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Maya Persram

@mayapersram.bsky.social
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professional sciencer, expert book lover, amateur baker. talk to me about greek myths, cool science, or the big jc (julius caesar). 🇨🇦🇬🇾

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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Yesterday was the day: the thesis was officially submitted! It's been such an interesting journey to get here. Looking forward to taking this work to ground! #MSc #conservation #caribou
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Today I presented my MSc research at the "Cumulative Effects in Northern Ecosystems" symposium, and during the panel shared my thoughts on collaboration between academia and industry. So thankful to have been invited to participate and get to know some really cool people! #TWS2025
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Hello Edmonton! So excited to be here for #TWS2025 and hear about lots of cool research. Gearing up to present my completed MSc research for the first time... come see my talk in Tuesday's 8am Cumulative Effects symposium! 🦌🌲 @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social @earth2ocean.bsky.social
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The @nserc-resnet.bsky.social AGM is in full swing, and last night the "Palen Lab and friends" team crushed it at trivia! #Zhouvenzz photocred: @elsongalang.bsky.social
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Heading out to Montréal for the 2025 ResNET AGM ✈️ Looking forward to seeing everyone again and presenting my MSc work! @nserc-resnet.bsky.social
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Started using @thestorygraph.com in January for tracking my reads and I absolutely love it! Been recommending it to anyone willing to listen to me blab about books because it's such a cool way to analyze my reading patterns💙📚
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NPR @npr.org · 04/04/2025
Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech wasn't technically a filibuster, but it still put the word in focus. Here's what to know about its history, from the swashbuckling to the stonewalling.
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Word of the Week: The swashbuckling origins and evolution of 'filibuster'
Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech wasn't technically a filibuster, but it still put the word in focus. Here's what to know about its history, from the swashbuckling to the stonewalling.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 27/03/2025
One of Canada's biggest copper mines plans to expand. B.C. says it won’t need an environmental assessment, even though Xatśūll First Nation asked for one. #bcpoli VIA @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/bc-no-enviro...
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B.C. copper mine expansion won’t get environmental assessment | The Narwhal
Xatśūll First Nation asked B.C. to order an environmental assessment of the Gibraltar mine’s expansion plans. The provincial government declined
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/03/2025
Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year
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Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year
Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy pipehorse in the annual contest It was once crowned the “world’s ugliest animal” and now the disgruntled-looking gelatinous blobfish has a new…
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Yesterday I presented my ongoing thesis research at the IDEAS 2025 conference. The project has come a long way and I was excited to share my progress so far! @sfuscience.bsky.social @earth2ocean.bsky.social @nserc-resnet.bsky.social
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NOAA Climate.gov @climate.noaa.gov · 27/02/2025
Predicting El Niño and La Niña is tough, but new research analyzing 20+ years of forecasts finds dynamical models outperform statistical ones, especially for El Niño. La Niña onset? That's been much harder. Read more in our new ENSO blog post! www.climate.gov/news-feature...
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NPR @npr.org · 23/02/2025
"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.
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Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney dedicates a book to the women Jane Austen read
"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.
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NPR @npr.org · 17/02/2025
When thousands of homes were reduced to ash by the Eaton Fire, one of the few things left behind were the chimneys — and the historic kiln-fired tiles that adorned them. A group called Save The Tiles is working to painstakingly map and preserve them. (via @laist.com)
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The race to save historic Altadena fireplace tiles — because they're all that’s left
A day with the Save the Tiles volunteers as they work against time to preserve over 200 fireplaces in Altadena.
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Timeline cleanse! Everyone say hi to my in-laws' cat, Mr. Pooty! #catsofbluesky
Nighttime photo: an orange cat with a ball of fur on his head sleeping on the back of a couch in front of a lit Christmas tree.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 20/12/2024
In this week’s newsletter, @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has the dirt on the decades-long use of chemical herbicides by logging companies in B.C. to kill off aspen — a deciduous tree that acts as a natural fire guard. thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-g...
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Behind a map for glyphosate, herbicides and the dead deciduous | The Narwhal
In this week’s newsletter, we chat with reporter Ainslie Cruickshank about B.C.'s decades-long use of glyphosate, and how herbicides are used to kill off aspen
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Check out my research group at @sfuscience.bsky.social and follow along with the cool stuff we do! From #salmon to #sharks to #citizenscience to #conservation, there's a little bit of a whole lot!
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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
35 years ago today a gunman walked into an engineering classroom at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, separated the women from the men and killed 14 of them. It was the ultimate manifestation of the gender-based bias and violence we still face in STEM today. We must never forget. 👩🏻‍🔬 🧪
Photos of the 14 victims of the Montreal massacre:

Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault and Annie Turcotte.
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Revealing update on “refuges” on the Great Barrier Reef that no longer exist.
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Nick Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk 👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends 🧵1/20
Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) IUCN Critically Endangered © Masayuki Agawa_Ocean Image Bank
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Hi folks! I am a MSc student at Simon Fraser U in British Columbia studying cumulative effects of renewable energy and impacts on restoration efforts. I did a BA: English and BSc: Marine and Freshwater Bio at UGuelph where I worked on zoonotic disease, DNA qPCR, food web ecology, gill morphology.
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
Some highlights from the #PECS3 conference I attended last month in Montreal! It was great meeting the other members of #NSERC #ResNET and so many other social-ecological researchers from around the world!
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 26/07/2024
Stoked to have been part of the LEMR Lab at UofGuelph as an undergrad, and excited to announce our paper published in AJP. #conservation #lemurs #primates #onehealth onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Primate conservation: A public issue?
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 29/06/2024
Had a great time at #NACCB2024 this week! Listened to some amazing talks and met even better people. Big thanks to Bernie, Lisa, and the rest of the SCBNA team for a wonderful conference!
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
Had a great first day at #NACCB2024! Happy to help at the reg desk, had a wonderful time at the opening ceremony, and got to see @ljevanso.bsky.social moderate a great opening plenary. Looking forward to the rest of the week!
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Maya Persram @mayapersram.bsky.social · 21/03/2024
Hello world! I've finally made the jump over to this platform 😊
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