Amélie Boutin

Amélie Boutin is a Master’s student in Biology at Carleton University, conducting her research in affiliation with Environment and Climate Change Canada. She completed her BSc at the University of Ottawa, where she investigated how landscape composition influences turtle abundance in wetlands. For her MSc research, Amélie draws on her background in landscape ecology to address questions within a One Health framework. Her current work focuses on identifying landscape-level risk factors for the transmission of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at the wild bird-domestic poultry interface. By comparing the farm-level, local, and regional landscapes surrounding both infected and non-infected commercial poultry farms in southern Ontario, she aims to determine whether and how a farm’s location influences its risk of HPAI outbreak. Findings from this research will help inform practical recommendations for land-use planning, farm biosecurity, and habitat management to reduce future outbreak risk.