I am psyched to attend my first in-person conference in almost 3 years next week. It's a 15 minute walk from my house, which is much shorter than my 1 hour commute to work. Not to mention I get to avoid YYZ. Win win win

This week I gave a talk with both of my PhD supervisors and my undergraduate research supervisor in the audience. Felt like all my degrees were on the line.

Thanks to Joe Oliver and the Shelter Health Network team for providing our kids with an outdoor option for their COVID vaccine that was safe and fun. So many bubbles!

We are now at 20 🇨🇦 academic institutions that use mask protections to prevent the transmission of #COVID19 to students, staff and the community Ontario: - Laurentian University - Royal Military College of Canada

After defending my thesis on star cluster dynamics, had you asked me when I would be presenting my research at a Planetary Sciences conference I would have replied "Never". Happy to prove myself wrong today at #DPS54

As someone who is constantly losing their pen, having my home office in my kid's playroom has been great. However, almost most of my notes are now in crayon.

If you are interested in Astrophysical Transient Research and like the idea of spending time in Toronto and Jerusalem, check this job ad out - jobregister.aas.org/ad/d506d504

UofT's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics' Summer Undergraduate Research Program is now accepting applications for Summer 2023 (astro.utoronto.ca/academics/unde…). Apply before the January 31, 2023 deadline!

While teaching Life on Other Worlds, I was fairly confident I would accidentally quote Jurrasic Park. Turns out I should have been worried about accidentally quoting Wrath of Kahn. Realized mid-sentence.

My kid tells me that old people (me) have bad ideas because their brains are tired from being used for so long. Young people (my kid) have great ideas because their brains are young and fresh. Could this extend beyond the complexities of bath time?

Tomorrow, July 31st, we will be having our online public viewing (OPV), happening at 9:00pm and featuring live audio from York Universe Radio 💫✨🔭 You can join the following link: youtube.com/user/YorkUObse…

Getting the monitor and webcam at the right height for recording lectures

Turns out it is not possible to get through a class on Rocks, Fossils, and Life Beyond Earth without referencing Dwayne Johnson 7 times. I should have just asked him to guest lecture.

Great figure from Grondin et al. (arxiv.org/abs/2310.09331) showing where extra tidal stars produced via three-body interactions in the cores of Galactic globular clusters could be found throughout the Milky Way. Some contaminate their tidal tails! What do you think Astro Plot of the Week ?

My kid recently came up to me and randomly said there are actually 46 ways to form a globular cluster. He did not show his work or cite any sources, but the number 46 will now haunt me the rest of my career.

NPR's Science of Siblings Series includes a fun interview and a comic about Solar Siblings (npr.org/2024/04/18/124…). Was fun to catch up with Dr. Natalie Price-Jones and be made into a comic character.

Royal Botanical Gardens may close public access to Hendrie Valley trails if users continue feeding wildlife in the area. insidehalton.com/news/urgent-re…

Coming up next week: Open Air Astro Fair fosters learning, local support for York U observatory yorku.ca/yfile/2025/06/…