Population biologist, puzzling over prawns & other things. Puttering around by foot, bike, boat. I love public radio, envelope-width books, and a good tune.
Victoria, BC
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This morning, @SalmonCoast released a report presenting one approach to assessing the status of #salmon pop'ns in the Broughton Archipelago, northeast Vancouver Island, and surrounding mainland inlets.
I am trying to get in touch with a former (I assume) @NOAAFisheries scientist, Gary Winan, but his old email appears to be deactivated. Anyone on here able to connect me?
Huge for early career researchers. Congrats to MANY folks working w/ diligence & persistence over YEARS to get this done. This must set new bar for unis, depts, profs in years to come. Science blossoms w/ kind, creative, curious minds & financial insecurity strips all that away.
Budget win for @SupportOurSci ence —after 20 years of scholarship stagnation the government has finally agreed to allow our best and brightest grad students to live at or above the poverty line!
Reads like a Bradbury novel.
Fossil fuel giant BP has plans to drill an exploratory well in a marine refuge off the coast of NL. Wilkinson said if BP finds oil while exploring the area, there is a possibility the marine refuge could be altered and “removed as a conservation area.” 🧵nationalobserver.com/2023/06…
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Join me and #SupportOurScience in advocating for increased funding for graduate students and postdocs! The QR code here has an email you can send to the relevant federal ministers, or call your local MPs (info for those in Victoria).
Great to hear from @LaurelSchafer, member of the Bouchard report committee and FIRED UP for paying graduate students & postdocs a liveable wage! #SupportOurScience
#SupportOurScience showing up strong here in Victoria!!!!!! Hope you're listening @JustinTrudeau @cafreeland @FP_Champagne @Laurel_BC @ElizabethMay
Funding announcements investing in research at @uvic and other institutions are exciting. But w/out updating standards for what is acceptable to pay grad students & post-docs, this important work will be done, in part, by folks paid below poverty line. #SupportOurScience
Thrilled to witness the announcement of this historic investment in research at UVic. Thanks to @FP_Champagne and all our partners. Let’s get started!! @UVicResearch
We will be walking out here @uvic! For those undergrads, grads, post-docs, faculty interested in joining and/or helping organise - we'll be having a meeting tomorrow, Tuesday April 25th @ 2:30 pm. DM me for deets.
For more info about the Support Our Science Nation-wide Walkout see below 👇 and visit supportourscience.ca. See you on May 1! #supportourscience 4/4
I am coordinating the @SupportOurSci here at the University of Victoria. If you are interested in joining the walkout at 10 am on Monday May 1st, RSVP here so I can reach you with further comms: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
NATIONAL WALKOUT FAQ We wanted to address some frequently asked questions:
- We're targeting the Canadian government, NOT institutions
- The walkout, and future SOS advocacy, includes Tri-Agency scholarships, fellowships, AND GRANTS!
#SupportOurScience
ALT Who is the target? The federal government What are we advocating for? Increased federal funding for grad students and postdocs through scholarships/fellowships and grants
@baumlab @JuanesLab @AmandaEBates @Mark_Alun_Lewis @MicahBrush @ChrisDarimont @BStarzomski @Greg_Owens
#IAmAGradStudent and #Budget2023 means that the evidence that informs this government's so-called "evidence-based decision making" will continue to be produced on the backs of research trainees paid below the poverty line. @cafreeland @justintrudeau #SupportOurScience
This budget is disappointing, but there are opportunities for funding agencies & unis to pick up slack & apply pressure of their own. If # of trainees plummeted because @NSERC_CRSNG took the lead and funded EACH AWARD at a level that supports a human being, (I hope) we'd notice.
Science is best served by kind human beings with curiosity & creativity. Financial insecurity gnaws away at all of that. Looking to my home universities to back students & post-docs up on this. @UAlberta @ualbertaScience @uvic @uvicbio
About time this city kid built some character and our "spring" prawnz survey delivered the ingredients. Fortunately, I get to work with a crew of real tuff & capable cookies who know how to have a laugh, even in a blizzard.
