PhD Job Alert 🚨 I am hiring a PhD student in my lab in Caribbean Palaeoecology! 🔥🏝️🌺✋🏽 MPI-GEA Jena William D. Gosling Kristen Beck Patrick Roberts Andrea Brunelle Dr. Vachel A. Carter Limi Mao @crystalmcmic Adele Julier #paleofire #pollen #isotopes #landuse #caribbean

Hey #palynologists and #peatland scientists! We have been finding this #microfossil in pollen slides from a peatland in Newfoundland. Any idea what it could be? 25 um diam. Thanks. ⁦Garneau Michelle⁩ ⁦@NK_Sanderson⁩ ⁦Sarah Finkelstein⁩ ⁦@ListophileJ⁩

Passionate about forests? Join the Canadian Forest Service in Quebec City as a Research Scientist in forest modelling or entomology, remote sensing, or plant ecophysiology! Deadline now extended to Sept 10, 2023. Don't miss out! Apply here: emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/appl…

#OnThisDay in 1883, the Krakatau volcano erupted, setting off cataclysmic destruction: bit.ly/2vo4lBv

We proudly announce that Dr. Dr. Vivian Valencia of #UBishops SAFS program has been appointed Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Action (SACA) Research Chair. Her role involves establishing a "Lighthouse Network," a collection of innovative examples within agrifood systems. 🧵

Great piece by PhD student Antoine Lachance on the use of #paleotempestology for understanding hurricane risk, especially in eastern 🇨🇦 Hurricane Fiona's legacy: How studying storm impacts can help us better prepare for future events theconversation.com/hurricane-fion… via The Conversation Canada

Great opportunity with an excellent group here.

The Canadian Quaternary Association #CANQUA joint with CGRG will be meeting next August (18-21) in Regina. Please consider proposing a special session (by Nov 30) and attending! Field trips on southern Alberta Ice Streams, Cypress Hills, and Prairie Soils. See attached.

My department (NU Marine & Enviro Sci) at Northeastern U. is hiring a TT position in Climate Science broadly defined. Wonderful colleagues, supportive department, nice place to live. Email/DM with questions. Northeastern COS Ad: tinyurl.com/22ecvtva

Really scary!!

#Conference | This upcoming February 2nd, Bishop's University will be hosting a conference titled “Canada’s Fight for Purpose: The Challenges of Talking and Walking our way to Peace." This in-person event is organized by Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé and is both free to attend and open to all!

2 faculty positions in molecular biology Université de Sherbrooke in the wonderful and very supportive @biologieUdeS dep. 1 in plant sci. (FYI new greenhouses!). Must be able to teach in French within 1y of hiring (we have strong support for learning French). And we take EDIA seriously.

#UBishops was proud to host QMUN and Canada's Fight for Purpose Conference! It was great to see alumni returning to share their experiences with students. Thank you @samymabru for organizing the events! Pictured: Kai Schafer, Alexandra Vargas, Marie-Pier Allard-Caron, Junru Bian

Several of our students had an amazing experience this weekend presenting their work & engaging with international affairs & security experts at the Canadian Undergraduate Security Conference held at the Royal Military College of Canada & co-organized by Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé Dr. Yannick Veilleux-Lepage and C.-P. Courtois. Bravo!

Professor Robbins-Kanter recently spoke about the Quebec government's new tuition policies on The World, public radio’s longest-running news program carried on over 350 public radio stations across the United States. Listen here! theworld.org/media/2024-02-… Jacob Robbins-Kanter

Congrats Alex!

💡🔬🎓 Plus de 50 chercheurs et étudiants de Université de Sherbrooke et Bishop's University ont reçu 10M$ en subventions, bourses et programmes grâce aux récents investissements fédéraux. On continue de soutenir la recherche académique et à donner les moyens à la prochaine génération d'innovateurs!

💡🔬🎓 Exciting news! Over 50 researchers and students from Université de Sherbrooke and Bishop's University have been awarded $10M🇨🇦 in grants, scholarships, and programs thanks to recent federal investments. Let's continue to support academic research and empower the next generation of innovators!

Really enjoying the North American Paleontological Convention #NAPC2024 in Ann Arbour!

Matt McCooeye: from calling Gaiters hoops on student radio and editor of 'The Campus' newspaper at Bishop's University to producing an Olympic gold medal broadcast at Paris 2024. Raise A Toast, my purple friends.