Public scholar: Alexandre Pace
How do tree rings capture environmental change in ecologically sensitive areas over the past millennium in southern Quebec?
Alex Pace is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography, Planning & Environment. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Human Environment and a Master of Science in Geography, Urban and Environmental Studies, both from Concordia.
Alex studies trees to further our understanding of environmental change in vulnerable ecosystems of southern Quebec. He samples the annual growth rings of trees from old growth forests to retrieve centuries of information about how forests and climate have changed over time. With trees from the summits of the highest mountains in Québec and from deep in rare ancient cedar groves, Alex's research will give us valuable context to changes in the environment caused by our modern society.
He is also a founding member and a coordinator of the Climate Emergency Committee, a member of the Centre for Forest Research, the Leadership in Environmental and Digital Innovation for Sustainability program and a junior associate at the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre.