The Quebec government's ad campaign promoting French is "paradoxical," given recent cuts to French course funding, including for immigrants. Also, if they criticize the use of English so often, why continue making ads and conducting interviews in English? cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…

We're hiring! Biologie UdeM is recruiting 2 Assistant profs in population genetics and quantitative genetics. Applications due Nov 1st. bio.umontreal.ca/departement/em…

Why do vendors in Canada allow credit card machines to calculate tips on top of taxes? Tips should be based on the service provided, not inflated by taxes, which can undermine transparency and fairness in the tipping process.

It’s official, our Call for Abstracts for SCAS 2025 is now OPEN!! Join us in Hamilton, ON from February 19-22 for our third annual conference. The deadline for Abstract Submission (and early bird pricing) is October 31, 2024. Read more and register here: event.fourwaves.com/e4c3873f-ffdf-…

Tomorrow's biostatistics lecture covers estimator properties, and the quote will be: "While nothing is more uncertain than a single life, nothing is more certain than the average duration of a thousand lives." E. Wright (mathematician & “the father of life insurance”)

On the way to represent Nordic Society Oikos at the ISBE2024! Looking forward to meet many behavioural ecologists! Ecography J. of Avian Biology Nordic Journal of Botany Oikos Wildlife Biology #ecology #behaviour

Please RT and spread the word widely: Our department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Global Change Biology (GCB), as part of a cluster hire in Global Change & Sustainability at Boston University: jobs.silkroad.com/BUCareers/Facu…

Canada is cutting visas also for international graduate students. As universities conduct the majority of research in the country, this move threatens Canada's research ability. cbc.ca/news/canada/in…

Assistant Professor in Data-Driven Modelling for Ecology and Water Conservation in Calgary, AB, Canada #academicjobs #conservation #ecology careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/14976298-…

📢I am recruiting a PhD student in applied quantitative ecology .@FCFCMontana .University of Montana to work on large mammal monitoring. More information: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=9…

🦜🌱Estimated missing interactions change the structure & alter species roles in one of world's largest seed-dispersal networks vist.ly/3miztpm 📷 Black-fronted piping guan © Mathias Pires Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution #seeddispersal #ecologicalnetworks #networktopology

The unfortunate reality of a Trump re-election is that financially struggling supporters may end up worse off, with non-supporters in similar situations suffering equally.

Haunting Halloween stats! Teaching stats in 4 hours from now!

"BON in a Box: An Open and Collaborative Platform for Biodiversity Monitoring, Indicator Calculation, and Reporting" - doi.org/10.32942/X2M320

I believe the demagogy is clear: the new American government may adopt extremely draconian measures, while saying that Americans—and others—retain the right of free speech to voice their complaints and demand change publicly, yet not the right to be heard!

The new US government will offer Americans the illusion of "reclaimed" freedom of speech, but they'll face the harsh reality of not being truly heard. Wishing everyone the best of luck!

Everything that the incoming American government won’t be 👇

Meet DODGY: Department of Obstruction, Delays, and General Yammering.

Excited to join Bluesky! Find me at @comecology.bsky.social where I’ll be sharing thoughts on ecology, statistics, the publication system, academia, and occasionally yelling into the void about reviewer #2 and unhappy authors ! #Bluesky #Ecology

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