astronomy

Louise Filion

Louise Filion is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Louise Filion rather than just read about it. In short: Louise Filion (born 6 December 1945) is a Canadian professor of biogeography. Life Filion was born in Montreal, Quebec on 6 December 1945, the daughter of Marguerite Bernier and Maurice Filion.

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Reference excerpt

Louise Filion (born 6 December 1945) is a Canadian professor of biogeography.

Life Filion was born in Montreal, Quebec on 6 December 1945, the daughter of Marguerite Bernier and Maurice Filion. She holds a bachelor's degree in geography, a master's degree in agriculture, and a Ph.D. in biology from Laval. She is the former director of the Geography department and Centre d'Études Nordiques at Laval University. Her appointment to Professor in the Geography department was a first for a woman at the university. Although she retired in September 2010 she remains an honorary member of the Centre for Northern Studies and has been designated professor emeritus.

Research Dr. Filion has northern research experience, particularly in ecology and paleoecology of northern Quebec. She has published hundreds of articles, chapters of books and written at least 60 research papers. She has presented her work at 140 national and international conferences in her specialty area of global polar science issues from 1987 to 1992 Dr. Filion directed the Centre for Northern Studies; she was President of the Research Commission from 1992 to 1995 and became Vice-Rector for Research at University Laval from 1997 to 2002. From 2004 to 2008 she was Director of Research in the Department of Geography and became Vice Dean of Research in the Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics from 2007 to 2009. In 1990 Dr. Filion became Vice President of the Canadian Polar Commission where she assumed the fonctions of member of evaluation committees and research committees.

Selected works 1974, Classification des publications gouvernementales du Québec (with André Beaulieu) 1977, Rapport d'évaluation des propositions de réserve écologique : région sud-ouest du Québec (with Jean-Louis Blouin) 1977, L'archipel de Mingan: paysage à protéger, rapport de visite, 14-19 août 1977 1977, Rapport d'evaluation de la proposition de reserve ecologique de l'île Perrot (with Jean-Louis Blouin) 1977, Les réserves écologiques et la protection de la nature : les réalisations nord-américaines, européenes et japonaises 1998, Women's Entrepreneurship Development (WED) Project : Tanzania and Malawi : final evaluation (with Martha Bulengo; Thandiwe Mang'anda) 2000, Règles de catalogage anglo-américaines (with Michael Gorman; Paul W Winkler; Pierre Manseau; André Paul) 2007, Spatially explicit fire-climate history of the boreal forest-tundra (Eastern Canada) over the last 2000 years (with Serge Payette, Ann Delwaide) 2008, Biotic Disturbance in Expanding Subarctic Forests along the Eastern Coast of Hudson Bay 2010. Échantillonnage et datation dendrochronologiques. 2010. Dendroécologie des épidémies de la tenthrède du mélèze (Pristiphora erichsonii) dans l'est du Canada 2010, Tree-ring reconstructions in natural hazards research: a state-of-the-art. Springer book. 2010, La dendroécologie - Principes, méthodes et applications. Presses de l'Université Laval, 2011, False rings in the white pine (Pinus strobus) of the Outaouais Hills, Québec (Canada), as indicators of water stress (with Neil Marchand) 2011, Environmental Change in the Great Whale River Region, Hudson Bay: Five Decades of Multidisciplinary Research by Centre d'études Nordiques (CEN) 2013, Pre-European settlement paleoenvironments along the lower Saint-Charles River, Québec City (Canada) (with Querrec, Lydia; Auger, Réginald) 2014, Climate change and the forest sector: Perception of principal impacts and of potential options for adaptation (with Neil Marchand) 2014, Evidence for Changes in Paleoenvironments along the Lower Cap-Rouge River, Québec (Canada), in Relation to a High Water Stand during the Mid-Holocene Laurentian Transgression 2014, A dendroecological analysis of eastern hemlock and white pine in relation to logging in La Mauricie National Park (Québec, Canada). The Forestry Chronicle

References

Bibliography Boisvert, Normand (1995). Les ancêtres et les descendants de Félix Boisvert, 1824-1915, de Émile Paquin, vers 1827-1859, et de Léocadie Rondeau, 1836-1894: History.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Louise Filion

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Louise Filion claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Louise Filion before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Louise Filion ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Louise Filion

In research: Louise Filion appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Louise Filion in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Louise Filion is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1945 births, 20th-century Canadian geographers, 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Louise Filion outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Louise Filion in simple terms?

Louise Filion (born 6 December 1945) is a Canadian professor of biogeography. Life Filion was born in Montreal, Quebec on 6 December 1945, the daughter of Marguerite Bernier and Maurice Filion.

Why does Louise Filion matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Louise Filion?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Louise Filion.