Alexandre Pace:
My inspiration
![A woodland caribou walking along a rocky crest atop a mountain peak. She is shedding her winter coat of fur and is wearing a GPS tracking collar.](/content/concordia/en/gradstudies/professional-development/public-scholars/profiles/alexandre-pace/my-inspiration/_jcr_content/content-main/grid_container_1636475739/grid-container-parsys/image.img.jpg/1718639248740.jpg)
How do tree rings capture environmental change in ecologically sensitive areas over the past millennium in southern Quebec?
The first time I visited the mountains of Gaspésie for an internship in 2017, I was awe-struck by not only the incredible natural beauty but also by the evidence of a constantly changing environment. I witnessed the effects of so many disturbances that redefined the landscape: avalanches, landslides, forest fires, clearcut logging and insect epidemics ravaging whole sections of the boreal forest and the effect of climate change and habitat loss on animal populations. All of this fostered a deep curiosity to understand how all the changes occur and how they fit into a larger context of environmental change at all scales.