Coastal Wetlands Institute

Geospatial Modelling Lab

Marine Macroecology and Biogeochemistry Lab

Mount Allison Dendrochronology Lab (MAD Lab)

Rural and Small Town Programme (RSTP)

The state of the art Geo-Spatial Data Centre provides a teaching lab and research space for faculty and students. It supports a range of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software used by researchers and industry. In fact, the U.S. Department of Labor has listed this type of geotechnology as one of the three most important new career areas.

The Marine Macroecology and Biogeochemistry Lab houses an interdisciplinary research group (with the Math and Computer Science Department) interested in large-scale ecological, evolutionary and biogeochemical phenomena in the oceans. The primary goal is to understand and anticipate the effects of climate change on marine organisms. They use a combination of theoretical and data-driven models, remote-sensed, field and laboratory data, and fossil records to see how changes in climate and environmental conditions alter marine biological communities.

The department also has its own MAD Lab, the Mount Allison Dendrochronology Lab which conducts tree-ring related research. Students participate in summer research projects examining such things as habitats of endangered species, reconstructing climate over the last 500 years, or dating of historical buildings.

In addition geomorphological research is conducted in the University’s Coastal Wetland Institute, a highly specialized facility providing laboratory and field research tools and instrumentation.

Rural and Small Town Programme (RSTP) has developed an international reputation as a research and study centre in the field of housing, community economic development, and sustainable communities. Members of RSTP primarily conduct contract and externally funded research, and carry on a wide variety of action-based and outreach activities.