New Publication: Ecological Novelty Induced by Climate Change

Jul 23, 2026 | MLP News

We are thrilled to accounce a new review co-authored by Mountain Legacy Project researchers Claire Wright and Eric Higgs, and researchers in the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Portugal, has been published in Nature Climate Change  The review looks at how climate...

From Field Notes to Metadata: Exploring OCR and Chandra for MLP Workflows

May 27, 2026 | External News, MLP News

The Mountain Legacy Project is thrilled to cross-post this article from Kula: Library Futures Academy, highlighting a collaborative exploration of how AI-assisted OCR can support MLP field note workflows. The piece looks at the use of Chandra, an open-source...

Mountain Voices: Continuing the Conversation

Mar 17, 2026 | MLP News

Mountain Voices: Continuing the Conversation In February we gathered at the University of Victoria’s McPherson Library to celebrate the launch of Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project and a Century of Change in Western Canada. The evening brought together...

Walking the Landscape: Insights from Site Visits and Observation

Sep 3, 2025 | MLP News, MLP research

As the new academic year begins, we’re highlighting a different branch of the Visualization Lab’s work. This post features the work of Shima Tajarloo, a PhD student in Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, and MLP-er since 2022! With a background in...

A Guide to Leading a Field Season

Jul 29, 2025 | MLP News, MLP research

By Claire Wright With the field crew off to Jasper for the second part of the MLP 2025 field season, this seemed like a perfect moment to publish Claire Wright’s latest blog post regarding the effort and time that goes into field season preparation. The Mountain...

Citizen Science on Top

May 23, 2025 | External News, MLP News

By Mary Sanseverino & Kate Fryer In honour of the 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation the Mountain Legacy Project (MLP) and the Alpine Club of Canada are collaborating on an exciting citizen science repeat photography project in some of...