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ProfessorWyatt’s research work targets two main areas:
a) local communities and their involvement in the forest, as
well as forest policies; b) First Nations and their use of the forest.
ProfessorWyatt joined the Université de Moncton in 2005. Since then, his
research work has led to numerous consulting requests from stakeholders
in industry, government, the environment, as well as private woodlot
owners, First Nations and the general public.
In 2007, in collaboration with researchers from the Canadian Forest Service
at the University of New Brunswick, Mr.Wyatt carried out a major public
opinion survey of New Brunswickers and their perceptions of forestry.
ProfessorWyatt also supervises a four-year project financed by the Social
Services and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) on how
First Nations collaborate with the forestry industry and the
Government of Quebec.
“In the past few years, I have succeeded in getting significant funding in
order to carry out work around the country,” he said. “This shows that we
can carry out major research projects from right here in Edmundston.”
Sébastien Plante
Sébastien Plante, a research professor on the Université de Moncton’s
Shippagan Campus, holds a Ph.D. in oceanography from the Université
du Québec à Rimouski. Dr. Plante has solid expertise in physiology,
biochemistry and fish aquaculture. His research activities focus on
these three areas. Recently, he has also researched the development
of innovative aquaculture ingredients made from commercial fishery
co-products. Plante has been a professor of vertebrate physiology at
the campus since 2008. Since his arrival at the Shippagan Campus,
Professor Plante continues to lead research projects that he put in
place when he was scientific director at the Coastal Zones Research
Institute, as well as developing others through the Shippagan Campus.
To do this, he founded the PHÉNORA (physiology and nutrition
of aquatic organisms) research team that brings together various researchers
in nutrition, biochemistry and physiology. He is a member of several other
research teams at the Université de Moncton and other locations in Canada.
He also supervises postgraduate students at the master’s and doctorate
levels in programs as varied as biochemistry, the environment and
oceanography.
In February 2011, the Shippagan Campus opened the
Carrefour de la
recherche
, a research facility located on the fifth floor of the Irène-Léger
building.This is where Professor Plante established an animal nutrition
laboratory where the equipment necessary for making food for aquaculture
livestock is located.The facility’s multifunctional laboratory is also designed
to accommodate biochemistry and physiology students.Wet labs
(tank rooms) were also installed in the CZRI’s shellfish aquaculture
pavilion specifically for Professor Plante’s practical work.
Dr. Plante develops innovative ingredients from alternative sources of
proteins and lipids for aquaculture purposes.Thanks to these efforts, the
professor is working at making a significant contribution to a worldwide
problem: finding alternative sources of ingredients dedicated for
use in aquaculture.
“Making a
significant
contribution to
a worldwide
problem”