On #Dec6 1989, fourteen bright young women were murdered because they were #women. A world free of #GenderBasedViolence requires everyone to educate themselves and speak up. Women deserve to thrive everywhere, including in #science and #engineering. #16Days#Dec6
ALT The Memorial plaque outside of the École Polytechnique commemorating the names of the women who were killed.
Inscribed on it:
in memoriam
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
6 décembre 1989
ALT Photos of the 14 victims of the Polytechnique tragedy.
#FactFriday Did you know that graduate students holding a Tricouncil award like #NSERC and #SSHRC can't afford to live in a 1-bedroom apartment in the city they study in. How can we expect researchers to make advances in Science when they can't make rent? 😱 #SupportOurScience
Job opportunity 🪲🐞🐛
The Entomology Collection at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, BC is seeking a full-time Collection Manager for one year. Experience with entomology collections and knowledge of North American fauna is required.
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You have got to be kidding. The definition of “major crimes” is in fact MAJOR crimes like murders, rapes, armed robberies not spray paint. No wonder there are so many missing Indigenous women. @wpgpolice only cares about thin blue line? #thinblueline#copgames#cdnpoli#mmiwg
More than 65 phrases including profanity and acronyms used by police abolitionist groups were spray painted along the WPFG Half Marathon route. It is believed the graffiti occurred overnight. Major Crimes is investigating.
winnipeg.ca/news/2023-07-31-…
Many graduate students, including me, had to work on top of being full-time grad students just to be able to pay rent and afford food.
Maybe some researchers have money, but it does not trickle down to the grad students who make most of the work possible.
“Researchers always have their hands out for more money, but either forget to say thank you, or say that sort-of half-hearted thank you, like, ‘We asked for more, but I guess we'll say yes to this.’”– @jetkerr
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I was today year's old when I finally took a stand against a senior white male colleague who made unwanted sexual advances toward me and has been intermittently bullying me since I firmly turned him down. This has been a great source of stress-and I'm a fully tenured senior...
Question sincère : en pleine crise du logement, quel problème le gouvernement espère régler en rendant la cession de bail caduque, hormis répondre aux attentes des propriétaires ?
There's some new content on the Beagle blog!
Laura Jeanne Raymond-Léonard, Dana Martin, Lauren Jackson, Rose Lacombe and Jade Legros share their research experience.
You can read their blog posts here: lebeagle.qcbs.ca/
Il y a du nouveau sur le blog du Beagle
Laura Jeanne Raymond-Léonard, Dana Martin, Lauren Jackson, Rose Lacombe et Jade Legros partagent leurs experiences de recherche.
Vous pouvez lire leurs billets de blog ici: lebeagle.qcbs.ca/
We’re excited to announce that we’re becoming a CSEE section: “Section Working for Equity in Ecology and Evolution Today” aka SWEEET! You'll now have the option to become a section member when registering as a CSEE member! @CSEE_SCEE
We want you to focus on cool science, not worry about getting sick at CSEE-CBA @CSEE_SCEEmtgs
- Masks required while indoors 😷
- CO2 monitoring and air filtration 🍃
- 4 rapid tests for each participant 🧪
- Vaccinations encouraged 💉
The CSEE-CBA COVID19 Policy and Code of Conduct is now posted on the conference website
La politique et le code de conduite de la conférence CSEE-CBA COVID19 sont maintenant affichés sur le site Web de la conference
beepeg2023.ca/covid-19-polic…@beepeg2023@CanBotanical@CSEE_SCEE