Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS

My #CanGeoPolarPlunge was a success, with my fundraising goals for @cangeo.bsky.social and @rcgssgrc.bsky.social surpassed! On #InternationalWomensDay, don’t ever believe there’s something you can’t do! Thank you all for your support! #BeBoldGoCold ❄️🥶🐻‍❄️☃️

Today’s the day! There’s still time left to support my #CanGeoPolarPlunge! 🥶❄️🧊

Just 3 more days left to the #CanGeoPolarPlunge! Here’s an Arctic plunge I did in the Victoria Strait @cangeo.bsky.social ! While it won’t be as cold, I promise to make my plunge at Lac Meech just as exciting!!! #BeBoldGoCold #CanGeoPolarPlunge ❄️🥶 Please support at secure.qgiv.com/event/royalc...

Just 3 more days left to the #CanGeoPolarPlunge! Here’s an Arctic plunge I did in the Victoria Strait @cangeo.bsky.social ! While it won’t be as cold, I promise to make my plunge at Lac Meech just as exciting!!! #BeBoldGoCold #CanGeoPolarPlunge ❄️🥶 Please support at secure.qgiv.com/event/royalc...

Lots of Hudson Bay polar bears are towards the NW. Something good up there this year? Some bears are right along the shore lead - an area of open water & thin ice. There are more bearded seals & harbour seals in this area so possibly the attraction.

On March 8, 2026, I will be embracing the cold and joining the 2026 #CanGeoPolarPlunge at icy Lac Meech! Donations will go toward the programs of @cangeo.bsky.social and @rcgssgrc.bsky.social that support students, educators, explorers, & scientists! #BeBoldGoCold ❄️🥶
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Congrats Aiden! Way to read! 📚

Beautiful photo of the Choy lab together at Graduate Research Day @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social! I’m lucky to work with such a bright and supportive tram of graduate students!

In addition to giving a poster or presentation, every member of my lab participated in the first ever Sci-Art competition at GRD! I’m lucky ro work with such a creative bunch! 🎨🖼️

Today was Graduate Research Day in the Biology Department @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social! I’m really proud that every one of my graduate students participated in the event, sharing their research in a poster or oral presentation!

Great day for a skate on our outdoor rink!

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Best Christmas present!

APTN News Brief: Dec. 10, 2025—Century-old kayak among repatriated Inuit items newly unveiled to public Our lead story: Inuit artifacts over 100 years old—included a hand-crafted, sealskin kayak—are newly unveiled to the public at the Canadian Museum of History shortly after their repatriation fr...

Inuit artifacts over 100 years old—included a hand-crafted, sealskin kayak—are unveiled to the public at the Canadian Museum of History.

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Bird observatory taking flight at McMaster Forest Nature Preserve with help from Planetary Health Seed Fund and a chief bird bander in Haldimand County - Faculty of Science - McMaster University Emily Choy’s research group went on a fieldtrip to a farm this fall to learn how to handle what’s coming to the McMaster Forest Nature Preserve. The Gosnell’s Farm is home to the Haldimand Bird Observ...

Happy to share that my team & I were successful in our application for a Planetary Health Seed Grant to support an Interdisciplinary Living Lab and Bird Observatory @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social! Thank you Jay Robb for sharing the news in your wonderful story! science.mcmaster.ca/bird-observa...

My grad students did an amazing job on their presentations at the @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social Graduate Research Symposium today! Extra kudos to my PhD student Tory for hand drawing (using a tablet) every one of your slides! They were beautiful!

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Congratulations George Stroumboulopoulos on your RCGS fellowship! I grew up watching you and am truly honoured to be mentioned by you! www.linkedin.com/posts/stromb...

Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data Why do we need urgent action to protect our data? The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...

Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
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Concerned.

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Thank you Leanne!!

Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores

Pumpkin carving ✅🎃

At Grimsboo! 👻🎃

Had an amazing time at the Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop in sunny Victoria last week! What a beautiful venue for a conference! It was also great to reconnect with my PhD advisor Lisa Loseto & Kendall Island beluga field camp team member JP Desforges at the banquet!

Nice to see the Choy lab featured on the Haldimand Bird Observatory blog! www.haldimandbirdobservatory.com/september-25...

My lab and I from @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Haldimand Bird Observatory this morning! Thank you so much Rick Ludkin for sharing with us your knowledge of local songbirds and providing us with hands-on training and of course, the free humour!

Today, 165 2nd year undergraduates participated in the Great Canadian Bioblitz at McMaster Forest this morning! Most had never been to or even heard of McMaster Forest! Their enthusiasm was contagious with many species sightings! A special thanks to the leaders of Nature @ McMaster for hosting us!

Paddling in Paradise - assistant professor takes learning beyond books for her students - Faculty of Science - McMaster University Students cheered when Emily Choy broke the news about their first lab assignment. That’s not the typical reaction from students but then “Paddling in Paradise” isn’t the usual assignment. Over the cou...

Thank you Jay Robb for featuring my students and I in this wonderful story about our canoe lab trips to learn about the Cootes Paradise ecosystem for my Fundamental and Applied Ecology course at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social science.mcmaster.ca/paddling-in-...

Bird cliffs, bear clangers and northern lights: This is research life in the Arctic Grad student Jolie Nguyen has spent two summers doing field work on an uninhabited Arctic island - surrounded by seabirds, bears and belugas.

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Today, my @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social BIOL 2F03 course started our first labs with a canoe trip through Cootes Paradise to learn about the ecosystem. We saw egrets, ospreys, & great blue herons! The students had a blast & for some it was their first time canoeing!