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New workshop: Image classification using ecoClassify

By Sarah Chisholm | October 23, 2025

Due to overwhelming demand, our Image classification using ecoClassify workshop is back for a second offering. Following the rapid fill-up of our initial session, we’re…

Modeling ecosystem futures in support of Australia’s Nature Repair Market

By Sarah Chisholm | September 30, 2025

This past summer, ApexRMS embarked on a new collaboration with CSIRO’s Ecological Knowledge System (EKS) team to support Australia’s new Nature Repair Market initiative. Led…

Building wildfire resilience with Swan River First Nation

By Sarah Chisholm | August 15, 2025

Earlier this summer, our team members, Katie Birchard, Leonardo Frid, and Colin Daniel, traveled to Kinuso, Alberta, where they co-facilitated a two-day workshop on wildfire…

Upcoming BurnP3+ wildfire model training opportunities this fall

By Sarah Chisholm | June 30, 2025

Following the success of our most recent sold-out wildfire modeling course this past Spring at the University of Alberta, we’re excited to announce two upcoming…

The next chapter for SyncroSim: launching version 3 and SyncroSim Studio

By Sarah Chisholm | May 27, 2025

ApexRMS is proud to share a significant milestone in our journey to improve the accessibility of ecological modeling: we’ve officially launched version 3 of SyncroSim,…

Now available: BurnP3+FireSTARR – a new wildfire modeling tool for SyncroSim

By Sarah Chisholm | April 28, 2025

ApexRMS has released BurnP3+FireSTARR, a new wildfire modeling package available through the SyncroSim platform. BurnP3+FireSTARR integrates the Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) System FireSTARR…

Supporting Indigenous landscape stewardship in the British Columbia Interior with ST-Sim

By Sarah Chisholm | March 21, 2025

Earlier this month, our team member Leonardo Frid visited the communities of Williams Lake and Clinton, BC to participate in a series of landscape planning…

Registration is open for the upcoming BurnP3+ training workshop at the University of Alberta

By Sarah Chisholm | January 29, 2025

Based on overwhelming interest and positive feedback from participants after a sold out session last November, the Canadian Forest Service and ApexRMS are cohosting another…

ApexRMS attends the AGU 2024 meeting in Washington, D.C.

By Sarah Chisholm | December 20, 2024

At the recent AGU 2024 Meeting in Washington, D.C., our president, Colin Daniel, showcased an innovative adaptation of the USGS’s Land Use and Carbon Simulator…

Advancing wildfire risk modeling at the BurnP3+ workshop in Kelowna, BC

By Sarah Chisholm | November 28, 2024

This past month, ApexRMS co-hosted a workshop on Wildfire Risk Modeling using BurnP3+ alongside the Canadian Forest Service (NRCan) at the UBC Okanagan campus in…

ApexRMS and BurnP3+ at Wildland Fire Canada 2026

By Sarah Chisholm | September 25, 2026

The Wildland Fire Canada Conference + Canadian Smoke Forum returns to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, October 19th–23rd, 2026, bringing together wildland fire management agencies, Indigenous knowledge holders,…

ApexRMS at EFI2026 in Toronto, ON

By Sarah Chisholm | August 12, 2026

This month, ApexRMS attended the Ecological Forecasting Initiative’s (EFI) 2026 Conference in Toronto, ON. This is the first time the conference has been hosted in…

Designing a wildfire risk assessment case study with Swan River First Nation

By Sarah Chisholm | July 22, 2026

This past spring, ApexRMS joined Swan River First Nation (SRFN) for a case study design workshop in Kinuso, Alberta. The two-day session helped shape a…

Mapping wildlife connectivity across Nova Scotia

By Sarah Chisholm | June 25, 2026

This past spring, ApexRMS completed a province-wide, multispecies ecological connectivity assessment for the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (NS DNR). Spanning more than 5.5…

Building Canada’s Wildfire Hazard Solution with the MaRS Adaptech Accelerator

By Sarah Chisholm | May 29, 2026

ApexRMS has been selected as one of nine ventures to join the inaugural MaRS Adaptech Accelerator, a program that supports companies applying rigorous science and…

Modeling habitat connectivity across the Swan River First Nation traditional territory

By Sarah Chisholm | April 30, 2026

This past winter, ApexRMS completed a habitat connectivity analysis in collaboration with Swan River First Nation (SRFN) in northern Alberta. The project explored how current…

Introducing the Landscape Conservation Forecasting Handbook

By Sarah Chisholm | March 26, 2026

We are excited to share the publication of the Landscape Conservation Forecasting Handbook by Dr. Louis Provencher, Director of Science at The Nature Conservancy in…

Hands-on wildfire hazard modeling training with BurnP3+ coming to Toronto this April

By Sarah Chisholm | February 27, 2026

ApexRMS is pleased to announce an upcoming guided course, Wildfire hazard modeling using BurnP3+, taking place April 14–16, 2026 at York University in Toronto, Ontario.…

Advancing wildfire risk planning with Swan River First Nation

By Sarah Chisholm | December 22, 2025

This past fall, ApexRMS returned to Kinuso, Alberta to continue our partnership with Swan River First Nation (SRFN) on the co-development of a wildfire risk…

Empowering groups with better wildfire modeling tools

By Sarah Chisholm | November 28, 2025

This past fall, ApexRMS team members contributed to two major wildfire modeling events, sharing tools and partnerships that support safer, more informed wildland fire planning…

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