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Hugo Asselin

ResearcherEnvironmental ManagementUniversité du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

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Hugo Asselin

Researcher

Environmental Management

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (5 SSHRC, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

earthquake preparedness resilience cultural landscape cultural keystone species ecosystem services restoration foresterie autochtone

Latest papers

Temporal patterns in environmental DNA align with lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spawning activity.
Journal of fish biology · 2026
Environmental RNA reflects seasonal changes in the metabolic activity of stream salamanders.
Scientific reports · 2026
Widespread adoption of environmental DNA (eDNA)-based biodiversity monitoring in Canada will depend on trust more than on education: insights from a SWOT analysis.
Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2026 · senior author

All 20 publications

Latest funding

Leveraging existing data to establish indigenous protected areas
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$59,953
Effects of earthquakes on cultural landscapes in Central Nepal: increasing preparedness within local communities
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$23,008
Northern biodiversity in a mining context
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$233,079

All 22 grants and awards

20 publications.

Temporal patterns in environmental DNA align with lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spawning activity.

Brochu MP, Roncoroni M, Côté G, Asselin H, Langlois VS

Journal of fish biology2026

DOI: 10.1111/jfb.70550 PMID: 42338257

Environmental RNA reflects seasonal changes in the metabolic activity of stream salamanders.

Brochu MP, Asselin H, Côté G, Doucet C, Plante F, Soumila L, Bernatchez L, Langlois VS

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-53142-x PMID: 42129515

Widespread adoption of environmental DNA (eDNA)-based biodiversity monitoring in Canada will depend on trust more than on education: insights from a SWOT analysis.

Thivierge C, Renaud LA, Dupras J, Helbing CC, Langlois VS, Asselin H

Environmental monitoring and assessment2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10661-026-15262-9 PMID: 41896468

Case Studies of Fish Habitat Compensation in Eeyou Istchee: Compensation Projects Prioritize Facility over Effectiveness : Fish Habitat Compensation in Eeyou Istchee: Is Trying Enough?

Church KDW, Aguilar-Melo AR, Asselin H, Turgeon K

Environmental management2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02276-1 PMID: 40952455

Indigenous knowledge, forest landscape modeling, and the cumulative effects of environmental changes.

Bélisle AC, Mantyka-Pringle C, Boulanger Y, Croteau B, Wapachee A, Drapeau LJ, Desrochers M, Asselin H

Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/eap.70053 PMID: 40691771

How will climate change and forest harvesting influence the habitat quality of two culturally salient species?

Thomas M, Boulanger Y, Asselin H, Lamara M, Fenton NJ

The Science of the total environment2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172148 PMID: 38569957

Interactions within the climate-vegetation-fire nexus may transform 21st century boreal forests in northwestern Canada.

Gaboriau DM, Chaste É, Girardin MP, Asselin H, Ali AA, Bergeron Y, Hély C

iScience2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106807 PMID: 37255655

Site occupancy by American martens and fishers in temperate deciduous forests of Québec.

Suffice P, Mazerolle MJ, Imbeau L, Cheveau M, Asselin H, Drapeau P

Journal of mammalogy2023

DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyac092 PMID: 36818684

Association between intergenerational solidarity involving elders and mental health of Indigenous people living off reserve.

Viscogliosi C, Asselin H, Trottier L, D'Amours M, Levasseur M

BMC public health2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12887-6 PMID: 35296291

Importance of Indigenous elders' contributions to individual and community wellness: results from a scoping review on social participation and intergenerational solidarity.

Viscogliosi C, Asselin H, Basile S, Borwick K, Couturier Y, Drolet MJ, Gagnon D, Obradovic N, Torrie J, Zhou D, Levasseur M

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2020

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-019-00292-3 PMID: 32109314

Leveraging existing data to establish indigenous protected areas

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Fenton, Nicole NJ

Keywords: boreal forest; carbon; conservation; meta analysis; peatlands; woodland caribou

$59,953

Effects of earthquakes on cultural landscapes in Central Nepal: increasing preparedness within local communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Asselin, Hugo

Keywords: earthquake; preparedness; resilience; cultural landscape; cultural keystone species; ecosystem services; restoration

$23,008

Northern biodiversity in a mining context

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Fenton, Nicole NJ

Keywords: biodiversity; boreal biome; ecological planning; indigenous communities; industrial development; landscape; metal mines; wetlands

$233,079

Piiskuutamakuunipiijuu : coconstruire les nouvelles territorialités du savoir

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: savoirs autochtones; transmission des connaissances; justice sociale; sécurisation culturelle; affirmation identitaire

$250,000

Reconstitution paléoécologique de la dynamique des pinèdes et du régime des feux au parc national de la Mauricie (PNLM) et au parc national d'Opémican (PNO), Québec, Canada

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Bergeron, Yves YG

Keywords: changement climatique; charbon de bois; dynamiques de régénération; holocène; modélisation; pin blanc; pin rouge; pollen; régimes de perturbations naturelles; sédiments lacustres

$190,000

Vers de nouvelles stratégies de développement par et avec les Premières Nations : valoriser des initiatives porteuses de changements positifs et durables

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Beaudoin, Jean-Michel

Keywords: colloque; premiers peuples; développement; énergie et ressources naturelles

$25,000

Piiskuutamakuunipiijuu : coconstruire les nouvelles territorialités du savoir

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: savoirs autochtones; transmission des connaissances; justice sociale; sécurisation culturelle; affirmation identitaire

$800,000

Piiskuutamakuunipiijuu : coconstruire les nouvelles territorialités du savoir

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: savoirs autochtones; transmission des connaissances; justice sociale; sécurisation culturelle; affirmation identitaire

$20,000

Facteurs facilitant l'accès aux services socio-sanitaires des hommes autochtones en région éloignée

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Labra, Oscar

Keywords: homme; autochtone; services socio-sanitaires; demande d'aide; besoin; région éloignée; Kitcisakik; Pikogan; Lac Simon; salutogenèse

$75,000

Knowledge mobilization on the future of forest work and communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Robson, James P.

Keywords: visioning workshops; young people; forest communities; research; practitioners; knowledge mobilization; Canada; international

$46,250

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Hugo Asselin

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Temporal patterns in environmental DNA align with lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spawning activity.

Environmental RNA reflects seasonal changes in the metabolic activity of stream salamanders.

Widespread adoption of environmental DNA (eDNA)-based biodiversity monitoring in Canada will depend on trust more than on education: insights from a SWOT analysis.

Case Studies of Fish Habitat Compensation in Eeyou Istchee: Compensation Projects Prioritize Facility over Effectiveness : Fish Habitat Compensation in Eeyou Istchee: Is Trying Enough?

Indigenous knowledge, forest landscape modeling, and the cumulative effects of environmental changes.

How will climate change and forest harvesting influence the habitat quality of two culturally salient species?

Interactions within the climate-vegetation-fire nexus may transform 21st century boreal forests in northwestern Canada.

Site occupancy by American martens and fishers in temperate deciduous forests of Québec.

Association between intergenerational solidarity involving elders and mental health of Indigenous people living off reserve.

Importance of Indigenous elders' contributions to individual and community wellness: results from a scoping review on social participation and intergenerational solidarity.

Leveraging existing data to establish indigenous protected areas

Effects of earthquakes on cultural landscapes in Central Nepal: increasing preparedness within local communities

Northern biodiversity in a mining context

Piiskuutamakuunipiijuu : coconstruire les nouvelles territorialités du savoir

Reconstitution paléoécologique de la dynamique des pinèdes et du régime des feux au parc national de la Mauricie (PNLM) et au parc national d'Opémican (PNO), Québec, Canada

Vers de nouvelles stratégies de développement par et avec les Premières Nations : valoriser des initiatives porteuses de changements positifs et durables

Piiskuutamakuunipiijuu : coconstruire les nouvelles territorialités du savoir

Piiskuutamakuunipiijuu : coconstruire les nouvelles territorialités du savoir

Facteurs facilitant l'accès aux services socio-sanitaires des hommes autochtones en région éloignée

Knowledge mobilization on the future of forest work and communities

Frequent collaborators

Chantal Viscogliosi

Louis Imbeau

Suzy Basile

Oscar Labra

Yves Couturier

Yves Bergeron

Louis Bernatchez

Mebarek Lamara

Hugo Asselin

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Temporal patterns in environmental DNA align with lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spawning activity.

Environmental RNA reflects seasonal changes in the metabolic activity of stream salamanders.

Widespread adoption of environmental DNA (eDNA)-based biodiversity monitoring in Canada will depend on trust more than on education: insights from a SWOT analysis.

Case Studies of Fish Habitat Compensation in Eeyou Istchee: Compensation Projects Prioritize Facility over Effectiveness : Fish Habitat Compensation in Eeyou Istchee: Is Trying Enough?

Indigenous knowledge, forest landscape modeling, and the cumulative effects of environmental changes.

How will climate change and forest harvesting influence the habitat quality of two culturally salient species?

Interactions within the climate-vegetation-fire nexus may transform 21st century boreal forests in northwestern Canada.

Site occupancy by American martens and fishers in temperate deciduous forests of Qu&#xe9;bec.

Association between intergenerational solidarity involving elders and mental health of Indigenous people living off reserve.

Importance of Indigenous elders' contributions to individual and community wellness: results from a scoping review on social participation and intergenerational solidarity.

Leveraging existing data to establish indigenous protected areas

Effects of earthquakes on cultural landscapes in Central Nepal: increasing preparedness within local communities

Northern biodiversity in a mining context

Piiskuutamakuunipiijuu : coconstruire les nouvelles territorialités du savoir

Reconstitution paléoécologique de la dynamique des pinèdes et du régime des feux au parc national de la Mauricie (PNLM) et au parc national d'Opémican (PNO), Québec, Canada

Vers de nouvelles stratégies de développement par et avec les Premières Nations : valoriser des initiatives porteuses de changements positifs et durables

Piiskuutamakuunipiijuu : coconstruire les nouvelles territorialités du savoir

Piiskuutamakuunipiijuu : coconstruire les nouvelles territorialités du savoir

Facteurs facilitant l'accès aux services socio-sanitaires des hommes autochtones en région éloignée

Knowledge mobilization on the future of forest work and communities

Frequent collaborators

Chantal Viscogliosi

Louis Imbeau

Suzy Basile

Oscar Labra

Yves Couturier

Yves Bergeron

Louis Bernatchez

Mebarek Lamara

Site occupancy by American martens and fishers in temperate deciduous forests of Québec.