Infrastructure and resource list

Material and equipment
INSTITUTION INFRASTRUCTURE CONTACT
CABO Remote sensing equipment such as drones Etienne Laliberté, UdeM
Station SIRENE de Sherbrooke Other remote sensing equipment Jérôme Théau, UdeS 
Web Infrastructures
INSTITUTION
 INFRASTRUCTURE CONTACT
Québio
 Interface for managing the storage of biodiversity data 0r metadata Guillaume Laroque, CSBQ
Portail de Biodiversité Québec

Includes an interactive dashboard that offers, in real time, an overview of the biodiversity distribution in Quebec and its evolution.

Through this site, three databases are accessible : 

Dominique Gravel, UdeS 

Guillaume Laroque, CSBQ 
 

Inventaires Terrain

BdQc monitoring database containing biodiversity data collected every 5 year throughout the Quebec territory.
 

ATLAS

Database containing over 24 million biodiversity observations and that integrates open sourced data (e.g. GBIF, eBird, eButterfly), government data, and research data.
 

IO

 Mapping server that allows data from the other two systems to be linked to environmental layers and thus analyze the causes of observed changes in biodiversity

 

Laboratories
INSTITUTION
 INFRASTRUCTURE CONTACT
McGill – Gault Nature Reserve 

 The Gault Nature Reserve is affiliated with the Science faculty of McGill University and contributes to scientific research as well as the teaching of natural sciences. David Maneli, McGill Gault
  LEAP  The Large Experimental Array of Ponds (LEAP) at Gault Nature Reserve helps conduct experiments in aquatic ecosystems and on the factors causing changes in biodiversity and the functioning of those ecosystems. 
  AEOS  The  Adaptable Earth Observation System (AEOS) serves as a laboratory for advanced ecological research as well as meteorological conditions.
Université de Montréal  UdeM offers two centres that are accessible to members of the QCBS   
  Biodiversity Centre The Biodiversity Centre, located on the Botanical Garden of Montreal helps the conservation and computerization of important collections of plants, insects and fungi.  
  Biology Station of the Laurentides 

The Biology Station of the Laurentides helps training qualified scientists as well as  responsible citizens, while enabling research to be conducted in a protected environment.

QCBS members receive a 10% discount.  

 Colin Favret, UdeM 
Université de Laval The High-Performance Greenhouse Complex helps strengthen cutting-edge research activities in the fields of greenhouse cultivation, genomics and biotechnology.  
Université de Sherbrooke

 The Johnville Bog and Forest Park is a protected area and a research station. It is co-owned by the Université de Sherbrooke, Bishop’s University and Nature Cantons-de-l’Est.  

Scientific expertise

The infrastructures offered by the QCBS include a great diversity of Highly Qualified Professionals (HQP) : 

  • Specialists in using scientific equipment (drones, specialized equipment)
  • Database specialists
  • Website and software programmers
  • Experts in bioinformatics
  • Infrastructure administrators and lab technicians

They are under permanent contracts with their respective institution, or are long-term employees, sometimes co-financed by the QCBS

Research professionals
Highly Qualified Professionals for the KH/K2A

Tariffs 

The sharing of infrastructures includes access to preferential rates to cofinance : 

  • Highly qualified professionals (HQP) responsible for training students (Hubs of expertise support and sharing knowledge program)
  • The students so that they can participate in field or laboratory training (Excellence Award)

Managing the infrastructures

The management is defined by : 

  • The administrative team of each institution (or research station),
  • The agreement between the infrastructure managers and the users members of the QCBS (hubs of expertise), or
  • The agreement within the the research group that shares the infrastructure (LEAP, Phytotron)