Profiles

Molly is a BIOL 499 (Undergraduate Honours Thesis) student studying the effects of urban restoration practice on the butterfly population and community in the Meadoway. She has completed a summer field season assisting with butterfly-plant interaction as well as working alongside Toronto and Region Authority Conservation Authority (TRCA) on butterfly and caterpillar surveys. Her work largely consists of analyzing historical survey data, and she is presenting these results at the 2024 Ontario Entomology Society Annual Meeting. 

I’m a fourth-year Environmental Science student, and my project is focused on larval Chironomidae (non-biting midges) and their role in the incorporation of microplastics into the sediment of a lake in the IISD-Experimental Lakes Area.