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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦

@smvamosi.github.io
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Professor of Population Biology, University of Calgary | Evolutionary and conservation ecology of beavers, fish, and aquatic inverts plus microplastics and contaminants | Treaty 7 lands | He/him

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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 08/08/2026
I know this isn’t a train station, but: I’m taking a break from here and other social media. Not tearing anything down, just deleting apps off my phone I’m easy to find if you want to talk science 🧪 🌎
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 07/08/2026
A lot has been written about the problematic actions undertaken under the guise of “conservation” — in Canada, the creation of our National Parks system was heavily motivated by displacing Indigenous Peoples; for example, see: guides.library.ualberta.ca/indigenous-p...
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Subject Guides: Indigenous Peoples & Canada's National Parks: Home
Subject Guides: Indigenous Peoples & Canada's National Parks: Home
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 06/08/2026
Startup packages aren’t what they used to be!
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Emily Kerns, PhD @emilykernss.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I defended my PhD last week!🍾🎉 I’m proud of the work I put into each of my projects. I’ve grown so much as a scientist thanks to guidance from my advisor and lab mates. Also, I was so excited that some of my close friends and parents were able to make it out to my defense! Thank you all!!
Poster for my defense seminar. The title reads: “Evaluating mechanisms of resilience: from method comparisons across taxa to lab & natural experiments in threespine stickleback.” There’s a photo of seine net enclosures in a lake, threespine stickleback in a tank, and me looking into a microscope along the top of the poster. My headshot is in the bottom cornerI’m smiling while standing at a podium presenting. The slide shows a photo of a map, an aerial image of lakes, and a fish. A group photo of the Weber lab. A photo of me and my parents
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 02/08/2026
AI use is rampant but my feed is full of “[issue of the day] is why I don’t use it” posts and replies Now, I know that I curate my following and followers lists, but… something’s not adding up. Are folks simply overstating their aversion/abstinence for ‘likes’?
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 02/08/2026
That eagle really needs to look into a more relaxing hobby
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 02/08/2026
Sobering reminder that #wildfires are raging north and south of the border (see also: egp.wildfire.gov/egp/)
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Wildfire EGP
The Wildfire Enterprise Geospatial Portal provides standardized geospatial information and tools for the full range of wildfire activities ranging from response to planning.
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 01/08/2026
Congratulations on the double achievement! 🎉 PhD defended and post-doc lined up, very nice! ☺️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 31/07/2026
Looks like some great opportunities (and in Canada to boot)!
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Trevor Murdock @tqmurdock.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We're hiring at Canadian Centre for Climate Services. Several positions, closing soon (Aug 4), open to full time students - see all details here emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
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Research Assistant - Climate Services
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 28/07/2026
Are you OK?
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 25/07/2026
“Best” is considered too informal by some as an email sign off, so I’ve been mulling an alternative for a while. For whatever reason, “best wishes” never really called out to me, but I recently thought of a modification that works for me: “best fishes” 🐟 ☺️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 24/07/2026
Yikes! Fair concern. Here, I'm mulling how much of the rest of the folk music festival I want to take in. Had a blast yesterday, although conditions noticeably worsened through the evening, and it was nowhere near as bad as it is at the moment... 🙃
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 24/07/2026
As the continent burns, it's good to remember that the foundations of our current plight were laid centuries ago, when we hunted beavers to near extinction (for "fashion") and vilified cultural burning
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 23/07/2026
That’s lit
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 23/07/2026
I sure do love it when reviewers ask for a lot of revisions on an initial submission and then subsequently decline to review the revised manuscript 🌎 #AELife #AcademicSky
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 20/07/2026
How does Claude know that you forgot to account for multiple comparisons if you are only uploading your review? Also, no need for a second opinion on your review, we invite multiple reviewers for that purpose.
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 19/07/2026
I will try to remember to add you later today ☺️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 19/07/2026
Let’s never do that again… #halftimeshow ⚽️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 19/07/2026
Impressive rolls by Olmo 😏
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 19/07/2026
LET’S GOOO!!! Argentina 🇦🇷 - Spain 🇪🇸 !!
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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Indigenous burning practices include healthy beaver populations.
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 17/07/2026
Once again, my friend Rob Cottingham nails it. 
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 15/07/2026
LOL 😅
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 15/07/2026
Argentinian Insuperability
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 15/07/2026
WOOOOOOOWWW!!! What a finish!! ⚽️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 15/07/2026
How’s your heart rate? 😁
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 15/07/2026
And yet, it actually is
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 15/07/2026
I will never understand people who say that a low scoring football (⚽️) game isn’t exciting
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 14/07/2026
Wow, Spain really made France look average today (which they’re clearly not)! ⚽️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 14/07/2026
They don’t, it’s a custom YETI
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 14/07/2026
Most wholesome thing I’ve seen in a while ☺️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 13/07/2026
Looking forward to using this textbook for my introductory biostatistics course this fall, as the first author was a member of my PhD supervisory committee and the second was my MSc and PhD supervisor #biostatistics
Photo of the front cover of the book “The Analysis of Biological Data (3rd Edition)” by Whitlock and Schluter
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 13/07/2026
Touché 😁
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 13/07/2026
🎶 You can Gdansk if you want to, you can leave your friends behind… 🎶
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 12/07/2026
GOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!!! 🇦🇷
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 12/07/2026
Beautiful goal by Mac Allister! 🇦🇷 ⚽️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 12/07/2026
Let’s goooo!!! 🇦🇷 vs 🇨🇭!! ⚽️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 12/07/2026
My hat off to Norway 🇳🇴 — you showed a lot of heart!
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 12/07/2026
Oof, Haaland off 🇳🇴
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 12/07/2026
Into extra time and players are looking gassed. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 up 2 - 1 on Norway 🇳🇴 and it’s starting to look like they’re going to take this one ⚽️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 11/07/2026
1 🇳🇴 - 0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 👀
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 10/07/2026
Belgium can be proud of how they played, and I think the stronger team won today. Looking forward to the France - Spain match! ⚽️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 09/07/2026
They absolutely did, but they ran into the wall that is France today
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I adore you Leon, Egyptologist here, they were built by a largely volunteer force (corvée labor) of 25,000. The builders were very well fed, paid in bread and beer, and received excellent medical care. There was no slavery whatsoever, it is a common misconception.
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 07/07/2026
Wow, that was SOME match!! The score, Argentina 3 - Egypt 2, doesn’t do it justice. This is why I watch football ⚽️
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 07/07/2026
😅😅😅
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 07/07/2026
Woohoo!
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 07/07/2026
YESSSS!!! 4-1 🇧🇪!!!
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Dr Steven M. Vamosi 🇨🇦 @smvamosi.github.io · 07/07/2026
I think the number of Belgium 🇧🇪 fans is considerably higher than usual today ⚽️
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