks Carissa!

[Wyoming Migration Initiative @wyo_migrations]

@Migratinghooves is hiring a mapping scientist to help create a world atlas of ungulate migrations, working with the Merkle Research Group at the University of Wyoming. Apply here: https://t.co/zqZOFS3GVK

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

@egelz519 Take on small, achievable tasks instead of thinking about everything that is left to do. Remember that YOU'RE the expert on your thesis. Take breaks to not get burnt out.