North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action Research Grant

June 2024 - Present

Grant to co-lead a large community-driven camera trapping project focused on caribou-predator dynamics with Indigenous partners in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada. 

$167,000 CAD  ($121,627 USD)

Alberta Conservation Association Research Grant

May 2020 - September 2020

Grant for bighorn sheep ecological monitoring fieldwork at Ram Mountain, Alberta, Canada. 

$5,530 CAD ($4,028 USD)

Runner-up Poster Award

July 2025

Second place poster award at the Movement Ecology of Animals Gordon Research Conference ($300 USD)

Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellowship 

September 2025 - August 2027

$210,000 CAD  ($152,944 USD)

Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship Finalist 

March 2025

Arctic net’s Arctic change travel award 

December 2024

$1,000 CAD ($728 USD)

Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies: Postdoctoral Fellowship

Declined

$110,000 CAD ($80,113 USD)

Excellence award for PhD dissertation

March 2023

Ph.D. committee at Université de Sherbrooke

Best Ph.D. oral presentation 

October 2022

Graduate Conference in Behaviour hosted by Oxford University

Learning and Development Award 

March 2022

Centre de la Science pour la Biodiversité du Québec

$250 CAD ($182 USD)

Mitacs Globalink scholarship  

September 2021

Competitive international travel and internship scholarship

$6,000 CAD ($4370 USD)

Learning and Development Award 

April 2021

Centre de la Science pour la Biodiversité du Québec

$250 CAD ($182 USD)

MEES mobility scholarship 

April 2021

Programme de mobilité internationale et de courts séjours à l'extérieur du Québec du Ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur

$4,000 CAD ($2913 USD)

Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies: MSc scholarship

May 2019 - April 2021

$42,000 CAD ($30,589 USD)

MEES mobility scholarship 

April 2019

Programme de mobilité internationale et de courts séjours à l'extérieur du Québec du Ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur

$4,000 CAD ($2913 USD)

Northern Scientific Training Program  (NSTP)

May 2017

Polar Knowledge Canada

$2,770 CAD ($2017 USD)

Kelly-Ann Rousseau, MSc Student 

September 2025 - Present

Côté Lab, Université Laval

Provided guidance on project design and modelling for a project evaluating the effects on road infrastructure on migratory caribou in Nunavik. 

Birch Gano, MSc Student 

April 2025 - Present

Hebblewhite Lab, University of Montana

Provided guidance on methods for evaluating exploitative competition among large herbivores across Ya-Ha Tinda and Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada using remote camera traps. 

Celebrity Wright, BSc Honors Student  

March 2025 - Present

Gurarie Lab, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Provided guidance on camera trapping study of caribou body and molt conditions. Help with analyses, writing, and community engagement.

Jonathan Farr, PhD Student 

December 2023 - Present

Hebblewhite Lab, University of Montana

Provided guidance on estimating elk forage biomass across Ya-Ha Tinda and Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. I am also working with Jonathan on a bison habitat connectivity project across the Y2Y region. 

Tara Meyer, PhD Student  

March 2024 - Present

Hebblewhite Lab, University of Montana

Advised on estimating elk parturition dates in the Ya-Ha Tinda area from GPS collar data using movement metrics and machine learning algorithms.

Sarah Straughan, Research Assistant 

March 2024 - Present

Hebblewhite Lab, University of Montana

Supported in fitting hierarchical Bayesian Structural Equation Models to examine vegetation phenology and growth across Banff National Park.

Andrei Dinu, MSc Student 

May 2024 - Present

Tourani Lab, University of Montana

Assisted with data manipulation, visualization, and analysis for a camera-trapping study of inter-species overlap of European lynx and other large mammal species

Kelly Forrester, MSc Student  

December 2021 - September 2024

Festa-Bianchet lab, Université de Sherbrooke

Contributed to project design, data analysis, and scientific writing for a kangaroo life-history research project (See co-authored article in publications).

Chad Rice, MSc Student  

February 2020 - December 2022

Festa-Bianchet lab, Université de Sherbrooke

Provided guidance on project design, data analysis, and English-language scientific writing for two mountain goat conservation studies (See two co-authored article in publications). 

Anne-Ju Laberge, BSc Honors Student  

September 2021 - January 2022

Pelletier lab, Université de Sherbrooke

Provided guidance on research design, data analysis, and English-language scientific writing for a kangaroo life-history research project

Caribou Calving Grounds Camera Trapping

April 2025 - Present

Remote central Nunavut in Canada

Through this project, I helped train local Inuit in camera-trapping methods on the barren-grounds above the treeline. Two individuals were trained in logistical planning, including grid design, site selection, and equipment procurement. An additional six community members received hands-on field training in camera deployment, including drilling posts into permafrost, securing and activating cameras, and recording clear, standardized field notes.

Ram Mountain Bighorn Sheep Monitoring

Four month summer field seasons in 2018, and 2019

Remote mountain ridgeline in the Brazeau range in Alberta, Canada. 

I trained and mentored two undergraduate field assistants and two visiting graduate students in bighorn sheep capture techniques, behavioral observation methods, and the practical skills needed for remote camp life.

*Underline denotes undergraduate or post-baccalaureate mentee 

1. Farr JJ, Straughan S, Larue B, Meyer TK, Whittington J, Watt D, Hubbs A, Merril EH, & Hebblewhite M. (2025). Global change affects large herbivore forage biomass through gradual climatic shifts and abrupt disturbances. Global Change Biology, 31(7), e70375.

2. Larue B, Pelletier F, Festa-Bianchet M, & Hamel S. (2025). Uncovering bighorn sheep life-history trajectories in multidimensional trait space. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(12), e2417158122.

3. Ehlers L, Palm E, Herriges J, Bentzen T, Suitor M, Joly K, Millspaugh J, Donnelly P, Gross J, Wells J, Larue B, & Hebblewhite M. (2024). A taste of space: Remote animal observations and discrete‐choice models provide new insights into foraging and density dynamics for a large subarctic herbivore. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93(7), 891-905.

4. Forrester K, Larue B, King WJ, & Festa‐Bianchet M. (2024). Cumulative and interannual effects of reproduction in eastern grey kangaroos. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93(11), 1684-1696.

5. .Van de Walle J, Fay R,Gaillard JM, Pelletier F, Hamel S, Gamelon M, Barbaud C, Blanchet G, Blumstein D, Charmantier A, Dlord K, Larue B, Martin J, Mills JA, Millot E, Mayer F, Rotella J, Sæther BE, Teplitsky C, Van de Pol M, Van Buren DH, Visser ME, Wells C, Yarrall J, & Jenouvrier S (2023). Individual life histories: neither slow nor fast, just diverse. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290(2002), 20230511.

6. Larue B. (2023). Compromis, hétérogénéité individuelle et plasticité dans les traits d'histoire de vie du mouflon d'Amérique (Ovis canadensis) (Doctoral dissertation, Université de Sherbrooke).

7. Larue B (co-first author), Van de Walle J, Pigeon G, & Pelletier F. (2022). Different proxies, different stories? Imperfect correlations and different determinants of fitness in bighorn sheep. Ecology and Evolution, 12(12), e9582.

8. Rice C, Larue B, Jex B, & Festa Bianchet M. (2022). Regulations and hunter preference affect mountain goat harvest and horn length. Wildlife Biology, 2022(6), e01056.

9. Larue B, Pelletier F, & Festa-Bianchet M. (2022). Determinants of spring molt in bighorn sheep: life-history, plasticity and phenology. Oecologia, 199(4), 809-817.

10. Fay R, Hamel S, van de Pol M, Gaillard JM, Yoccoz NG, Acker P, Authier M, Larue B, Le Cœur C, Macdonald K, Nicol-Harper A, Barbaud C, Bonenfant C, Van Vuren DH, Cam E, Delord K, Gamelon M, Moiron M, Pelletier F, Rotella J, Teplitsky C, Visser ME, Wells C, Wheelwright NT, Jenouvrier S, & Sæther BE. (2022). Temporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species. Ecology Letters, 25(7), 1640–1654.

11. Rice C, Larue B, & Festa-Bianchet M. (2022). Variation in age of primiparity in mountain goats estimated from horn growth increments. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 100(3), 176-183.

12. Larue B, Pelletier F, & Festa-Bianchet M. (2022). A multivariate perspective of resource acquisition behaviours in bighorn sheep. Animal Behaviour, 184, 81-87.

13. Fay R, Authier M, Hamel S, Jenouvrier S, van de Pol M, Cam E, Gaillard JM, Yoccoz NG, Acker P, Allen A, Aubry LM, Bonenfant C, Caswell H, Coste CFD, Larue B, Le Cœur C, Gamelon M, Macdonald KR, Moiron M, Nicol-Harper A, Pelletier F, Rotella J, Teplitsky C, Touzot L, Wells C, & Sæther BE. (2021). Quantifying fixed individual heterogeneity in demographic parameters: Performance of correlated random effects for Bernoulli variables. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(1), 91-104.

14. Larue B, Pelletier F, Côté SD, Hamel S, & Festa-Bianchet M. (2021). Growth and reproduction trade-offs can estimate previous reproductive history in alpine ungulates. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(4), 869-878.

15. Larue B, Côté SD, St‐Laurent M-H, Dussault C, & Leblond M. (2018). Natal habitat preference induction in large mammals—Like mother, like child? Ecology and Evolution, 8(24), 12629-12640.

Discussion Leader  

July 2025

Leader and organizer of a discussion on Applied Movement Ecology in Conservation and Policy at the Gordon Research Seminar in Ventura, California.

Session Co-Convener  

December  2024

Session co-convener (2024) for “Lessons Learned from Community-Based Research” at ArcticNet’s Arctic Change conference in Ottawa (December 9–12). Responsible for organizing talks and facilitating discussions on best practices in community-engaged Arctic research.

Reviewer

2019 - present

I have reviewed 18 scientific manuscripts for nine different journals, including Journal of Animal Ecology, Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, and Journal of Wildlife Management.

Volunteering for Let’s Talk Science 

2022 - 2023

Participate, create, and promote popular science activities.

Volunteer for SQÉBC Annual Conference 

October 2022 

Help with the logistics of a provincial animal Eco-Evo-Behavior conference.

Volunteer for Scotian Shores

2021 - 2022

Help trash and debris removal from beaches and shorelines of Nova Scotia, Canada. Process and visualize data from clean-ups. 

Volunteer for Non-Profit Le Regroupement Bois Beckett 

2018- 2020

Collect and recycle waste from Bois Beckett regional park, Sherbrooke, Québec. Give scientific advice on park management issues. Participate in popular science activities such as guided hikes and kiosks at park entrance.  

President of the Committee for Good Waste Management

2015- 2016

Elected president of the student committee at Université Laval. Participation and organization of outreach activities and awareness of good waste management on campus

*Underline denotes undergraduate or post-baccalaureate mentee

International Presentations  

1. Larue B, Roberto-Charron A, Dumond A, Niptanatiak A, Adamczewski J, Winter R, Hedlin E, Perra M, Gunn A, Gurarie E, & Hebblewhite M. (6 October 2025). Understanding Predator-Prey Dynamics to Inform Caribou Recovery in the Central Canadian Arctic. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

2. Larue B, Farr J, Ehlers L, Herriges J, Bentzen T,  Suitor M, Joly K, Michelot T, Vuillaume B, Côté SD, Gurarie E, Hebblewhite M. (30-31 July). HMMs in Movement Ecology: Behavioural Truth or Statistical Fiction? Poster Presentation and flash oral presentation (runner-up award). Movement Ecology of Animals Gordon Research Conference, Ventura California, Canada. 

3. Larue B. (26 July) Invited introductory speaker and discussion leader for the topic: Applied Movement Ecology in Conservation and Policy, Movement Ecology of Animals Gordon Research Seminar, Ventura California, Canada. 

4. Larue B, Farr J, Ehlers L, Herriges J, Bentzen T,  Suitor M, Joly K, Michelot T, Vuillaume B, Côté SD, Gurarie E, Hebblewhite M. (26-27 July). HMMs in Movement Ecology: Behavioural Truth or Statistical Fiction? Poster Presentation. Movement Ecology of Animals Gordon Research Seminar, Ventura California, Canada. 

5. Larue B, & Farr, J. (12 March 2025). Hidden Markov models – retaining biological inference with big data. iSSa Guild, online (Zoom).  

6. Larue B, Roberto-Charron A, Dumond A, Adamczewski J, Winter R, Hedlin E, Perra M, Gunn A, Gurarie E, & Hebblewhite M. (12 December 2024). Community-led monitoring of predator-prey dynamics on caribou calving-grounds in Nunavut. ArcticNet’s Arctic Change conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 

7. Forrester K, Larue B, King WJ, & Festa-Bianchet M. (19 July 2023). Short- and long-term costs of reproduction in eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). International Mammalogical Congress, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. 

8. Larue B. (15 December 2021). Individual variation in life-histories: causes and consequences. Invited speaker at the University of Exeter, Penryn, England. 

9. Larue B. (7 December 2021). Individual variation in life-histories: causes and consequences. Invited speaker at the University of Exeter, Exeter, England.   

10. Larue B. (1 December 2021). Individual variation in life-histories: causes and consequences. Invited speaker at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

11. Larue B, Pelletier F, & Festa-Bianchet M. (8 April 2021). Foraging behaviors in bighorn sheep: bridging acquisition and allocation. Best PhD talk award. Graduate Conference in Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution, Oxford, online. 

12. Larue B, Dussault C, St-Laurent M-H, Côté SD, & Leblond M. (30-31 October 2018). Natal habitat preference induction in caribou—Like mother, like child? Poster Presentation. North American Caribou Workshop, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.                                                                           

National Presentations   

1. Hamel S, Larue B, Trondrud ML, Festa-Bianchet M, Gaillard J-M, Pelletier F, Yoccoz N.G. (7 July 2025). Unraveling life-history tactics with mixture models. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.

2. Straughan SM, Farr J, Larue B, Merrill E & Hebblwhite M. (8 March 2024). Watching Grass Grow: 20 years of grassland biomass data on Ya Ha Tinda Ranch. Canadian Sector of the Wildlife Society Conference, Jasper, Alberta, Canada.

3. Farr JJ, Straughan SM, Larue B, Meyer TK, Whittington J, Watt DJ, Hubbs A, Merrill EH, Hebblewhite M. (5 March 2025). Spatially predicting annual ungulate forage biomass from 2001 to 2022 in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Poster Presentation. Canadian Sector of the Wildlife Society Conference, Jasper, Alberta, Canada. 

4. Forrester K, Larue B, King WJ, & Festa-Bianchet M. (28 May 2024). Cumulative and interannual effects of reproduction in eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). Annual conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) 2024, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 

5. Larue B, Hamel S, Pelletier F, & Festa-Bianchet M. (18 August 2021). Unequal individuals, unequal outputs: heterogeneity in bighorn sheep life-history trajectories. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, online.

Regional Presentations   

1. Larue B. (29 September 2025). Barren-ground Caribou Ecology and Conservation in a Changing Arctic. Invited speaker for the caribou working group at Memorial University and Guelph University.

2. Forrester K, Larue B, King WJ, & Festa-Bianchet M. (21 February 2024). Les effets cumulatives et interannuelles de la reproduction chez les kangourous gris de l’est (Macropus giganteus). Quebec Centre for Biodiversity (QCBS) Symposium, Montreal, Québec, Canada.

3. Larue B. (13 October 2023). Evaluating trade-offs, heterogeneity and plasticity in bighorn sheep life-history traits. Invited speaker for the University of Montana Wildlife Biology seminar series, Missoula, Montana, USA.  

4. Larue B. (21 March 2023). Evaluating trade-offs, heterogeneity and plasticity in bighorn sheep life-history traits, Ph.D. defense, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. 

5. Larue B. (3 May 2022). Invited panelist for a discussion on the “The challenges of wildlife management in the Anthropocene era”. 88e Congrès de l’Acfas, online.

6. Larue B, Hamel S, Pelletier F, & Festa-Bianchet M. (3 May 2021). Modéliser les compromis croissance vs reproduction. 88e Congrès de l’Acfas, online.

7. Laberge A-J, Larue B, Festa-Bianchet M. (14 December 2021). Long-term consequences of primiparity in Eastern Grey Kangaroos. Université de Sherbrooke undergraduate research day, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.

8. Larue B, Pelletier F, & Festa-Bianchet M. (26 November 2020). Spring molt in bighorn sheep: what are the drivers and is there individual plasticity? Congrès de la Société québécoise pour l’étude biologique du comportement, online.

9. Larue B, Pelletier F, & Festa-Bianchet M. (1-3 November 2020). Spring molt in bighorn sheep: what are the drivers and is there individual plasticity? Poster Presentation. Congrès de la Société québécoise pour l’étude biologique du comportement, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

10. Larue B, Pelletier F, & Festa-Bianchet M. (11-12 December 2018). Spring molt in bighorn sheep: what are the drivers and is there individual plasticity? Poster Presentation. Symposium of the Quebec centre for biodiversity science, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

11. Larue B, Pelletier F, Côté SD, Hamel S, & Festa-Bianchet M. (18 November 2018). Estimation du succès reproducteur passé par l’entremise des compromis croissance vs reproduction. Congrès de la Société québécoise pour l’étude biologique du comportement, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

12. Larue B, Pelletier F, Côté SD, Hamel S, & Festa-Bianchet M. (12 December 2017). Estimating past reproductive success through growth vs. Reproduction trade-offs. Poster Presentation. Symposium of the Quebec centre for biodiversity science, Montréal. Québec, Canada.

13. Larue B, Dussault C, St-Laurent M-H, Côté SD, Leblond M. (5 November 2017). Préférence induite de l’habitat natal chez les grands mammifères. Congrès de la Société québécoise pour l’étude biologique du comportement, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

14. Larue B, Pelletier F, Côté SD, Hamel S, & Festa-Bianchet M. (4-5 November 2017). Estimating past reproductive success through growth vs. Reproduction trade-offs. Poster Presentation. Congrès de la Société québécoise pour l’étude biologique du comportement, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

15. Larue B, Dussault C, St-Laurent M-H, Côté SD, & Leblond M. (14 December 2016). Préférence induite de l’habitat natal chez le caribou forestier. Journée de la recherche au premier cycle du département de biologie, Université Laval, ville de Québec, Québec, Canada.

1. Larue B, Farr JJ, & Hebblewhite M. Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of a species. The Conversation (USA) (October 31, 2025). (link).

2. Ellis C. ‘I was blown away’: Study shows climate change dramatically shrinking Banff’s alpine meadows. The Rocky Mountain Outlook (September 4, 2025). (link). 

3. Piczak M, Thompson, P, Larue B, Bugg W, Lewthwaite J, Perron MA, Cannon S. Ontario’s environment is not for sale—Ontarians should stand up against the proposed Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act.. The Waterloo Record (May 16, 2025).

4. Brose A, Larue B, & Gunn A. Blowing relief – Caribou and Grizzlies in a New Arctic: An Interview with Researcher Benjamin Larue. Nuna Zine, Issue 3, p. 28. Navigating the New Arctic Community Office. Retrieved March 24, 2025. (link).

5. Larue B. Les trajectoires de vie des animaux sauvages : une nouvelle perspective sur la biodiversité. Université de Sherbrooke (March 21, 2025). (link). 

6. Larue B, Dumond A, Niptanatiak A, Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association. Bluenose East Calving Grounds Camera Trapping: Start Guide and Field Methodology. (report shared with the Government of Nunavut, Government of Northwest Territories, Tłı̨chǫ Government, and the Wekʼèezhìi Renewable Resources Board). 

7. Larue B, Brose A, Roberto-Charron A, Dumond A, Adamczewski J, Winter R, Hedlin E, Perra M, Gunn A, Gurarie E, & Hebblewhite M. Grizzlies on the Calving Grounds: Are grizzly bears a major predator on the calving grounds of the imperiled Bathurst Herd? One-page infographic report for the Government of Nunavut, the Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association, and the Tłı̨chǫ Government (this work has been translated in Inuinnaqtun and Tłı̨chǫ).