Jeremy Kerr 🇨🇦

We are fortunate to have an amazing panel with diverse experiences and deep expertise. I think we will be able to craft an exciting contribution on citizen/participatory science potentials for Canada.
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The Expert Panel on the State of Citizen Science in Canada Jeremy Kerr (Chair), Professor, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa Myrle Ballard, Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Energy and Environment, and Canada Research Chair Tier II in Weaving Indigenous Science and Sustainability Science, University of Calgary Jasmin Bhawra, Assistant Professor, School of Occupational and Public Health; Director, CHANGE Research Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University Margaret Gold, Senior Researcher and Coordinator External Collaborations, Citizen Science Lab, Leiden University Katarina Hartwig, Executive Director and Founder, Living Lakes Canada Tarun Katapally, Canada Research Chair in Digital Health for Equity; Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences; Cross-Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Director, DEPtH Lab, Western University Jean-Noé Landry, Director, Data Collaborative Hub, Institute on Resilience and Urban Innovation Tracey P. Lauriault, Associate Professor, Critical Media and Big Data, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University Marie-Jean Meurs, Full Professor, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie and Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science, Université du Québec à Montréal Shirley Tagalik, Director, Aqqiumavvik Society Jérôme Waldispühl, Professor, Computer Science, and Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Citizen Science, McGill University

🔎 We're pleased to announce our Expert Panel on the State of Citizen Science in Canada, chaired by Jeremy Kerr (@jetkerr.bsky.social ).
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Report: Oh, Fuck Yeah, Egg Yolk Dripping All Over Sandwich

Report: Oh, Fuck Yeah, Egg Yolk Dripping All Over Sandwich https://theonion.com/report-oh-fuck-yeah-egg-yolk-dripping-all-over-sandw-1819579733/

RFK Jr. Claims Anti-Protein Extremists Left Head Of Lettuce On His Doorstep

RFK Jr. Claims Anti-Protein Extremists Left Head Of Lettuce On His Doorstep https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-claims-anti-protein-extremists-left-head-of-lettuce-on-his-doorstep/

A heavily built predatory bird that spends most of its time hunting for little vertebrates in grasslands of east Africa, the Kori Bustard.

Another of today’s #birdsInTheirElement, a Kori Bustard strolling through the dry grasses of Ngorongoro Crater. These are the largest birds in the world that are still capable of flight. #birds #birdOfTheDay #wildlife #photography #nature #nikon #africa

What a perfect picture! I have never yet seen a bittern.

Hoopoes have such fearsome looking bills!

I love that little fellow. Wish we had roadrunners up here in my part of Canada!

I love that bold yellow stripe! Very insouciant.

In conversation with 10 women in atmospheric science - NCAS We’re celebrating the diverse career paths across NCAS, with a focus on 10 women in atmospheric science.

We’re celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in (Atmospheric) Science!

Read 10 inspiring diverse career path stories from women at NCAS:
ncas.ac.uk/in-conversat...

#February11 #WomenInScience

New paper out today in Ecology, led by amazing undergrad Kayley Breslin! We show how higher temperatures cause faster range expansions in our flour beetle model system, driven by both faster growth rates and increased movement @integrativebiology.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

I love this work.

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

That‘s the spirit.

A global map showing that most people don't talk about or hear about climate change regularly (except in Scandinavia - I believe this is the Greta Effect!). Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

A global map showing that most people are worried about climate change. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Most people are worried about climate change - but most don't hear or talk about regularly.

That's why I started my free newsletter Talking Climate. Every week I share good news, not so good news, and what people can do.

If you aren't a reader yet, see below. I have 6 different ways to subscribe!

I want to laugh at it but sadly it’s true.

Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications

This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Common loon paddling across a calm lake on a summer day

Common loon cruising on Kingsford Lake by Frontenac Provincial Park. Saw this fellow from a kayak, where I precariously balanced a heavy camera and lens. The loon had one foot out of the water, oddly.

#birds #nikon #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography

Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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This Wolf Solved a Multi-Step Puzzle Scientists Thought Only Primates Could The “Tool-Using” Wolf Seeing a gray wolf haul a crab trap out of the ocean looks like a scene from a science documentary that forgot its own rules. In a short video from Canada’s Pacific coast, a fema...

Humans are arrogant assuming only they are the smart ones on this planet, anyone else with a dog that cocks it's head and looks at us like we're morons understand how smart they really are.

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“History permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something...
History gives us the company of those who have done and suffered more than we have.”
- Timothy Snyder

#RadioFreeAmerica

It's time to start having clear-eyed discussions about reparations.

CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”

-Edward R. Murrow

Amazing! Way to go Minneapolis!

“No need to complicate things. Just move to a fresh house every three days.” Mark Laury, Aeronautic Sociologist

‘House Burping’ Gains Popularity In U.S. https://theonion.com/house-burping-gains-popularity-in-u-s/

Opinion: The reasons behind the strike, in the words of a Laurentian faculty member Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara, an associate professor at Laurentian University, explains why faculty has taken the step of walking off the job and, as many can imagine, LU’s insolvency and its fallout i...

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How to help students discern fact from fiction in the media they consume The stakes for teaching students to not fall victim to digital rogues could not be higher.

How to help students discern fact from fiction in the media they consume ehe.osu.edu/news/listing...

The stake are high! Teach:

- Teach lateral thinking
- Consider multiple sources
- Ask the hard questions (who created content? what was motivation?
- Teach to using primary sources