Anne Vallée - Citizendia

Anne Vallée, born 26 July 1958 in Quebec City and deceased at Triangle Island, British Columbia, 31 July 1982, was one of the first biologists to observe the impact of climate change on animal populations. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences

Biography

Born in Quebec City, Anne Vallée completes in 1979 a bachelor degree in biology at Laval University and undertakes graduate studies at the University of British Columbia supported by a scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The University of British Columbia ( UBC) is a Canadian public research University with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC is a Canadian government division that provides grants for research in the Natural sciences She choses Tufted Puffins as a research subject and, starting in 1980, she spends her summers on Triangle Island, an ecological reserve located in the Pacific Ocean west of the north tip of Vancouver Island. The Tufted Puffin ( Fratercula cirrhata) is a relatively abundant medium-sized Pelagic Seabird in the Auk (Alcidae family found throughout Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Vancouver Island is a large Island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British She dies accidentally on Triangle Island during summer 1982. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)

Following her death, her family and friends decide to create the Anne Vallée Ecological Fund, with the objective to Support field research highlighting the problems of animal ecology in relation to human settlements and activities such as agriculture, forestry, fishing and tourism. From 1983 to 2008, 41 scholarships have been awarded to students researchers from Quebec and/or British Columbia universities. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C

In 1983, the British Columbia government renames the Triangle Island Ecological reserve as Anne Vallée Triangle Island Ecological Reserve. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C

In 2002, Alison Watt publishes the book The Last Island, A naturalist’s Sojourn on Triangle Island, where she recalls her experience of summer 1980 where she assisted Anne Vallée in her research on Tufted Puffins. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The Tufted Puffin ( Fratercula cirrhata) is a relatively abundant medium-sized Pelagic Seabird in the Auk (Alcidae family found throughout In 2003, this book wins the Edna Staebler Award for creative non-fiction. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

In 2006, in the process of street names harmonization following the fusion of suburbs with Quebec City, the Quebec City administration accepts the proposal of a group of citizens to rename rue Quatre-Saisons in the Sainte-Foy—Sillery borough to rue Anne-Vallée. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Sainte-Foy—Sillery is the wealthiest borough of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

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