Students are always welcome in the lab, especially if they can cover some of their own stipendiary funding (see 'potential funding sources' below for some ideas of where you can obtain funding). If you are interested in graduate school at McGill, please email me with a resume, transcript (unofficial is fine; it's so that I can figure out if you're eligible for the program and/or likely to obtain external funding), and an idea of what you are interested in studying and how that overlaps with my own interests. Please let me know if you are or are not eligible for NSERC or FQRNT, and, for undergraduates, Work-Study.

I supervise Honours projects typically in Environmental Biology, Life Sciences or McGill School of Environment, but I can supervise other programs as well; for Honours students, the sooner you contact me, the more I can help.

Potential funding sources:
Weston
NSERC or FRQNT
McGill has compiled a list of potential funding sources here.
Rowan Barrett has compiled a list of potential funding sources here.

If you are already here:
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/anne-vallee-ecological-fund (often funds seabird research)
http://jcfmontreal.org/stephen-bronfman-scholarship-fund-in-environmental-studies/ (for Quebec residents)
http://www.nprb.org/graduate-research-award-program (if you work with me at Middleton)
http://cwf-fcf.org/en/about-cwf/foundation/foundation/scholarships.html?referrer=https://www.google.ca/​

Highly recommended reading for anyone in or contemplating grad school:

A list of resources for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows compiled by Scott Keogh is here. 

Sound advice for young scientists is compiled by Andrew Hendry here.

Details on graduate school at McGill:

Finances.

You will be paid a stipend (there is no fixed minimum--that is between you and me to figure out). You will then pay tuition and fees out of that stipend, which you can calculate using the McGill tuition calculator (note that those fees go up with inflation each year but your stipend does not). Because non-Quebec students pay much higher tuition as Master's students than as PhD students, I usually only take Quebec students for the Master's program. While graduate school has its own intrinsic rewards (it is one of the few opportunities in your life to focus on research exclusively and to take on a large research project), it is essential that students are financially stable to take advantage of those rewards. Grad school stipends won't make you rich, but they are certainly a step up from being an undergraduate. That being said, student stipends are easily my largest expense, and so students with external stipends (NSERC, FQRNT, etc.) certainly make my life easier. For instance, my NSERC Discovery Grant (my basic research budget) is $25 000 per year, allowing me to fund perhaps a single graduate student and have a little money left over for research costs. There are always other sources of funding, but they are usually narrowly tied to a particular project.

Timelines.

I expect the Master's program to take students 2 years and the PhD program 4 years. However, in some cases it takes 1-2 years longer than those guidelines--especially if mental illness, parenthood or disabilities arise. In general, a PhD in Canada takes longer than in Europe but shorter than in the United States.

Admission.

Please read that guidelines, as they outline the general procedures surrounding graduate school at McGill. You must meet the English proficiency, GPA and other requirements, or else you will not be accepted (there's nothing I can do to get around those requirements--they come from the central office downtown). In general, the guidelines are there for a reason; if you don't have sufficient English skills or if your marks are low, you are unlikely to succeed in a program that requires writing a lengthy thesis.

Thesis requirements.

I supervise students in the Natural Resource Sciences-Renewable Resources, Wildlife Biology Option (PhD and MSc). The course requirements are listed with each of those links. I suggest reading the Graduate Timelines website which will guide you through graduate school at McGill. 

Can I live elsewhere and do grad school at McGill? 

The official answer is no. That being said, as long as you're productive, it is doubtful that anyone (i.e. me) will cause you trouble. However, your committee can require that you spend more time on campus and you must take and pass various courses, which requires that you spend some time on campus. And, of course, your project may require field or lab work that will involve time away from home.

External research grants. 

I require all students in my lab to write at least one external research grant per year. Although the money is relatively small ($1-3K/grant), the money is typically paid to the student and goes directly towards the student's research project. These grants help the resume, and, moreover, are very useful for developing your project. There's nothing like being required to justify yourself to an external agency to crystallize hypotheses, methods and ideas. In most cases, these grants involve copying and pasting research proposals into a different format, or vice versa. They should take no more than one day to write, given that you will already have a research proposal written. 

Some possible grants:

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/grants/
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/aina-grant-aid
http://www.bou.org.uk/grants-and-bursaries/previous-awards-project-reports/