melissa arcand
@mmarcand
Assistant Prof., Soil Science, U. of Saskatchewan. nehiyaw iskwew from Muskeg Lake, Treaty 6. Passionate about soils and Indigenous agriculture. she/her.
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23-09-2012 17:56:06
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thanks to Hannah Konschuh and Erin K Gowriluk for the invite to talk about First Nations and agriculture on the Prairies... and of course #soils and #IndigenousSTEM on Diversity Imperative
On May 8th, visit virtual Science Rendezvous sites across Canada. Dig into your local soils with CSSS through a series of fun lessons, activities, and quiz questions! #SciRen #ScienceChase Visit the CSSS Science Chase site on May 8th: bit.ly/32D4pjd
📢 CALL FOR SASKATCHEWAN PRODUCERS We U of Saskatchewan @KateCongreves are looking for volunteer Producers to participate in our research project aimed at developing the Saskatchewan Assessment of Soil Health Tool. Volunteer producers can register at bit.ly/volunteerprodu… Please RT.
Check out Cash Back, a new report from Yellowhead Institute on how Canada built its economy on the exploitation of Indigenous lands, waters, and peoples.
Nature and geography shape who we are, and where and how we live our lives. Note that Alabama's Black Belt region, while predominantly African-American, was originally named for its black topsoil. Map: Starkey Comics
Thank you The Western Producer for the well captured article. 😎 producer.com/crops/canadas-…
Soil maps from #satellites? Soil organic carbon map for all the farmland in Saskatchewan using vintage #Landsat images of bare fallow fields from the 80's. Big thanks to Preston Sorenson and the #GoogleEarthEngine USask AgBio sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Pre Orders available for adult unisex orange shirt - saverezdogs.com/merch/orangesh… Splitting proceeds between: First Nation Child & Family Caring Society fncaringsociety.com/welcome Spirit Bear & SRDogs - Dog Houses Project #saverezdogs #everychildmatters #residentialschoolssurvivors
I love this! Dr. Jennings’ Lydia Jennings, Ph.D. way of marking her PhD accomplishment by honouring 50 Indigenous scientists over a 50 mile run is deeply moving and inspiring!
We've just launched another incredible Indigenous futurism + climate resilience project thanks to Lydia Jennings, Ph.D. FootPrint Coalition and Robert Downey Jr To learn more + support Dr. Jennings research check out the link below 🔗👇🏽 experiment.com/projects/quant…
It is time for any government agency offering funding for Indigenous projects to release data on how many projects chosen for funding are led by Indigenous people vs non-Indigenous scholars/organizations. SSHRC Justin Trudeau David Eby Josie Osborne 🇨🇦 Pam Alexis a 🧵1/12