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Marie Auger-Methe @marieaugermethe.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Like to develop spatio-temporal models? Interested in Arctic marine mammals 🦭🐳 and their susceptibility to oil spills? You may be the postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mariane Marcoux and I are looking for! See the details in the job ad: tinyurl.com/spatiostatamm

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Ron Efrat @moveandconserve.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

How are human-altered habitats affecting birds' migratory routes? And what is the role of age and wind conditions? We tested this for an #endangered #Eagle authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 🐾🧪🪶 @yaelbird.bsky.social @talavgar.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social #conservation #ornithology

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

🎉 If you've worked with Wildlife Science Centre caribou ecologist @melaniedickie.bsky.social, you won't be surprised she received the Governor General Gold Medal for Academic Excellence for her PhD research! Nor will you be surprised by the Taylor Swift reference. science.ok.ubc.ca/2025/06/06/d...

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Dr. Melanie Dickie’s doctoral journey earns Governor General Gold Medal for Academic Excellence

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Melanie Dickie @melaniedickie.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Not gonna lie, it’s pretty cool! So grateful for everything in my PhD that led me here.

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

This April, we welcomed the Boreal Avian Modelling Project (now Centre!) to Biodiversity Pathways! We are pleased to announce that @ellycknight.bsky.social has taken on the new role of Operational Director at BAM for this next chapter. biodiversitypathways.ca/bam-joins-bp/

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BAM is now the Boreal Avian Modelling Centre with Biodiversity Pathways

As of April 1, 2025, BAM has become the fourth initiative under Biodiversity Pathways.

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We're #hiring a #wildlife camera coordinator! This highly collaborative position works with the wider monitoring community to develop and process camera projects. Full details available online, apply by June 16: sensr.ca/opportunity/...

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Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈 @matthholden.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada. Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025: wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati... #biodiversity #mammals #wildlife

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

When your statistical model "fits the data well" ...

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 02/05/2025

I thought exactly the same many, many times. Reviewers entirely ignore the methodological part of the paper and take its results at face value, but they will debate the "framing" of it in every little detail.

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Oded Berger-Tal @odedberger-tal.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

We tend to think that we understand how urbanization impacts biodiversity, but our knowledge is based almost solely on research from temperate systems. This creates strong biases. Wonderful new work by ‪@elliediamant.bsky.social‬ in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

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TransParent OK 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @transparentokanagan.ca · 01/04/2025

Kelowna federal riding is now rated as “Toss up” on 338. This is huge! 🤩 You can really feel the energy building - so many volunteers, people excited to vote - it’s within reach Kelowna!! Let’s go!

Screenshot from the 338 website showing the Kelowna writing highlighted in yellow and in the next column “toss up LPC/CPC”

Screenshot of 338 website showing federal parties down the left-hand side and three columns towards the right hand side showing the results from 2019 2021 and projected results. CPC projected results 46% plus -8%, LPC projected results 44% plus or -8%.

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Mike Laforge @m-laforge.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I am currently looking for an MSc student to join my research group for September 2025 to investigate moose habitat selection in the context of apparent competition in Ontario's Far North. Please share and contact me for further details!

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Kaitlyn Gaynor @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Hello Bluesky! Good to see you all again! Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The Erosion of Threatened Southern Mountain Caribou Migration 📄 buff.ly/kOPQdao @claytontlamb.bsky.social

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Looking for a postdoc in 🇨🇦? Liber Ero Fellowship liberero.ca * Applied conservation science * Leadership training * Open to int’l applicants * Due Nov 1 🌎🧪🦤

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Liber Ero Fellowship Program

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/W5taIAW

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

New Blog post alert 🚨 The photo that got away: Camera traps may monitor less space than we think 📸 🌎 🧪 Read Brendan Carswell's full post here 👇 buff.ly/R9j5xvi

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Five years on. Millions dead. COVID effectively endemic. The big story is how we are STILL in denial about airborne transmission of respiratory diseases. Good job, libertarians. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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America Is Sleeping on a Powerful Defense Against Airborne Disease

Treating clean indoor air as a public good would have protected Americans against more than COVID-19.

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Second, Dr. Jean Polfus delivered a BRAES / Biodiversity Pathways/ ECCC co-hosted seminar on the intersection of language, reconciliation, and caribou recovery. So inspiring! @ubcokanagan.bsky.social

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Tal Avgar @talavgar.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

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Ban X/Twitter in Canada

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...

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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

NEW PAPER: looking into the erosion of southern mountain caribou migrations. Over 35 years, migration distances shrank 15-25%, and elevational migrations are collapsing. Habitat loss, not weather, likely the main culprit. A major conservation challenge ahead. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We're excited to share the story of the Northern Mountain Caribou Summit. Last May, the Tahltan Central Government & the WSC co-hosted a workshop in Dease Lake, BC. The goal? Collect and weave traditional and scientific knowledge on northern mountain caribou. #WorldWildlifeDay tinyurl.com/4uj86nek

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The Northern Mountain Caribou Summit

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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Canadians in solidarity with Stand Up for Science. I signed. The assault on science in Canada under the conservative Harper regime was not as extreme as the MAGA one, but came from the same desire to prevent scientists from speaking truth to power. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Canadians in Solidarity with Stand Up for Science

By adding your name below, you are joining a growing movement of Canadians who believe in the power of science to inform policy and serve the public good. Your name will automatically be added to our ...

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Canada wants primary and secondary teachers!!

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Sarah Benson-Amram @sarahba.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I am excited to announce that @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition on "Cognition in the Wild". Submissions are due by June 15. We are excited to see the amazing work you have been doing! link.springer.com/collections/...

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Animal Cognition in the Wild

Recent technological advances have improved our ability to study animal cognition in the wild, and the field has made significant progress in recent years. ...

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Interesting work by van der Meersch et al. out in Ecology Letters, nicely illustrating that process-based models are more robust than correlative models for predicting species distributions under novel climatic conditions doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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Paleorecords Reveal Biological Mechanisms Crucial for Reliable Species Range Shift Projections Amid Rapid Climate Change

Climate change has created an urgent need for reliable projections of species distributions. By hindcasting forest tree range shifts across Europe over the last 12,000 years, we show that process-exp...

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Last May, the Tahltan Central Government and the Wildlife Science Centre co-hosted a knowledge gathering workshop on northern mountain caribou in Dease Lake, BC. Tune in March 3 to hear the story of the Northern Mountain Caribou Summit. youtu.be/p_t0WYXPOuA

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The Northern Mountain Caribou Summit (trailer)

YouTube video by Tahltan Central Government

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Rachel Germain @gerlame.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Our special feature/passion project at AmNat, "Demystifying fundamental theories in ecology", co-organized with @sebastianschreiber.bsky.social is out now 🤩 www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/an/2025/...

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Full Professorship (W 3) for Fire Ecology, University of Freiburg, Germany uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004... 🧪🌿🔥🌍🔥🌳 wildfires #sciencejobs #academicsky

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Postdoc opportunity: work with the Boreal Avian Modelling project on habitat models for boreal birds! Applications are being accepted until the position is filled. tinyurl.com/3bkb838e #remotesensing #avianecology @ellycknight.bsky.social

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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Registrations and submissions for #CSEE2025 are now OPEN! Don’t miss your chance, submit your abstract and register before March 15th. Registration: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages. Accommodation: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pag... #phdsky #evolbiol #ecology 🌎

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

A thread of #ConservationJobs (and career resources) in conservation-related science, policy, practice, communication, etc. I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world. Share job ads with me and I'll link here. 🌎🧪

A flyer that says "Jobs in conservation" in white text inside a white box, where the background is beautiful mountains with patches of snow, blue sky, and the foreground is green grass, shrubs, and scattered trees.

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Biodiversity Pathways have established a four-year contribution agreement to improve science capacity for caribou research and human footprint mapping in British Columbia. Learn more on our news page: biodiversitypathways.ca/eccc-funding...

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Funding for caribou recovery research at University of British Columbia Okanagan

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Biodiversity Pathways have established an exciting four-year contribution agreement. This agreement provides seed funding through ECCC's Canada Nature ...

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Elly Knight @ellycknight.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Like birds and models? Dr. Erin Bayne and I are currently recruiting a 2 year postdoc to come work with us at the Boreal Avian Modelling project on boreal bird models and applications of those models. Full details are here tinyurl.com/4yxju63k. Feel free to get in touch with qs!

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

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.

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Biodiversity Pathways @biodivpathways.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The Reconnecting the Rockies:BC project aims to mitigate the impact of Highway 3 on wildlife habitat connectivity and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions in southeast British Columbia. A 2020-24 progress report is now online: wildlifescience.ca/projects/wil...

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Wildlife Crossing Structures

Building safe passages in critical wildlife corridors Highway 3 runs through a critical wildlife corridor in southeastern British Columbia connecting northern and southern populations of wildlife. Col...

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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

NEW PAPER: The @libererofellows.bsky.social team led by Dr. Schiller looked at what's working for species recovery in 🇨🇦. Species recovery wasn't affected by human or financial capacity provided but was possible when the primary cause of decline was alleviated. www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/02/2025

Quick reminder that if you see a headline from a source you’ve never heard of that isn’t being reported by anyone else, you really should do some due diligence before spreading it around as fact. There’s enough misinformation floating around already; no need to add more.

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Tal Avgar @talavgar.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Posting on behalf of Eric Vander Wal ( #Wildlife Evolutionary #Ecology Lab, Memorial University, Newfoundland, #Canada): We're looking to recruit a #graduate student to work on #caribou that #migrate through a new gold mine: csee-scee.ca/two-graduate... 🌎

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