Frances Stewart

It has been an absolute pleasure working with Dr. @rhohnen.bsky.social Honen and @wcscanada.org on this piece.

Congratulations Roșie!
#WILDlab #wolverine #caribou #conservation

NEW OPINION PIECE
Are #caribou an effective umbrella for multi-species conservation?
☂️☔🌂

The message can be easily muddled.
The method used, relative area and amount, matters.

Using an index can help compare and contrast situations.
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Each month of 2023/2024 I would look forward to the transformational training in conservation that COMPASS provides.

Now I'm incredibly proud that Claudia will receive this training too! Congratulations on making the 2025 cohort!

#WILDlab

The WildCo Lab @wildco.bsky.social is recruiting 2 postdocs in quantitative ecology to work on mammal population estimation and monitoring from camera trap data. 🐺🐻🦌📷📈
Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada!
wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...

On behalf of @makeway.org’s Board of Directors, I am so pleased to share this exciting news.

Please meet Alex Sardar, MakeWay’s new President & CEO.

🎇News: coldregions.ca/a-strong-sta...

Big thank you for the great kickoff to the Laurier–ARI Spring Speaker Series! 70+ gathered at Makerspace YK to hear talks about snowfall on YK lakes ❄️ & muskox movement 🐂.

Next up: May 8 – permafrost & carbon in the Shield!
#Yellowknife #SCIENCE #Community

The great turning Another reckoning is coming with climate change. How do we deal with our mental health — and ultimately find hope?

A must read article! It details so much of what I've been feeling since I was involved in a wildfire evacuation in 2023. Then dealing with trying to keep working in conservation with this feelings of despair hanging over me. We need to keep fighting for change.
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...

Well done Christine!!! 🎉

#WILDlab!!

presented my masters research in yellowknife last night, my hometown! a very fun evening with lots of interest around muskox 😊

Check out this article about my research in the NWT :)

Muskox are making their way back to the boreal forest Muskox appear to be moving into areas previously burned by wildfires in the NWT, a northern researcher says, with possible consequences for other species.

Muskox, The North, and @laurierbiology.bsky.social 's Christine Dunbar @christinedunbar.bsky.social !

#WILDLAB

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I did not, but go ahead and make one!
(and add me pls!).

Host response to conspecific brood parasitism in colonial red‐breasted mergansers Mergus serrator: positioning of parasitic eggs within the clutch Brood parasitism can be costly to host fitness, which in turn may favour host strategies that decrease these costs. Duck (Anatinae) nests are often parasitized by eggs of other ducks, and one way tha....

Incredibly proud of Émilie Knighton (PhD student in the #WILDlab) who just published the first of her 2 MSc papers (out of her MSc lab) on red-breasted Mergansers.

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Time for a treat and a well deserved break! ⭐

@claudiahaas.bsky.social (#WILDlab PhD Candidate and northern ecologist) got the invitation to join the WCS Key Biodiversity Areas meeting in Ottawa last week as a northern representative.

What a phenomenal opportunity to be part of this collaborative and move KBAs forward!

Some of the best field work I got to do on Vancouver Island involved this project.

Telemetry on a mountain side for marmots = tough, but rewarding, stuff.

Join an incredibly talented lab for your MSc, with a great supportive supervisor to boot.

Join a new and growing lab in wonderful Newfoundland!
(who wouldn't want Gros Morne National Park on their back doorstep?).

#MSc position available in Dr. Sean Boyle's lab: Population and community #ecology of invasive amphibians.

TOMORROW:
@laurierbiology.bsky.social hosts Elizabeth Rudzki.

Based on: "A guide for developing a #field research safety manual that explicitly considers risks for #marginalized identities in the #sciences"
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

DM for registration info.

Wonderful to have @nluymes.bsky.social represent the #WILDlab and muskox research in NWT at the Cold Regions Research Conference this week!

We also had @christinedunbar.bsky.social give a ✨FANTASTIC✨ 3 minute thesis on #muskox too.

Thanks for hosting @crrc-wlu.bsky.social

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Welcome Laurier's @crrc-wlu.bsky.social to BlueSky!!

www.coldgregions.ca

Conference next week (Waterloo Ontario) for grad students studying all aspects of northern/Alpine areas.

Not hybrid this year, but hopefully next year - keep your eyes and ears posted for information and registrations!

Welcome @talavgar.bsky.social to BlueSky, and to the Ecology #NewPI (Canadian focus 🇨🇦) starter pack!

go.bsky.app/UchpBTt

Know a new-ish PI in Ecology in Canada? Let's have them join!

2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Fourwaves - 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution

9 days left to submit a proposal for a workshop or symposium for the 2025 meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution in Sherbrooke this July! Come visit me and the Eastern Townships! 🧪https://event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages/6ba90353-d44a-4202-ab93-60d0eb09f35f

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I'm looking for Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution Working group/Workshop example applications prior to putting in an application of my own. @csee-scee.bsky.social

If willing to share, please DM or email me. Thank you!

👀
#ClimateChange #ElephantInTheRoom #ECRs #CareerHurdles

Hiring Now! Executive Director - Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) We are searching for an Executive Director to champion our mission of education, conservation, and research rooted in Stanley Park. If you're a dynamic leader with a passion for ecology, we'd love to ...

JOB: Executive Director, Stanley Park Ecological Society

* Vancouver, BC (hybrid)
* Full time
* Salary $90k-100k/yr + benefits
* Apply soon
stanleyparkecology.ca/2025/01/22/h...

#ConservationJobs

and check out @christinedunbar.bsky.social for muskox specific work!!

What a fantastic Camera Trapping piece 📸 with contributions by #WILDlab's current postdoc, @rhohnen.bsky.social!

Important for all us Canadian and global camera trappers.
ping @coleburton.bsky.social @jmnorthrup.bsky.social @rachelbuxton.bsky.social @abbiodiversity.bsky.social and many more.

CRRC 2025 - Cold Regions Research Centre Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Registration and Abstract Submission About the Event 37th Annual Student Conference The Cold Regions Research Centre (...

Conference info here:
www.coldregions.ca/crrc-confere...

This is great venue for grad students doing northern work.
ping for future years: @qwebber.bsky.social @rachelbuxton.bsky.social @jsphughes.bsky.social @wcscanada.bsky.social

We're hiring a Manager, Natural Areas (central Ontario) @ncccnc.bsky.social.

* Full time
* Salary $81k-92k/yr + benefits
* Based in Toronto
* Apply by Feb 9
* Details: lnkd.in/gNwQR7DY

#ConservationJobs

The #WILDlab is excited for the Cold Regions Research Conference next week, in Waterloo!

Come check out talks by @nluymes.bsky.social and @christinedunbar.bsky.social on #Muskox habitat use and movement in Northwest Territories. AM, January 30th/31st.

Photo cred: Kevin Chan

Does anyone have examples of successful Vanier scholarships (www.vanier.gc.ca/en/home-accu...) in Biology that they would be willing to share with me? Or any insight on how this might differ in tone from a regular NSERC PGS-D? Thank you!! 🧪