Members of the Bernhardt lab recently participated in the 40th annual Neyaashiinigmiing Traditional Pow Wow in Cape Croker, where they hosted an interactive booth focused on the health of Lake Huron’s lower food web.
The display featured activities for all ages, such as microscopes for viewing phytoplankton & zooplankton and a crafts table where children could exercise their creativity. Freezies were also handed out, helping draw in visitors on a hot summer weekend. The activities provided entry points for conversations about current research being conducted in collaboration with Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) scientists.
About the Lab
In the Bernhardt Lab, we study how temperature shapes metabolism from a single organism to entire ecosystems, to understand the rules that govern growth, survival, and resilience in a warming world.
Our mission is to connect microscopic processes to global patterns so we can better predict how climate change transforms nature and the human communities that depend on it.
