The Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Regina, SK

The Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution / Institut canadien d’écologie et d’évolution (CIEE / ICEE) is a consortium of Canadian universities with the mission of expanding and accelerating scientific discovery on the natural environment and its contributions to our national well being.

During the last few years, CIEE has made substantial advances to become a leading promoter and facilitator of synthesis research in Canada. Since its creation in 2008, CIEE supported nine thematic working groups, five in the last two years, which together assembled 114 top scientists to address some of the most vexing problems at the nexus of ecology and evolution. Our training programs are equally essential components in the CIEE growth, and included fifteen workshops and short courses in the last four years which involved more than 450 graduate students and academics.