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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar

@ryankbrook.bsky.social
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🍁• #ElbowsUpCanada • Community Engaged Wildlife Research • Professor • University of Saskatchewan • farmkid • dadof2 • Rebel Scum • born@330ppm CO2 now 430 • 7x covid vax • caribou • invasive pigs • wolves • peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowlands Manitoba

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 17h
Ovechkin is retiring, presumably to devote more time to being a Putin shill.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 18h
I wonder if they would let us put up trail cams? Would be pretty cheap and easy. Fieldwork would be fun
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 18h
those islands are vital boreal calving areas so that's encouraging to see!
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 18h
don't hold your breath. It would be good if they were.
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Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m recruiting a grad student to join our lab at CU-Boulder in Fall 2027. I’m especially interested in students excited about insect community ecology and biodiversity, sp. interactions, and landscape connectivity. Please share with students who may be interested! www.colorado.edu/lab/resasco/...
ecologists in the field
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 19h
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 19h
I guarantee it is nice and hot where he is now.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a community note for the ages.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 19h
nice to see some living plants made it through the fire on one of my all time favourite lakes...recovery will happen. Any signs of caribou left?
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sass Jordan has died. Born in 1962 in England, she grew up in Montreal. Jordan had several hit songs in Canada including Rescue Me and Tell Somebody. A Juno Award winner, she also served as the honorary colonel of 417 Combat Support Squadron. (Announced on her Facebook page)
Sass Jordan in a denim jacket looks back over her shoulder while leaning on a wooden bar counter in a warmly lit, sticker-covered pub.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If only that were actually true.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I hope this is still up when I'm there mid November!
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John E Marriott Photography @johnemarriott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.rmoutlook.com/mountain-gui...
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'Roaming Wild' art exhibit brushes Canmore photographer's wildlife pics in new light
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@goodtrailcams.bsky.social
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is really great. However, usask legitimately has a seriously unhealthy obsession with global rankings in general.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Truth. I use it every single day.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm not saying I'm old but I did take a typing class in high school on actual typewriters. We debated whether having typing skills would be useful or not.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The film and book are both excellent.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My problem-solving skills are solid, but my real strength is in problem-creating.
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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 01/10/2026
Indigenous groups given just two months to consult pipeline project designation #Ottawa
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Indigenous groups given just two months to consult pipeline project designation - Canada News
Indigenous communities along the expected route for the newly announced West Coast oil pipeline were given just two months for consultations about whether the pipeline should be designated a project of national interest — and that was still more than the government first planned.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is really useful. i would also like to see how much range boundaries and changes in them are affected by data quality and quantity- here in Canada we see major gaps in species data in the north.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Inuit people have a much more precise system of naming relatives that is extremely specific called tuqłurausiit. They would never use the proper names of those relatives out of respect, but would use the specific wording based on a very detailed and specific kinship system.
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Alexa Fredston @afredston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
good morning. I strongly suspect that we don't really know (or agree) what geographic ranges are, and therefore, our estimates of how species' ranges are shifting in the Anthropocene are uninterpretable. I wrote something about this: doi.org/10.1111/2041... and I'll share the main findings...
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Measuring the edges of species' geographic ranges
The fundamental unit of spatial ecology is a species range: the geographical area that it occupies. Species ranges are delineated by range edges (also known as boundaries or limits). Why range edg...
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I fondly remember when Carney was considered a liberal.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Being a caribou is not easy. They suffer pretty badly mid-summer when clouds of mosquitoes, black flies, and other biting flies and parasites harass them endlessly. Late summer and fall comes as a welcome relief.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm at 92 peer-reviewed publications, aiming to hit 100 in 2027, just need to get busy for the next 8 months and get one paper published per month then I'm good to go. I have six in review and several more getting close so fingers crossed it all works out. One hundred papers is a nice milestone.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just want to say to all of the teachers who said I would never live up to my full potential: that was a lucky guess.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I have received a very substantial donation from a private benefactor for my arctic field course so I am really excited to confirm we are good to go for August 2027!!! Any grad students and senior undergraduates from any university are eligible to apply. ryan.brook@usask.ca
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Unapologetic Lee 🇨🇦 @ogcanada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Canada's exports to the US fell 6.6 percent in July, pulling the US share of total shipments to 66.3 percent, the lowest since 1997. www.edgen.tech/zh/news/post... #cdnpoli
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Canada's US export share falls to 66.3% as trade war deepens
Canada's July exports to the US fell 6.6 percent, pulling the US share of total shipments to 66.3 percent, the lowest since 1997, as the two countries brace for Canada's September 8 counter-tariffs.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wolf adult and juvie on the Hudson Bay coast. The Hudson Bay wolf (Canis lupus hudsonicus) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to...yes you guessed it, Hudson Bay.
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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"FREE, made-in-Canada app that finds the lowest stress routes for any bicycle trip.. instead of.. a Google route that might not distinguish you from a car, Cycling Guide is designed for cyclists who want to feel safe on their journey." Limited cities so far: AppStore, GooglePlay. cyclingguide.org
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Cycling Guide Foundation – Low-stress cycling experiences
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For Dolly Day… This is Dolly Parton’s final performance with Kenny Rogers. They’re singing “You Can’t Make Old Friends.”
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My latest column is out today in @nationalobserver.com.web.brid.gy, in which I explain how the “new climate denialism” is holding back progress in the fight of our lives, and how PM Mark Carney has become its lead practitioner. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Is Mark Carney a climate denier?
This new form of denialism has our political leaders assuring us they understand and accept the warnings about climate change — but they are in denial about what this scientific reality means for poli...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
3,680 wildfire stories in Canadian media reporting. Only 170 mentioned climate change. Latest analysis from Re.Climate: reclimate.ca/what-canadas...
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What Canada’s Wildfire Media Coverage Is Missing: Climate Change - Re.Climate
When wildfires strike, the news focuses on what’s happening now. But Canadians also need to understand why wildfires are getting worse and what can be done to solve it.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm seeking an Indigenous student to do a masters or PhD with me, working on the Cape Churchill caribou project. Please reach out to me ryan.brook@usask.ca
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Check out the WCVM: Sept 25-26 “The two-day event opens up the veterinary college to the public to showcase the veterinary profession and to highlight the many roles of veterinarians in animal health, public health, research, industry and community service.” #Saskatoon wcvm.usask.ca/education/ve...
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Vetavision 2026 - Western College of Veterinary Medicine
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You can watch my talk on caribou here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzlM...
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Minimally invasive monitoring of caribou reproduction & habitat selection along the Hudson Bay coast
YouTube video by Wild Ecol
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Corey Callaghan @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Do you use #iNaturalist data in research—or advise students who do? We put together a practical guide to using iNaturalist data in scientific research, covering how to access, acquire, analyze, and attribute the data, with examples in R and Python. Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios... #ecology
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨 Publish or perish incentives + AI = > KNOWLEGE POLLUTION❗ Using AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed. wapo.st/4d3vD7n by @twallack.bsky.social “There’s going to be a flood of poor-quality research that the system is not equipped right now to handle."
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Using AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed.
An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Manitoba Hydro is moving gas backwards with its plans for $3 billion methane turbines. It's time for 21st century leadership at our crown corporation that embraces #CleanTech: wind, solar, geothermal and storage. My OpEd in today's Winnipeg Free Press. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
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Opinion: Time for 21st century leadership at MB Hydro
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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Canada takes the threats from the Americans very seriously. Kindly don't invade. Our politeness will not continue. "Prime Minister Mark Carney says he studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Carney tells NYT he studied risk of U.S.-led military action in Canada | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada. In a lengthy New York Times interview, he declined to discuss in detail what that examination involved...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 23/09/2026
Photojournalist Federico Borella has spent four years documenting Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict. His work explores the complex balance between human suffering, deep cultural affection for elephants, and the potential for coexistence. An interview by Dilrukshi Handunnetti. mongabay.cc/IHXuUO
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laserhedvig @laserhedvig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Interdisciplinary research is great and necessary, and also has consistently lower funding success www.nature.com/articles/nat... #academiclabourmarket #academia #research
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I upgraded my home wifi with the Eero system. It worked pretty good but got one more unit and hardwired it to my desktop in my office and wowza what a difference.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It was part of the WildEcol seminar series. They recorded it and will post it.
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EcoFriendly West @ecofriendlywest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Join Ryan Fisher, curator at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, for an “ask me anything” conversation about birds, birdwatching, and tales from the field from 6-7:30 pm, Sept. 28, at Rebellion Brewing, Regina royalsaskmuseum.ca/visit/events...
photo of Ryan Fisher beside a stuffed bird
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes! Open to everyone!
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reduced survival bias in red shirts.
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Tracy @wacket.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Butter chicken....just imagine the smel…and taste.
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