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Understanding habitat preferences of wood buffalo in northern Alberta

By Sarah Chisholm | October 22, 2024

ApexRMS recently completed an incredible week-long trip to northern Alberta, hosted by the Fort McMurray Métis. The trip was held in support of a project…

ApexRMS to co-host an upcoming BurnP3+ training workshop

By Sarah Chisholm | August 13, 2024

ApexRMS is excited to announce we will be co-hosting the upcoming course, Wildfire risk modeling using BurnP3+, to be held in-person at the UBC Okanagan…

Celebrating ST-Sim’s 10-year anniversary with a new logo

By Sarah Chisholm | July 26, 2024

ST-Sim, the open-source SyncroSim package for modeling landscape change, is turning 10 years old. To mark this special date, we took a moment to reflect on…

Presentation at the EcoPark management forum on ecological corridor planning

By Sarah Chisholm | June 26, 2024

ApexRMS recently visited the Royal Botanical Gardens to speak at a management forum organized by the Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System. The event connected the…

ApexRMS workshop and talks at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology

By Sarah Chisholm | May 17, 2024

ApexRMS is excited to announce that we will be delivering a series of talks and a workshop at this year’s North American Congress for Conservation Biology…

Introducing SyncroSim Cloud: transforming collaborative geospatial forecasting

By Sarah Chisholm | April 12, 2024

We’re excited to announce the official beta launch of SyncroSim Cloud, a new online platform allowing users to collaborate on the development of geospatial forecasting…

Wrap-up of SyncroSim BurnP3+ Workshop on fire simulation modeling

By Sarah Chisholm | March 12, 2024

ApexRMS recently travelled to Edmonton, Alberta to give a three-day workshop on BurnP3+, a SyncroSim package for simulating landscape-level wildfire burn probability. The workshop was…

Upcoming SyncroSim workshop at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology 2024

By Sarah Chisholm | February 27, 2024

ApexRMS is excited to attend this year’s North American Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB), taking place June 23-28th in Vancouver, BC, Canada. We are pleased…

Omniscape Impact: a new tool for assessing the effects of habitat restoration on ecological connectivity

By Sarah Chisholm | January 8, 2024

ApexRMS has developed a new tool to assess the impact of alternative habitat restoration options on future ecological connectivity. The Omniscape Impact tool combines a…

State-and-transition simulation modeling for wetland reclamation in the Athabasca Oil Sands

By Sarah Chisholm | December 11, 2023

ApexRMS is happy to announce its participation in the Boreal Wetlands Reclamation Assessment Program (BWRAP), in collaboration with Dr. Jan Ciborowski, Industrial Research Chair 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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