Chris Greene

Glass buildings with a paved path in between (gray, with blue lines)

My department @geographieudem.bsky.social is looking for a professor in human geography specializing in the study of social-ecological transformations, political ecology, climate change, environmental justice and/or the geography of risks and infrastructures. Deadline November 10, share widely!

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

Nova Scotia universities required to justify each program for continued funding as international student enrollment drops N.S. academia is facing a potential shakeup as the provincial government demands universities review and justify each of their programs.

Sigh. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/....

“We don’t have endless pockets.”

Maybe not, but you do appear to be contributing to past provincial surpluses by flatlining transfers or citing “increases” well under inflation. Eroding investment has led to the present crisis, and poor labour relations.

Boo! Murphy’s law and all. I’m still hanging out but the coffee is gone.

Offer’s open post one o’clock too 😉. I’m sure there will be more coffee.

Come hang out for a few minutes. I have windows. Pot of coffee is being brewed in five … 😉

Right now it feels like the bullpen had too much rest … my nail beds are not enjoying the 7th …

Starting out with geographic data in Python? 🌍🐍

Chapter 1 of Geocomputation with Python introduces vector & raster models + core tools (geopandas, shapely, rasterio).

👉 https://py.geocompx.org/01-spatial-data

#GeoPython #Python #GISchat

Screen capture of a portion of an Acadia press release that reads: The negotiating teams revised 39 articles— 74% of the collective agreement —and created seven Memorandums of Agreement (MOA). Negotiators met 21 days at the table from May 6 to August 8 this year, and settled amicably at the table on August 8. “The two teams did a tremendous amount of work in a relatively short period of time and reached an agreement without a need for outside intervention.” says Anthony Pash, AUFA Lead Negotiator. “We thank the Board’s team for their hard work and willingness to engage in productive debate, and we hope that this is the model for negotiations going forward.”

Reading this release (www2.acadiau.ca/about-acadia...) makes me even more angry at the process we just endured. Acadia demonstrated both sides can commit to not only maintaining relationships but strengthening them. For me, relationships feel fractured and repair will take time.

#KeepDalStrong

A custom Uno card that has “Abbie Wins” written on it.

There is a growing movement as large as one household to have this card banned.

Whelp … may have to spring for a month of sports net.

a stuffed white cat is sitting on top of a box and asking why ? Alt: a stuffed white monkey is sitting on top of a box and asking why ?

A wee thread 🧵: Everyone I spoke to at Dalhousie today was upset by the president’s “short Friday note”: faculty, staff, students, unionized or no.

The main reason? 1/6

a man is standing on a stage holding a microphone and saying `` now what i should have said . '' ALT: a man is standing on a stage holding a microphone and saying `` now what i should have said . ''

Honestly, saying nothing would have been better than that “people are urging me to say something” email to faculty. #KeepDalStrong

You are seen, colleague. You are seen.

At least one more out there (this guy).

YouTube video by Green Day Green Day - Know Your Enemy [Official Music Video]

Let me propose this pick me up: youtu.be/9IclmVdWNbI?...

It's interesting that anyone would be surprised by this. They are large language models, not large fact models. They are very good at language; it's unsurprising that they aren't terribly good at facts.

The form sent about tests / midterms before we even ratified the agreement or have new calendar dates was … something … I may have uttered some expletives.

Miscellaneous

✅ avoided dealing with my feelings

Summer Class
✅ reviewed /posted test grades.
✅ reviewed/posted ugrad project grades.
✅ entered final ugrad grade.
❌ graded grad projects.
❌ entered grad grades.

Fall Classes
✅ draft course outlines
✅ course shell setup
✅ organized TAs / MDs
❌ slides for course overviews
❌ first class exercise

a close up of a demon 's eye with the words i see you below it Alt: a close up of a demon 's eye with the words i see you below it

<Presses the popcorn button>

Yes, it was Toronto … but the gap was nearly $2000 a course. Almost 10 years have passed. I have a career stream faculty position thankfully. Because the current stipends per course at Dalhousie are still less in 2025 than I received in 2016 from TMU. 2/2

In the 2015-2016 academic year I taught 10 courses as a CUPE3904 sessional lecturer at TMU (formerly Ryerson). I came to Dalhousie on a 50% FTE limited term appointment and was taken aback at how far behind the local @cupe3912.bsky.social stipends were compared to 3904. 1/2

Four panel graphic with a dialogue between a person and their brain. Panel 1 the brain asks “are you asleep”. Panel two the person responds “yes, be quiet.” Panel 3 the brain states: “you still have grading from your summer course to finish”. The person is now wide awake and panicked in panel 4.

Assuming ratification, this was me last night. If it was any of my colleagues out there too, grading party at the pub this weekend?

The Spice(d rum) must flow.

Maybe that Guidance assist did the trick.

Thank you for your support - it has meant the world to all of us who have been locked out to have the support of the community! #KeepDalStrong

Imagined amendment to the back to work agreement: “26. both the Board and DFA will agree to refer to the unnecessary lockout as a ‘labour disruption’ to reduce reminders of who caused said disruption.”

Analyse de la Fondation David Suzuki | Les Lavallois inégaux devant la verdure Les Lavallois les plus marginalisés sont aussi ceux qui ont le moins accès à la verdure dans leur quartier, révèle une analyse de la Fondation David Suzuki publiée jeudi. L’organisme, qui défend l’équ...

A little press related to the recent David Suzuki Foundation Report I was involved with.

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