QUBS Mandate
To provide opportunities for teaching and research in biology and other natural and applied sciences - including studies that seek to assess human-caused environmental change and help to meet Canada's obligations to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and to use active stewardship and best management practices to conserve local terrestrial and aquatic environments, and biodiversity. QUBS is also a unique convening space for hosting exchanges between academia and a diverse array of partners who share a commitment to the advancement of conservation efforts and environmental sustainability.
Specific Mission Statements & Goals
- Provide a dynamic and supportive environment for leading-edge research spanning, but not limited to, conservation, ecology, evolution and environmental studies.
- Supporting and developing undergraduate and graduate courses in field biology, environmental biology and related sciences.
- Acquiring and protecting in perpetuity representative and/or significant properties, habitats and ecosystems near the field station.
- Provide locally obtained data and electronic resources on climate, the physical environment and biodiversity, and making these available through a Geographical Information System and data/information archives.
- Act as a liaison between university researchers and the local community, and a conduit for dissemination of natural history and scientific knowledge.
- Engage in outreach to foster public awareness of environmental and conservation issues.
Goal
To situate QUBS as one of the top research- and teaching-intensive field stations in the world.