SWEEET
@sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social
The Section Working for Equity in Ecology and Evolution Today (of @csee-scee.bsky.social). Cultivating inclusive, communal, and accountable workplace cultures / relationships. sweeetecoevo.weebly.com https://csee-scee.ca/
Are you passionate about equity in the field of ecology and evolution? Are you interested in building community in science? 🌿 SWEEET is looking for motivated folks to join this year's Symposium Organizing and Equity Fund committees! ✨ Interested in joining? Email us at sweeet.ecoevo@gmail.com 💌
Got lunch plans? Now you do 🍽️ Join us for SWEEET Seats: Speed Networking Lunch during #CSEE2026! Bring your lunch and meet some rad folks in our community while chatting about the themes from the SWEEET symposium. 🗓️ May 14 | 12:00–1:30 pm 📍 During CSEE (May 11–14)
Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s Read the full story: go.nature.com/4v4rxmQ
We are still short of our fundraising goal for the SWEEET/CSEE Equity Fund 🌱🧬🎓 If you’re able, please share or consider donating to help remove financial barriers for trainees hoping to attend #CSEE2026 in Toronto through the Equity Fund! @csee-scee.bsky.social #EcoEvo gofund.me/cca1d39af
Donate to Help Send Early-Career Researchers to CSEE 2026, organized by SWEEET EcoEvo
The Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) and SWEEET’s (Secti… SWEEET EcoEvo needs your support for Help Send Early-Career Researchers to CSEE 2026
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Call for Donations to Support the SWEEET/CSEE Equity Fund 🌱🧬🎓 Help remove financial barriers by supporting grad students & postdocs attending #CSEE2026 in Toronto through donating to the Equity Fund. Support access to science by donating / sharing! @csee-scee.bsky.social #EcoEvo gofund.me/cca1d39af
🚨Critical BREACH OF PRIVACY🚨 and trust for any 🇨🇦 researcher (trainees to PIs) who have been involved with ANY grant or scholarship submission (or their review!!!) to ANY of the TriCouncils (CIHR NSERC SSHRC) in the last 20 years! Also see this petition & thread 👇🏻 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data? The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦@michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 10mo agoCanadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications: Applicant names, profiles, demographics Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Attn: Canadian researchers/ If you are looking for text/arguments to mix-n-match in a letter to your MP, the committee, Ministers, etc.. here is some. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
MP letter
[ I am your constituent and a professor at … .] It recently came to my attention that a motion has been passed in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research requesting disaggregated...
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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦@michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 10mo agoCanadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications: Applicant names, profiles, demographics Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications: Applicant names, profiles, demographics Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
In his #ParentCarerScientist case study, Professor Ben Sheldon FRS talks about navigating crises at home and at work, and why it's important for leaders to set an example when it comes to balancing work with caring responsibilities: #CarersWeek #AndAScientist royalsociety.org/about-us/who...
Hot off the press! 🧑🔬🧪 "Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice" authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnYH1MRgT... 🧵1/5
In this installment of the hashtag #ECRAsks series, @oakleigh-wilson.bsky.social spoke to @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social about equity, diversity and how scientific research intersects with politics. Check out their conversation on the SORTEE blog: sortee.org/blog/2025/07...
ECR Asks: Dr. Brooke Long-Fox
SORTEE blog
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Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida! www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...
Drag Queens Tag Sharks in Annual Florida Science Celebration
The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation
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🌟 Something new is coming! 🌟 We’re excited to announce the upcoming BWEEMS Holistic Wellness Program, created in collaboration with Dr. Della V. Mosley. This program is designed for rest, healing, and community care! Stay tuned for more! 🎆
New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
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Our new paper, led by Andrew Burton-Jones, argues English-only science is unfair, costly and may no longer be necessary. With AI translation tools advancing rapidly, we ask what truly multilingual science could look like and how we might get there. doi.org/10.3127/ajis... #languagebarriers 1/4
This Article is Not Just in English | Australasian Journal of Information Systems
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🌿 Are you passionate about equity, ecology, evolution, or just love building community in science? SWEEET is looking for a few motivated folks to join our organizing committee! 🌎✨ Interested? Send us a note at sweeet.ecoevo@gmail.com 💌 #SWEEET #EcoEvo #SciComm #InclusionInSTEM
Citation: Amano T, Ramírez-Castañeda V, Berdejo-Espinola V, Borokini I, Chowdhury S, Golivets M, et al. (2023) The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science. PLoS Biol 21(7): e3002184. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science
This study reveals that non-native English speakers, especially early in their careers, spend more effort than native English speakers in conducting scientific activities, from reading and writing pap...
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Remember to come to SWEEET tomorrow at 1pm! Please join us to learn about these valuable topics that are relevant to everyone at #CSEE2025! Everyone is welcome! Feel free to join at any point in our symposium
SWEEET@sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social · last yr.📢 Don’t miss the SWEEET Symposium at #CSEE2025 on July 9 in Sherbrooke! This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization. #SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
And please join us for SWEEET! We have amazing speakers lined up and this topic is relevant to everyone at #CSEE2025
SWEEET@sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social · last yr.📢 Don’t miss the SWEEET Symposium at #CSEE2025 on July 9 in Sherbrooke! This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization. #SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
Aerin has a busy(!!) week and we are so lucky to have her as part of this year’s SWEEET! & what a great way to wrap up a conference, if we may say so ourselves 👀 Come join us on Wednesday #CSEE2025 ✨
Aerin Jacob, PhD@aerinj.bsky.social · last yr.See you soon, #CSEE2025! I’m teaching two workshops and giving a talk in SWEEET. Get in touch if you want to chat about conservation science, what it’s like to work at an ENGO, research partnerships with @ncccnc.bsky.social, etc.
📢 Don’t miss the SWEEET Symposium at #CSEE2025 on July 9 in Sherbrooke! This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization. #SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
📢 Ne manquez pas le symposium SWEEET au #CSEE2025 le 9 juillet à Sherbrooke ! Le thème de cette année : Briser les barrières en communication scientifique - faire progresser l'équité, l'accessibilité & l'inclusion par le langage et la visualisation. #SWEEET #EquitéEnScience #SciComm
Birds as pride flags, meticulously researched by my wonderful student Griffin ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella 📷 David Irving, eBird
HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️🌈 Under Trump, research using terms like “Trans,” “LGBTQ,” & “Gender identity” is being defunded. These terms reflect real people who deserve science that includes them. Stand with us to protect LGBTQ+ science from political erasure. grant-watch.us/nih-data.html @rcmedphys.bsky.social
Going to Sherbrooke in July for the CSEE conference? Need a lift from T.O., Montréal, Québec, Ottawa or similar locales? Here is a link for the carpool: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Not registered yet? The program is posted, looks exceptional. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/reg...
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We can’t wait to dig in to this topic with some amazing speakers! We will explore barriers to effective and inclusive communication in different settings, and identify ways to address them. Stay tuned for more details!
CSEE SCEE Meetings@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social · last yr.🌿 #CSEE2025 Symposium Highlight 🌿 "SWEEET - Breaking Barriers in Science Communication" 🌍✨ This year’s @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social tackles language and cultural barriers in ecology communication, highlighting inequities. Participants will gain tools to improve accessibility and inclusion.
🌿 #SCEE2025 Symposium à l'honneur 🌿 « SWEEET – Briser les barrières de la communication scientifique » 🌍✨ Cette année, @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social explore les obstacles linguistiques et culturels en écologie et évolution, et propose des outils de communication plus inclusive.
