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Professor of Biology. Ecology, evolution, genetics, in natural and urban habitats. VP of Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution. Passionate about connecting kids with nature, advocating for grad students, postdocs, science funding. Proud Canadian!
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Nous planifions notre prochaine série de webinaires et nous aimerions avoir votre avis! Veuillez prendre un moment pour répondre à notre enquête d'ici le 30 mai 2025 (cela vous prendra < 5 minutes). Merci! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CSEE Voting ends tomorrow! Make sure to cast your vote ASAP 🗳️

🗳️CSEE Election Voting is Now Open!🗳️ Voting runs from May 6–20. Candidate statements are available here: csee-scee.ca/elections/. All members with active memberships as of May 6 can vote. How to Vote: Check your inbox (and spam) for an email from ElectionBuddy with your voting link & instructions.

🗳️Les élections de la SCEE sont ouvertes: 6 au 20 mai 2025!🗳️ La liste des candidats est affichée en ligne csee-scee.ca/fr/elections/. Comment voter: Un courriel d’ElectionBuddy avec le lien et les instructions sera envoyé aux membres. Vérifiez votre boîte de réception et vos spams !

Excited to have our front yard (and research) featured in this BBC article about turning your yard into a pollinator garden (so-called "meadowscaping") www.bbc.com/future/artic.... By Ally Hirschlag

En ce Jour De la Terre, la SCEE souligne le travail remarquable des écologistes et biologistes évolutifs du Canada, qui œuvrent à comprendre la vie sur Terre et à conserver, préserver et restaurer les écosystèmes d’un océan à l’autre, ici comme ailleurs. Merci de poursuivre ce travail essentiel !🌎

On this #EarthDay, CSEE recognize the amazing work Canada’s ecologists and evolutionary biologists are doing to understand life on Earth, including how to conserve, preserve and restore our environment from coast to coast to coast in Canada and beyond. Keep up the great work!🌎 #EarthDay2025

Today is the last day of Early-bird registration for CSEE 2025. Join us in Sherbrooke & enjoy Quebec's beautiful Eastern Townships. C'est aujourd'hui le dernier jour de l'inscription hâtive pour la SCEE 2025. Rejoignez-nous à Sherbrooke! event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages

📊 Info Session: Science & Research in Canada's 2025 Election 30-minute briefing on science policy issues ahead of the federal election.

La science apporte d'inombrables bénéfices à l'Humanité. La CSEE condamne les actions de l'administration américaine actuelle visant à démanteler la science. Pour lire l'intégralité de notre déclaration de soutien aux scientifiques américains et à la science, cliquez ici : tinyurl.com/y4y5a7tv

Science benefits humanity in countless ways. CSEE condemns the current U.S. administration’s efforts to dismantle science. Read our full statement in support of U.S. scientists and science here: tinyurl.com/ypamt7fy

Science benefits humanity in countless ways. CSEE condemns the current U.S. administration’s efforts to dismantle science. Read our full statement in support of U.S. scientists and science here: csee-scee.ca/current-bull...

The Inside Scoop: Science, Research, & the 2025 Federal Election Join us for a 30-minute information session to learn about key policy conversations affecting science and research in Canada. With a federal election approaching, it’s more important than ever to understand what’s at stake.

Twitter/X is down! Looks like DOGE doesn't even spare it's own business from their cuts and chaos #uspoli

CSEE needs your help! The CSEE equity fund helps send students/postdocs in financial need to our annual meeting. Unfortunately in these difficult times, the need exceeds our resources. Please help a student/postdoc by making a small donation here: gofund.me/ac98009f

Please join me in helping send a student or postdoc in financial need to CSEE-SCEE 2025. Dozens of students/postdocs won't be able to attend this important scientific meeting without our help

The University of Toronto's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department invites postdoc applications. Salary: $70K; start: July–Dec 2025. Deadline: April 25, 2025. More: https://eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/ #postdoc

🌲 Excursion: Parc national du Mont-Mégantic! 🌲 Join us for a guided hike at #CSEE2025 through the breathtaking Parc national du Mont-Mégantic with Pr Mark Vellend. Explore temperate and boreal forests with spectacular views as we make our way to the top of Mont St-Joseph! 📅 Sunday, July 6th

Les résumés sont attendus aujourd'hui pour #CSEE2025 ! Soumettez-les ici : event.fourwaves.com/fr/scee2025/.... L'inscription anticipée est ouverte jusqu'au 15 avril. Rendez-vous à Sherbrooke! @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social

Abstracts are due today for #CSEE2025! Submit them here: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages. Early bird registration is open until April 15. See you in Sherbrooke! @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social

The deadline is March 15 to apply for #Evol2025 in-person registration waivers! Current grad students and recent grads (< 6 years post-PhD) without a permanent position, including those recently unemployed, are welcome to apply. @evolmtg.bsky.social www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

Deadline for abstracts at #CSEE2025 is tomorrow. Get those abstracts in and see you in Sherbrooke! La date limite pour les résumés à la conférence #SCEE2025 est demain. Envoyez vos résumés et rendez-vous à Sherbrooke

🚨 Early Bird Registration is OPEN for #CSEE2025! 📅 Don’t miss out on the conference in Sherbrooke from July 6th to 9th 2025! 💡 Register by April 15 to take advantage of the early-bird discounted rate! More information ⬇️ event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pag...

🚨New preprint! I conducted a large field experiment with @evoecolab.bsky.social and Nic Kooyers, manipulating precipitation and herbivory in Ontario and Louisiana to study effects on ☘️. Wrapping my head around the complex results was an adventure, so I'm excited to hear what others think. Pls share!

Posted by NSERC president Dr. Alejandro Adem today about grad/pdf scholarships & award harmonization. Further details here: tinyurl.com/mrzjmxzb #phdsky #phdchat

44,000 #biological #interactions extracted from 84,000 publications—in just a few hours using GPT4o Preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... by @francoiskeck.bsky.social et al #ecology🌍🌐🐟🌳🦋🪰🌿🪲 #predation #parasitism #mutualism 🚀 Potential applications seem endless & will change how we do #ecology

Joyeuse journée internationale des femmes. La SCEE a la chance de compter de nombreuses femmes qui dirigent notre société et font du Canada un chef de file mondial en recherche écologique et évolutive

Happy International Women’s Day! CSEE is fortunate to have many women who lead our society and are making Canada a world leader in ecological and evolutionary research

Our Austin Stand up for science march is on for March 7... and everywhere else in the country. Spread the word.

Exciting new paper by Jens Ulrich & Risa Sargent: "Urban landscapes with more natural greenspace support higher pollinator diversity." esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

An (unfortunate) title that says it all. Time to get nutrient inputs under control across all systems and regions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The environmental cost of war is part of the human cost of war. 🇵🇸 🌍 e360.yale.edu/features/gaz...

🌿 #CSEE2025 Symposium Highlight 🌿 "Relations between habitat characteristics and individual phenotype: habitat as an extended phenotype." 🔬 Explore how habitat features shape behavioral & phenotypic variation and their eco-evo impacts. 🧑‍🔬 Organized by Denis Réale (UQAM) & Julien Martin (U Ottawa)

The SSE Caregiver Award provides up to $500 USD to help cover caregiving costs while attending virtual or in-person #Evol2025. Apply by March 15! @evolmtg.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4ayQxbG

Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

Please circulate widely: We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education tinyurl.com/IEEjobs

Excited to share our latest #urbanevolution paper led by former #postdoc Dr. Lindsay Miles & @ecarlen.bsky.social, along with undergrad Zain Nassrulah and @urbanevol.bsky.social #evolbiol #urbanecology 🌎 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 1/3

True North Strong and FREE! #Canada

Helpful new app #buybever just developed to help people #buycanadian. Available in app store www.buybeaver.ca/donate

I'm teaching two workshops at #CSEE2025: * Intro to science communication * Intro to storytelling in science Material is different and complementary. Skills are relevant for any career stage, in academic and non-academic jobs. #SciComm @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social

We are honored to welcome Maydianne Andrade, recipient of the President’s Award for Societal Engagement, as a keynote speaker! 🎤 “I don’t think of you as Black” and other Misconceptions about Equity, Merit & Systems Change 📍 Don’t miss this talk at #CSEE2025 in Sherbrooke

Sometimes faculty have to go to extreme measures in @utmbiology.bsky.social to get home after giving a lecture #snowmageddon

Les inscriptions et soumissions pour #SCEE2025 sont maintenant OUVERTES! Ne manquez pas votre chance: soumettez votre résumé et inscrivez-vous avant le 15 mars! Inscription: event.fourwaves.com/fr/scee2025/.... Hébergement: event.fourwaves.com/fr/scee2025/... #phdsky #evolbiol #écologie 🌎

Registrations and submissions for #CSEE2025 are now OPEN! Don’t miss your chance, submit your abstract and register before March 15th. Registration: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages. Accommodation: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pag... #phdsky #evolbiol #ecology 🌎

New in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: Birds in cities can be both good & bad for human well-being, but their impact is under-studied and likely varies across groups & cityscapes 📄Bird-mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities and towns doi.org/10.1002/fee....