Faculty profile
Melissa Arcand
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Research
Latest papers
Agricultural practices as natural climate solutions in the Canadian Prairies.
Journal of environmental management · 2026
An intensive multilocation temporal dataset of fungal and bacterial communities in the root and rhizosphere of Brassica napus.
Data in brief · 2020
An intensive multilocation temporal dataset of fungal communities in the root and rhizosphere of Brassica napus.
Data in brief · 2020
Latest funding
- $37,000
Crop rhizosphere controls on nitrogen bioavailability and soil organic matter-intersections between microbial carbon and plant nitrogen use efficiencies
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $2,000,000
Net-zero farming systems through diversity, integration, and perenniality: A co-design approach.
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $726,376
IDENTIFYING AND OPTIMIZING MARGINAL AGRICULTURAL LAND TO ACHIEVE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
5 publications.
Agricultural practices as natural climate solutions in the Canadian Prairies.
Drever CR, Long AM, Lasisi A, Alemu AW, Baulch H, Helgason BL, McConkey B, Carlyle CN, Lobb D, Martens JT, Shaw L, Fuller L, Ashton L, Entz M, Arcand M, St Luce M, Khatri-Chhetri U, Badiou P, Ferrari Machado PV
An intensive multilocation temporal dataset of fungal and bacterial communities in the root and rhizosphere of Brassica napus.
Bazghaleh N, Bell JK, Mamet SD, Moreira ZM, Taye ZM, Williams S, Norris C, Dowhy T, Arcand M, Lamb EG, Links M, Shirtliffe S, Vail S, Siciliano SD, Helgason B
An intensive multilocation temporal dataset of fungal communities in the root and rhizosphere of Brassica napus.
Bazghaleh N, Mamet SD, Bell JK, Moreira ZM, Taye ZM, Williams S, Arcand M, Lamb EG, Shirtliffe S, Vail S, Siciliano SD, Helgason B
SoilCam: A Fully Automated Minirhizotron using Multispectral Imaging for Root Activity Monitoring.
Rahman G, Sohag H, Chowdhury R, Wahid KA, Dinh A, Arcand M, Vail S
Core and Differentially Abundant Bacterial Taxa in the Rhizosphere of Field Grown Brassica napus Genotypes: Implications for Canola Breeding.
Taye ZM, Helgason BL, Bell JK, Norris CE, Vail S, Robinson SJ, Parkin IAP, Arcand M, Mamet S, Links MG, Dowhy T, Siciliano S, Lamb EG
Crop rhizosphere controls on nitrogen bioavailability and soil organic matter-intersections between microbial carbon and plant nitrogen use efficiencies
Principal investigators: Arcand, Melissa
Keywords: rhizosphere; soil organic matter; microbial communities; nitrogen use efficiency; carbon use efficiency; stable isotopes; agriculture; root dynamics; annual crops; priming
Net-zero farming systems through diversity, integration, and perenniality: A co-design approach.
Principal investigators: Entz, Martin MH
Keywords: cover crops; crop-livestock integration; crop rotation; indigenous agriculture; mental health; modeling farm systems; nature-based climate solutions; net-zero farming systems; perennial crops; soil health
IDENTIFYING AND OPTIMIZING MARGINAL AGRICULTURAL LAND TO ACHIEVE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
Principal investigators: Morrissey, Christy CA
Keywords: biodiversity conservation; co-benefits; economics; ecosystem services; marginal lands; native perennials; precision agriculture; remote sensing; soil carbon; sustainable agriculture
Food-Water Nexus Education & Training
Principal investigators: Helgason, Warren WD
TRANSECTS: TRANSdisciplinary Education Collaboration for Transformations in Sustainability
Keywords: sustainability; transdisciplinarity; interdisciplinarity; student training; community of practice; conservation; climate action
TRANSECTS: TRANSdisciplinary Education Collaboration for Transformations in Sustainability
Keywords: sustainability; transdisciplinarity; interdisciplinarity; student training; community of practice; conservation; climate action
Cost effective measurement of root exudates
Principal investigators: Lamb, Eric
Forum on Indigenous agriculture in Saskatchewan: sowing a way towards revitalizing Indigenous agriculture in Treaty 4 and 6 Territories
Principal investigators: Arcand, Melissa
Keywords: Indigenous agriculture; Indigenous knowledge; Western science; land management; agricultural economics and policy; Indigenous land relationships; Indigenous settler relationships
miyo mâmawi atoskewin "All working together in a good way": Applying Indigenous knowledge and Western science to discern historic and contemporary agricultural land use on First Nations reserves
Principal investigators: Arcand, Melissa
Keywords: Indigenous agriculture, Oral history, Soil surveys, Digital soil mapping, Soil health, Indigenous knowledge, Land management, Indigenous languages, Agriculture, Community-engaged research
Indigenous Water and Health Reconciliation Research Network (IWHR2N)
Principal investigators: Bharadwaj, Lalita A; Arcand, Melissa; Dickson, Sarah E; Wallace, Corinne J
Keywords: Authentic Engagement; Community-Based Research; Indigenous Health; Network Development And Evaluation; Readiness For Change; Reconciliation; Strength-Based; Water Security; Water-Health
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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