Who do I know currently or recently serving on the council, executive, or similar leadership role in scientific professional societies and nature-related clubs in Canada?

Sad to be missing #SWEEET and #CSEE2026 this year but I am typing this while nap trapped under a newborn and I while I will miss you all, I wouldn’t have it any other way. Please go to this great symposium for me!

SWEEET@sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us at the #SWEEET Symposium on May 14 (1:30-5pm) at #CSEE2026! We're tackling three barriers facing equity-deserving researchers: parenthood, fieldwork access & socioeconomic challenges. Featuring talks by Drs. Courtney Robichaud, Rachel Giles & Diane Srivastava. We hope to see you there!

Love the themed outpatient rooms at JPCHospital (no emergencies, just some planned things). Somehow we got red squirrel and prairie dog rooms, both species I’ve published on! Huge shoutout to all the staff when baby arrived! We felt really cared for & supported. Grateful for default private rooms 🙌

Just published in Contaminants, Environment, and Society! This opening editorial outlines the journal's vision, highlighting how contaminants shape lives, lands, cultures, communities, and futures. Read here 🌱▶️ https://ow.ly/bB4y50YRMo1 #EnvironmentalHealth 🧪

How your email finds me (in my mat leave era)

FACETS Journal is on the lookout for a Co-Editor-in-Chief! If you have expertise in evolutionary ecology, conservation, biodiversity, or environmental sciences, we want to hear from you. More information: https://ow.ly/aCF150Y7QO5 #CallForApplications #EditorInChief

Another pathetic move by the Canadian government. There is no justification for using strychnine on ground squirrels. Further CBC made no attempt to contact biologists or veterinarians to discuss the dangers of strychnine. #Alberta #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ottawa authorizes emergency use of strychnine in Alberta, Saskatchewan to address gopher infestation | CBC News

Ottawa is authorizing the controlled and time-limited emergency use of strychnine to address millions of dollars worth of damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan caused by an infestation of Richardson's gr...

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Juliet Turner completed a PhD focused on cooperative insects and how they distribute labour. A celebratory post went viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s how she managed the backlash and used the attention to promote her research: spklr.io/63326Eyi0r #PhDChat #PhDSky #AcademicSky

How I turned online misogyny about my PhD into momentum for my career

A simple celebratory post about completing my PhD went viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s how I managed the backlash and used the attention to promote my research.

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I have reached the "mad that faucets are on the back side of sinks" stage of pregnancy

Had to reschedule an appointment I was just given for a scan that can’t be done while pregnant. Person on the phone was shocked my doctor would have requested this while I was pregnant. They didn’t. I could have almost had two babies back to back since I’ve been waitlisted for this scan. #skpoli

Spatially detailed tree-ring analysis exposes widespread forest growth decline throughout Canada Girardin et al. https://ow.ly/ZJp450Y6A9O This article is part of a collection on Measuring Forest Degradation: https://ow.ly/2IJe50Y6A9Q

Man, one of the most depressing aspects of modern scholarship is finding a great article and then looking up the scholar to see what else they’ve done and just catching a glimpse of an abbreviated career hopping between visiting positions and publishing great pieces before disappearing from academia

My family has a beagle so I know the answer is: something smaller and less determined than a beagle.

LRB Bookshop@londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 5mo ago

what is the largest animal you are confident you could expel, singlehandedly, from a medium-size bookshop? RULES: - you have no resources beyond what is available in the shop - you must remain more or less uninjured - bookshop has 2 floors; animal is on ground floor, you can choose where you begin

New role at Canadian Science Publishing: Peer Review Coordinator Work closely with authors, reviewers, and editors to support the peer review process for our journals. #Hiring ▶️ https://ow.ly/frkl50YqgmN #PeerReview #SciencePublishing #AcademicJobs

Vulnerable people like Guy are threatened by bad hospital policies and understaffing. He was first moved from his hometown hospital because they didn't have resources to treat pneumonia. Then they put him into a hospital hallway in #YXE, where they didn't have enough room. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'A cold would kill me': Immunocompromised man spends day in Saskatoon hospital hallway | CBC News

Guy Pollock of Watrous, Sask., was transported to Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital to be treated for pneumonia. He spent more than 24 hours in a hallway before being transported to Saskatoon City...

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Bears hibernate for months and wake up without muscle, bone, or brain damage. Scientists are turning that into medicine for stroke, diabetes, and aging 🐻❄️🔬 Read the review: https://ow.ly/4oU550YoH6r 📸 cjz-2025-0055_con1 #Biomedicine #Hibernation

I love these papers on strange specimens in museums. No one will ever cite them, but they bring me joy. There's something pleasing about setting the record straight and solving a mystery. (and at this stage in my career, citations are much less important)

Dr Alex Bond@thelabandfield.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New paper in @britornitholclub.bsky.social - Paige Langle and I highlight (and confirm the identity!) of the only North American record of the now-extinct Slender-billed Curlew (1/4) bioone.org/journals/bul... #ornithology

Smart me put the leftover cupcakes from my baby shower this weekend in the freezer. Pregnant me is mad about it and debating eating them frozen before 9 am.

New paper out from my former labmate just in time for #InternationalPolarBearDay in the journal @arcticsciencej.bsky.social

Arctic Science Journal@arcticsciencej.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Today is #InternationalPolarBearDay! 🐻‍❄️ Did you know polar bear visits to human infrastructure increase with sea ice loss, not poor body condition? Learn more from Dr. Danielle Rivet and her team’s study, published today in #ArcticScience https://ow.ly/y8qe50YneHH

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

I've been a wildlife biologist for more than 4 decades and I can't tell the difference between tundra and trumpeter swans (with confidence) on the wing. We brought back trumpeter swans from the brink: this could put all that work at risk. I too oppose a swan hunt in MB. 🪶🦢 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Group of Manitoba wildlife experts, hunters urge public to oppose proposed swan, dove hunts | CBC News

Six Manitoba hunters and wildlife experts have grouped together to voice their opposition to proposed hunting seasons for two migratory birds in Manitoba, and they're asking other concerned members of...

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CES has opened its first collection for submissions! #contaminants #pollution #ecotox #CommunityAction 🧪

Contaminants, Environment, and Society@contaminantsenvsoc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Calling all #contaminants researchers! Submit to our first collection on Community Action for Contaminant Research. Share studies where communities lead or inform research on human, wildlife, or environmental contaminants ▶️ https://ow.ly/QfY650YfeIp #CallforPapers #ContaminantResearch

⭐EDITOR'S CHOICE⭐ Ecological and physiological factors influencing the use of mineral licks by Stone’s sheep (Ovis dalli stonei) 🖋️Emery et al. 🔗 https://ow.ly/T6rC50Y8Z2a #FreeAccess while featured

⭐EDITOR'S CHOICE | Review⭐ A review of the social and ecological impacts of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) during and after an outbreak on forests in North America 🖋️Grela et al. 🔗 https://ow.ly/gKJu50Y91HE #OpenAccess #ForestManagement

A reminder that EDI policies are enacted because *without* them there is bias in the system.

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦@emmettmacfarlane.com · 6mo ago

With headlines that the University of Alberta will "abandon race-based" admissions policies, remember that anti-EDI framing is designed to make it seem like the pre-EDI status quo is somehow 'neutral'. In reality, by abandoning sensible EDI policies, institutions are *doing* race-based admissions.

La nouvelle université devrait ouvrir ses portes d'ici 2030. Elle accueillera environ 100 étudiants et comptera 80 membres du personnel. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Arviat, Nunavut, chosen as main campus site for Canada's 1st Inuit university | CBC News

Arviat, a small Nunavut community located along the western shore of Hudson Bay, will be the home of the first Inuit-led university in Canada's Arctic, CBC News has learned.

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Those who have abstracts accepted to the meeting have a chance to publish their work in the IBFRA 2026 special collection in @canjforestres.bsky.social cdnsciencepub.com/topic/cjfr-i...

Junior A. Tremblay@tremblay-ecology.bsky.social · 6mo ago

IBFRA 2026 Conference 📅 August 24–28, 2026 📍 Centre des congrès de Québec, Québec City, Canada 🌐 www.ibfra2026.org LAST Call for abstracts – Deadline: Feb 15, 2026; 11:59pm PST Conference Themes and Plenary Topics Abstracts are welcome across all areas of boreal forest research

On this day that supports inclusive futures for women and girls in science, let's not forget all the women that were sidelined, ignored, or forced out of science because they: - had children - prioritised family/caring - did science differently - questioned boundaries & norms - fought the patriarchy

There's an amazing cafe in town near the place I'm going to for pregnancy appointments. Truly a brilliant business location decision (I learned today that I'm far from alone in the clinic-to-treat pipeline)

How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications. My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/ academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology

Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d

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