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Colin Laroque is a Professor and Department Head in Soil Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Raised on a family farm near Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Colin completed his undergraduate degree in the United States, followed by a Master’s and Ph.D. at the University of Victoria, Canada. His academic career includes teaching for a decade in the Maritimes before returning to Saskatoon, thus completing a full circle in his career. His research interests focus on past and future climates in Canada, and he specializes in dendrochronology, utilizing tree-ring analysis to understand historical climate patterns, glacier activity, ecosystem dynamics, and human impacts through dendroarchaeological and dendrochemical methods. Colin has contributed to various academic and research initiatives and is affiliated with multiple departments, including the School of Environment and Sustainability and the Global Institute for Water Security.
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