Attn *ALL* Canadian scientists & engineers! Sign open letter to Justin Trudeau & François-Philippe Champagne (FPC) 🇨🇦 (bit.ly/3vWWDQt) asking the CDN Gov to increase NSERC / CRSNG graduate student funding to above the poverty line & #PDFs to a reasonable wage. Pls RT & spread the word!!

Excited to announce that the paper from my last PhD thesis chapter is now online! Final version should be up soon.

Several years ago we headed out into the nearshore to examine if microplastics are biomagnifying in marine food webs. That research has now been published in Ecological Applications doi.org/10.1002/eap.26… Special thanks to The Juanes Lab Dr. Garth Covernton 👨🏼‍🔬🔬👨🏼‍💻👨🏼‍🏫 Hailey Davies DFO Pacific UVic Science

I authored an article in The Conversation Canada with Kieran Cox, Ph.D and Hailey Davies covering some of my PhD work on microplastics and marine food webs. The article closes with a plug for my current postdoc work with Chelsea Rochman and IISD Experimental Lakes Area! theconversation.com/microplastics-…

The final version of the paper from my final PhD chapter is now online in Ecological Applications and is open access! Thanks to Kieran Cox, Ph.D, Hailey Davies, and all other co-authors and to @DFO_Science for the support on this big project! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ea…

Ping #microplastics #plasticpollution peeps!!! Our #plastics team at Gov't of Canada is starting to hire plastic pollution expertise!!! Come work with us!! 1 of 2 currently posted positions! recruitment-recrutement.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/job/Ottawa-Tec…

We are looking for someone to lead a project on the risks of macroplastics to marine life. This project provides the opportunity to see what a career is like within both academia and NGO. See below and apply if interested!!

When an academic’s terrible income is supplemented by a high-earning spouse, that’s what’s known as a Fellowship of the Ring

Excited to be at #7IMDC in Busan! Come check out my poster tomorrow and hopefully by then I'll have somehow printed out the important photo that has mysteriously disappeared from the upper left hand 😅

Had a nice little walk break from #7IMDC this morning. There's a lot of this urban nature aesthetic going in Busan.

Few months ago I was contacted by nature and asked if I would write a commentary on #circulareconomy and #plasticpollution . I obviously agreed to this honor and wrote about the UN #plastictreaty on plastic and the pitfall of focussing solely on recycling nature.com/articles/d4158…

I'm going to instruct some students next week on giving a good 12 min science talk-they'll be presenting on studies they've done over the last 4 weeks. Any essentials I should hit?

We are seeking instructors & co-instructors for field courses this summer. Come teach in a hands-on learning environment, with a fleet of boats, flow-through seawater system, helpful support staff, & access to diverse coastal habitats. Details here: bit.ly/3Zt7qPo

4 DAYS LEFT! 🚨 Will you join us Monday to #SupportOurScience! Awards for #GradStudents and #Postdocs have not increased in 20 YEARS, despite 50% inflation during this time! It's time to change that. ⏲️ Find out more info about the walkouts here: supportourscience.ca/nationwide-wal…

I'm paid through a U of T fellowship , but NSERC / CRSNG sets the standard. When I first moved to Toronto and lived on my own I was spending more than my income every month until I met my current partner and moved in with her. Canada needs to do better. #SupportOurScience

Canada's science & innovation talent pipeline is a massive filter, removing those without external financial support. How many potential Nobel laureates have we excluded? How many who may have cured cancer? Pay emerging scientists a living wage Chrystia Freeland. #SupportOurScience

Earlier this week, Mira and Dr. Garth Covernton 👨🏼‍🔬🔬👨🏼‍💻👨🏼‍🏫 from the Chelsea Rochman lab met up with the Royal Ontario Museum Summer Club to talk through #PlasticPollution, share a behind the scenes of research and discuss potential solutions. Such a fun day!! Thanks for having us!

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

Join me Jan. 16-17 for a free #workshop on #microplastics with experts from academia, government, and NGOs. I'll be speaking Day 1 on Human Health Methods, Monitoring and Exposure, and Considerations Register free here: eventbrite.ca/e/environment-…