Marie-Josée Fortin

Professor Fortin is a world-renowned expert in spatial ecology, landscape ecology, and conservation biology. She has made significant contributions to fundamental ecology and biological conservation by developing analytical methods based on network theory. In the last five years, she has published three textbooks: Fletcher & Fortin (2025, 2nd edition), Dale & Fortin (2025, 3rd edition), and Dale & Fortin (2021). Over the last five years trained 12 postdocs, 14 PhD students, six MSc students, and 27 undergraduates. She received the 2019 President’s Award from the Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution, the 2024 Massey Prize from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the 2025 Miroslaw Romanowski Prize from the Royal Society of Canada in 2025, the 2025 Konrad Adenauer Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the 2025 Miroslaw Romanowski Medal, and the 2026 Killam Prize in Natural Sciences. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Ecological Society