Ecologist, conservation biologist
Peterborough, Ontario
Joined April 2015
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As an ecologist, my goals are straightforward — understand, conserve, inspire. Understand the natural world through the lens of #science. Conserve #biodiversity with the help of this knowledge. And inspire the next generation to do so.
Truths cannot walk on their own legs. They
must be carried by people to other people.
They must be explained, defended, and spread
through language, argument and appeal.
– Karlyn Campbell
So long 55.
And so long to the 109-yard rush (George Dixon, Wllie Fleming) and the 109-yard pass (Sam Etcheverry, Jerry Keeling, Damon Allen) — records never to be equaled.
Logging #boreal forests makes carbon more likely to be released back into the atmosphere. Hence global estimates of carbon storage from timber products may be exaggerated.
New study @TrentUniversity
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Refillable bottles are much better for the environment. Unhappily, if Moosehead is finished with bottles, I’m finished with Moosehead.
Moosehead Breweries will no longer sell beer in bottles - New Brunswick-based Moosehead Breweries has announced it will stop selling its beer in bottles at the end of the year. ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new-brun…
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Editor searching reviewers in August
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Post-doctoral research opportunity at Trent University in the ecology and conservation of woodland #caribou. Annual salary of $80,000. Apply to [email protected] by September 5, 2025.
Students often ask for lecture slides, but does access to slides enhance learning?
Using a within-subject design — evaluating each student, with & without slides — researchers report "access to slides ... had a negative impact on student performance."
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Add more capacity & traffic congestion eases. Or will it?
Study after study shows new roads cut travel times—temporarily. Soon, new capacity fills with more cars, more trips & longer drives.
The benefits evaporate; the environmental impacts endure.
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/h…
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Nov is just around the corner, and with it another Conservation Cafe! Dr. Vivian Nguyen will be our guest on the 12th, reflecting on 15 years of thinking about and contributing to interdisciplinary conservation research. What promotes pro-enviro behaviours? Drop in to find out!
ALT A poster with a photo of Dr. Nguyen under a tree in soft focus. The text: Date: Nov. 12 Title: Bridging the Knowledge-Action Gap in Conservation: Reflections on 15 Years of Lessons Learned Upstairs at The Publican 294 Charlotte St 7:30pm
Time for the scientific community to make a difference in #conservation .
But it "must move beyond its comfort zone of writing papers & preaching to its own choirs. It must engage with the public and policymakers to turn knowledge into action."
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
At least since Darwin, islands have played a disproportionate role in biological thought.
And islands are key to conservation. They hold a disproportionate share of the diversity and number of endangered species of plants. A new, global analysis.
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A full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Biology at Simon Fraser University.
sfu.ca/biology/about/employm…
Ecological changes are often subtle, complex, and drawn-out.
For research & researchers, the implications are clear: To speed ecological science, invest in the long haul.
theconversation.com/the-cana… via @ConversationCA
Conserving species and fighting climate change go hand-in-hand. In ecosystems richer in plant species, more carbon is stored — based on evidence from nearly 100 studies worldwide.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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Not in honour of thanksgiving, but perhaps nevertheless on theme, in October we will host an exciting talk about the Greater Sage Grouse and efforts to conserve its habitat from Trent's own @AutumnWatkinson!
Free with a cash bar, 7:30pm, Oct 8 at the Publican. 🦃
ALT Two images make up a background. In the corner: a Greater sage grouse in East Block Grasslands National Park. It's a brown mottled bird the size of a pumpkin, hanging out in some scrub. In the background: a shot of West Block Grasslands National Park. It's composed of sage brush and grasses, spreading wide down the horizon. The text reads: Saving the last Dance... of the Greater Sage Grouse. oct 8 7:30pm Upstairs at the publican 294 charlotte st. Dr autumn wakinson trent university
Compelling images from @TrentUniversity professor @NeilEverOsborne: "Nowhere on planet Earth will remain untouched by a warming world."
What On Earth with Laura Lynch: Can an image of frozen penguin chicks spark climate action? cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-4…
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Tonight's the night that the sturgeon spawn at the Conservation Cafe. How to see you at 7:30 pm upstairs at The Publican!
