She/Her | BIPOC Ph. D. Candidate | Plasticity, thermal bio, development 🐟 🐢 | Cofounder of Diversity of Nature | Still obsessed with dinosaurs
Joined March 2014
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1 Feb 2023
Really excited to be joining the incredible @LiberEroFellows program to tackle invasive Goldfish at @UtscBiology with @InvSp and @RBGCanada !
31 Jan 2023
We are pleased to announce the 2023 cohort of the Liber Ero Fellowship Program!!
Read more about their projects:
liberero.ca/meet-the-fellows…
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10 Sep 2024
Interested in the ecology, evolution, & conservation of reptiles? I have a FUNDED PhD POSITION, using the latest in acoustic array tech to study the thermal ecology and movement of large temperate snapping turtles. Big datasets and huge animals involved.
rollinson.eeb.utoronto.ca/jo…
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23 Oct 2023
Out now in @Ecol_Evol is our paper on the importance of natural history research to topics as varied as education, policy management, and conservation, with a wide array of experts #MuseumMonday onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… 🧵👇
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26 Jul 2023
🐍 @sclougheed and I are looking for a PhD student to study the sociality of Grey Ratsnakes! 🐍
The position starts in January 2024. Check out the ad and our lab websites for more details. Please share (RT) and apply by Sept 30!
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25 Jul 2023
this site is v strange and confusing right now so this is just a notice letting you know that i'll probably be on much less often - feel free to get in touch any number of other ways (if you know you know!)
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The experiment was a 4 month acclimation to a range of temperatures, and showed that aerobic scope increased up to 18C while growth declined above 12C. We concluded that oxygen transport was not limiting growth at high temperatures, contradicting a central OCLTT prediction.
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5 Jul 2023
🚨🚨New paper alert🚨🚨
Led by @aliczner and in collaboration with @leifr7 & Richard Schuster, we identify priority areas across Canada to conserve at-risk bumblebees under various climate scenarios.
Ping @BeesYork
@YorkUScience
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4 Jul 2023
I found these sprouting in debris where the trunk door seals in a car. Any idea what they are 🤔 I’ve attempted to relocate them to a pot in my house and see what they grow into…
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4 Jul 2023
Disclaimer if it doesn’t have a spine I likely know nothing about it 😂 could be a dandelion 🤷🏻♀️
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1 Jul 2023
Lots to celebrate today!! #OsloPride🏳️🌈 #CanadaDay🇨🇦 Becoming Assistant Professor @UNB 🇳🇴, Researcher @goteborgsuni and passing my Norwegian tests (better late than never!).
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27 Jun 2023
BREAKING: Immediately after electing progressive Olivia Chow to power as mayor of Toronto the entire city erupted in wokeness and has completely fallen. Non binary generals have taken over every facet of society and dancing is presumed to be mandatory
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27 Jun 2023
olivia chow flipped scarborough so hard all suburban plaza uncles and aunties finally came out to vote
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26 Jun 2023
INCREDIBLY moving talk by @ducbobo . i have never seen a room of vastly different identities moved to tears @ 8am. be so proud!!
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26 Jun 2023
Part of the @eebtoronto contingent #Evol2023! Thanks @systbiol, @sse_evolution, & @ASNAmNat for a great conference!!
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25 Jun 2023
who here became a biologist because of “Wonderful Life” by Gould? quick show of hands 🤔
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22 Jun 2023
Fascinating talk by @KZ_UTAustin and much appreciation for beautifully explaining the hidden biases inherent in science, how they manifest, and how diversity of identities and experiences makes science better 🐸
22 Jun 2023
#Evol2023 attendees, don't miss our SSE Presidential Address from Dr. Kelly Zamudio @KZ_UTAustin: "The love of frogs, and what it has taught us about sexual and natural selection (and ourselves)". This morning at 8!
ALT Headshot of Kelly Zamudio. Text: SSE Presidential Address: "The love of frogs, and what it has taught us about sexual and natural selection", Thursday, June 22, 8:00 AM, Kiva Auditorium.
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22 Jun 2023
🚨🚨New paper alert🚨🚨 Led by postdoc Rachel Nalepa, we identified a framework for a 🇨🇦 pollinator strategy, just in time for #Pollinatorweek. I'll highlight a few of our main findings in this thread below! 🐝🌻
22 Jun 2023
New 📄 | Toward a wild pollinator strategy for Canada: expert-recommended solutions and policy levers 🐝 @YorkUniversity Read it 👉: buff.ly/43ReDKP
Read the PLS 👉: buff.ly/42RTsag
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22 Jun 2023
This talk was a treat to hear, and I hope to try out some of @JimCostaHBS ‘s teaching ideas with @DiversityofNat students 🍁
21 Jun 2023
At #Evol2023? We hope you'll join us tonight at 7 for the public outreach plenary: "Patience, industry, and a fair share of invention: Teaching Darwin with Darwin" from our Gould Prize awardee, Dr. Jim Costa!
@JimCostaHBS @Evol_mtg
ALT Headshot of James Costa. Text: Gould Prize Lecture: "Patience, industry, and a fair share of invention": Teaching Darwin with Darwin, Wednesday June 21, 7:00 PM, Kiva Auditorium.
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22 Jun 2023
Although I’m not an evolutionary biologist per se, Darwin’s work has left it’s mark on me (literally!)
And it was a lecture by @ehab_abouheif on Gould’s Wonderful Life that inspired me to dedicate my life to the study of biology 🐢 so thanks again @JimCostaHBS and congrats 🎉
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22 Jun 2023
I do anticipate some tough conversations in using Darwin’s work as teaching tools with historically excluded kids - he certainly had some progressive views (see: Darwin’s Sacred Quest) as well as some more problematic ones. Open to suggestions!
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