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Ecotour grizzlies less likely to encounter conflict with humans, B.C. study suggests 'If you're viewing bears in the right way … [it] does not predispose them to bear-human conflicts later on' #Bears Raincoast Conservation Foundation Chris Darimont @KateAField cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

Grizzly bear ecotourism did not contribute to conflict, study finds. Lead author, Kate Field, PhD candidate, UVic and Conservation Scientist with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and co-author, Chris Darimont, UVic Geography. Photo credit: Emina Ida ow.ly/17oW50UKyHA

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, UBCIC President, stated “I do not support resuscitating dead projects such as the failed Northern Gateway pipeline.. I sincerely apologise for any confusion on this point.” NEWS RELEASE ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_reaffirm… #BCpoli

"Our people were on the front lines and fought hard to successfully stop the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. The environmental risks to our territories were and are too great." - Chief Marilyn Slett, UBCIC Secretary-Treasurer and CoastalFirstNations President ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_reaffirm…

Worst case CWD scenario - risk of spillover to humans: Important report from CIDRAP CWD cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wastin…

More than 40 percent of #postdocs leave academia. Those who landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have had a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between their #PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Applications are open for our UVic/Qqs field school in Koeye! 🌿 Co-taught by myself and Chris Darimont 🌿 Takes place in Koeye (pictured) 🌿 Takes place May 1-7 🌿 Applications due February 28 🌿 4th year Geography class but open to other disciplines

Cover letter when you're missing the mechanism

I'm beyond excited to announce the official launch of Raincoast Radio! In our inaugural Of Wolves and Women episode, Dr. Diane Boyd shares captivating stories and insights from her 40-year journey through wolf recovery in the western U.S. and much more! raincoast.org/2025/02/gray-w…

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This masterpiece just dropped at BMC Biology, brilliantly led by a great team with the help of 300+ analysts & reviewers Same question, same data: go figure! tl;dr: Substantial heterogeneity among results comes from differences among analytical choices doi.org/10.1186/s12915…

For the people who like to say they could take on a bear and win. no you can’t, hope this helps

Four PhD scholarships to work on the Transforming Climate Action Project in collaboration with Dal, Laval, UQAR. Students will be based Marine Institute, Memorial University Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland 🇨🇦 Apply by March 31, 2025 #PhD

Excited to share our new study, documenting coyotes hunting harbor seal pups along the California coast, is out now in Ecology! 🧵 UCSC News Coverage: news.ucsc.edu/2025/02/coyote…

After 6 months of urging the federal govt to act, Raincoast Conservation Foundation and our partners filed a lawsuit in late Jan seeking adequate protection for the Southern Residents. Represented by @ecojustice_ca our lawsuit asks the govt to honour its obligation under SARA. raincoast.org/2025/02/southe…

New -- Assistant Professor job in our department. Remote Sensing and Deta Science. GEOG 280-195 - University of Victoria

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The biggest, most up-to-date, and cleanest version of our database is now officially published in Ecology Ecological Society - check it out. "This new, curated version has 9263 records collated from 326 studies, 1801 systems, and 428 species." esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Episode 7: A special tribute to wolves and women with Paul Paquet. In our seventh 'Of Wolves and Women' episode, Dr. Paul Paquet reflects on the profound impact the women featured in this series have had on both his life and his understanding of #wolves. raincoast.org/2025/03/episod…

A newly published study finds that sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) threatened by sea star wasting disease (SSWD) are finding marine refuge in the freshwater snowmelt of deep, cold-water fjords on BCs central coast. Full press kit🔗tinyurl.com/534rsnrj