Sara Cannon, PhD
@surlyscientist.bsky.social
Liber Ero Postdoc @ the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries @ubcoceans.bsky.social & @salmonscience.bsky.social • National Geographic Explorer • UBC Geog & UC Santa Cruz alum • Settler • She/her • 🏳️🌈 • saracannon.ca • bit.ly/decolonizing-conservation-2
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Decolonizing Conservation Reading List (Version 2.0)
I’ve decided to migrate the Reading List to a new platform, and I will no longer be updating the original google document (although I will keep the previous version publicly available online)…
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📚 Are you working in biodiversity conservation? This reading list is a starting point for non-Indigenous & settler folks to learn about colonial roots in conservation and why supporting Indigenous leadership is essential. Explore topics & resources to dive in: bit.ly/decolonizing... 🧪🦑🌍🦤
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When we submitted our petition to oppose deep sea mining in American Samoa, it had over 2,000 signatures
We left it open, and now there are over 3,000 signatures
You can still sign
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We left it open, and now there are over 3,000 signatures
You can still sign
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Petition to Oppose Imposition of Deep Seabed Mining on American Samoa / Tagi e te’ena le ‘eli’ina o le sami loloto ma le alititai o Amerika Samoa e fa’asaga i le Iunaite Sitete o Amerika / Petición pa...
This petition is organized by Right to Democracy and America the Beautiful for All Coalition in support of leaders and communities from American Samoa and all U.S. territories. When signing the petiti...
docs.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When we submitted our petition to oppose deep sea mining in American Samoa, it had over 2,000 signatures
We left it open, and now there are over 3,000 signatures
You can still sign
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We left it open, and now there are over 3,000 signatures
You can still sign
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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here is the petition, note that these conservative MPs are now requesting *25 years* of applicant data
there is simply no reason to include disaggregated and identifiable data to parliament
there is simply no reason to include disaggregated and identifiable data to parliament
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
**Edited to add: we have received more than 4500 signatures for our letter but adding any more than 2000 names to this public page seems to be causing our Form to crash! Rest assured that we have all ...
docs.google.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
here is the petition, note that these conservative MPs are now requesting *25 years* of applicant data
there is simply no reason to include disaggregated and identifiable data to parliament
there is simply no reason to include disaggregated and identifiable data to parliament
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this would be a gross violation of the tri-councils ethical and legal obligations, a huge overreach by the state into the privacy of applicants & undermine the tri-councils goal to ensure ethical research
canadian researchers please sign the petition (see next post)
#cdnhist #stsky
canadian researchers please sign the petition (see next post)
#cdnhist #stsky
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Apply to the Liber Ero Program by November 1! The program supports exceptional post-doctoral fellows who address pressing conservation challenges of relevance to Canada. See liberero.ca for more details.
Liber Ero Fellowship Program
liberero.ca
October 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Apply to the Liber Ero Program by November 1! The program supports exceptional post-doctoral fellows who address pressing conservation challenges of relevance to Canada. See liberero.ca for more details.
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Postulez au programme Liber Ero d’ici le 1er novembre! Le programme soutient des postdoctorantes et postdoctorants exceptionnels qui désirent relever d'importants défis de conservation de la nature au Canada. Consultez liberero.ca/fr pour plus de détails.
Accueil - Liber Ero Fellowship Program
liberero.ca
October 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Postulez au programme Liber Ero d’ici le 1er novembre! Le programme soutient des postdoctorantes et postdoctorants exceptionnels qui désirent relever d'importants défis de conservation de la nature au Canada. Consultez liberero.ca/fr pour plus de détails.
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Applications are now open for two two-year UBC Biodiversity Postdoc Fellowships biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and.... $77,000 /y + benefits and $7000 /y research funds.
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Applications are now open for two two-year UBC Biodiversity Postdoc Fellowships biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and.... $77,000 /y + benefits and $7000 /y research funds.
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Sharing for conference organizers: I’ve been part of many Indigenous science sessions at the major science organizations— Ecological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Soil Science Society of America, and now Living Data. I’m so appreciative to be part of these communities.
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sharing for conference organizers: I’ve been part of many Indigenous science sessions at the major science organizations— Ecological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Soil Science Society of America, and now Living Data. I’m so appreciative to be part of these communities.
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Bridging the gaps to save British Columbia’s #salmon. Dr. Sara Cannon @surlyscientist.bsky.social says “#Indigenous stewardship needs to be recognized and supported, giving First Nations and local communities clear decision making authority.”
oceans.ubc.ca/2025/09/29/b...
oceans.ubc.ca/2025/09/29/b...
September 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Bridging the gaps to save British Columbia’s #salmon. Dr. Sara Cannon @surlyscientist.bsky.social says “#Indigenous stewardship needs to be recognized and supported, giving First Nations and local communities clear decision making authority.”
oceans.ubc.ca/2025/09/29/b...
oceans.ubc.ca/2025/09/29/b...
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We invite you to propose a session for the 2026 joint conference of IAGLR and the Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences. The conference will be held May 25–29, 2026, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as a hybrid event. https://bit.ly/4lpMJNK
#connectedwaters26 #IAGLR26
#connectedwaters26 #IAGLR26
September 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We invite you to propose a session for the 2026 joint conference of IAGLR and the Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences. The conference will be held May 25–29, 2026, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as a hybrid event. https://bit.ly/4lpMJNK
#connectedwaters26 #IAGLR26
#connectedwaters26 #IAGLR26
Really proud to be a co-author on this new paper, led by the brilliant @ulaskimarta.bsky.social
Check out the key highlights in this thread 👇
Check out the key highlights in this thread 👇
New paper! #fishsci #bcpoli
Our study reveals that Pacific salmon in British Columbia face a fragmented policy landscape that fails to manage the combined impacts of industrial development and climate change.
Read the paper here:
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/epdf/10....
Thread with key take-aways 👇
Our study reveals that Pacific salmon in British Columbia face a fragmented policy landscape that fails to manage the combined impacts of industrial development and climate change.
Read the paper here:
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/epdf/10....
Thread with key take-aways 👇
September 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Really proud to be a co-author on this new paper, led by the brilliant @ulaskimarta.bsky.social
Check out the key highlights in this thread 👇
Check out the key highlights in this thread 👇
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Each Friday, I summarize what happened this week in science 🧪& higher ed. This was Week 29:
- new executive order makes a mockery of peer review
- UCLA facing demand for $1 Billion, patents are latest attack on Harvard
- mRNA, climate assessments & so much more at buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
- new executive order makes a mockery of peer review
- UCLA facing demand for $1 Billion, patents are latest attack on Harvard
- mRNA, climate assessments & so much more at buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Week 29
Within, amongst, against
buttondown.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Each Friday, I summarize what happened this week in science 🧪& higher ed. This was Week 29:
- new executive order makes a mockery of peer review
- UCLA facing demand for $1 Billion, patents are latest attack on Harvard
- mRNA, climate assessments & so much more at buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
- new executive order makes a mockery of peer review
- UCLA facing demand for $1 Billion, patents are latest attack on Harvard
- mRNA, climate assessments & so much more at buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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New paper! What we think we know, know we don’t know, and don’t know we don’t know, when it comes to working on environment and climate issues. 🧪
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Examining critical assumptions in global conservation practice
The ability of conservation practitioners to design and implement successful conservation projects and scale up positive outcomes depends in large part on their ability to make accurate assumptions a...
doi.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
New paper! What we think we know, know we don’t know, and don’t know we don’t know, when it comes to working on environment and climate issues. 🧪
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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Now is the time to take the day off. Then tomorrow, start planning for how you will mobilize people as they start to realize they’ve been fucked over. How will you help people channel their anger into making change?
The time is now (after a day off) for working out your answer.
The time is now (after a day off) for working out your answer.
I'm proud of everyone who called, spread awareness, demonstrated, protested, and never shut the hell up. This bill was so monumentally unpopular, everybody and their mother understood how bad it was. You can say you were on the right side of history if nothing else
🚨BREAKING: House passes Trump's "big, beautiful bill"
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now is the time to take the day off. Then tomorrow, start planning for how you will mobilize people as they start to realize they’ve been fucked over. How will you help people channel their anger into making change?
The time is now (after a day off) for working out your answer.
The time is now (after a day off) for working out your answer.
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Update: The Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on administrative leave today and launched an investigation into their signing of an open letter criticizing agency leadership.
See our initial reporting. ⬇️
See our initial reporting. ⬇️
Hundreds of employees at the EPA released a “Declaration of Dissent” today, accusing EPA officials of politicizing the agency and undermining its core mission to “protect human health and the environment.” scim.ag/4lB937S
EPA employees accuse Trump officials of undermining the agency’s mission
“Declaration of Dissent” denounces partisan messaging, rollback of environmental regulations, and dismantling of science office, among other concerns
scim.ag
July 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Update: The Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on administrative leave today and launched an investigation into their signing of an open letter criticizing agency leadership.
See our initial reporting. ⬇️
See our initial reporting. ⬇️
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The Fight for Climate Justice at the World Court. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Fight for Climate Justice at the World Court
Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis, is fighting for climate justice at the world’s highest court.
www.rollingstone.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Fight for Climate Justice at the World Court. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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On May 23, President Trump signed an executive order he’s calling a “restoration of gold standard science.” But don’t be fooled, this is not about scientific integrity. It’s about political control.
The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:
The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:
June 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
On May 23, President Trump signed an executive order he’s calling a “restoration of gold standard science.” But don’t be fooled, this is not about scientific integrity. It’s about political control.
The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:
The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:
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The application deadline for our second cohort of the Africa-UBC Oceans and Fisheries Visiting Fellows Program has been EXTENDED to June 30, 2025!
oceans.ubc.ca/applytoafric...
oceans.ubc.ca/applytoafric...
May 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The application deadline for our second cohort of the Africa-UBC Oceans and Fisheries Visiting Fellows Program has been EXTENDED to June 30, 2025!
oceans.ubc.ca/applytoafric...
oceans.ubc.ca/applytoafric...
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We are using LinkedIn to promote #Upwell2025
We'd appreciate if you'd share this link
www.linkedin.com/events/upwel...
We'd appreciate if you'd share this link
www.linkedin.com/events/upwel...
Upwell 2025: A Wave of Ocean Justice | LinkedIn
Please join us online on June 3rd, 2025 for Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice.
JOIN ONLINE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-2025-upwell-a-wave-of-ocean-justice-tickets-1309060879329
(Please reach...
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May 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We are using LinkedIn to promote #Upwell2025
We'd appreciate if you'd share this link
www.linkedin.com/events/upwel...
We'd appreciate if you'd share this link
www.linkedin.com/events/upwel...
An excellent resource to bookmark: docs.google.com/document/u/1...
Resistance resources for political newbies
Resistance Resources for Political Newbies By Alaina Johns INTRO This is a guide for people who want easy-to-understand info about why our democracy is at risk, why ordinary people need to speak ou...
docs.google.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
An excellent resource to bookmark: docs.google.com/document/u/1...
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Join us on Tuesday! Register to get the link.
Next “Exploring Careers in Ecology” webinar series by @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
* April 15, 2-3 PM EST
* Panelists Rese Cloyd (also incoming ESA President!) & me
* Register: esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ConservationJobs
* April 15, 2-3 PM EST
* Panelists Rese Cloyd (also incoming ESA President!) & me
* Register: esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ConservationJobs
April 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Join us on Tuesday! Register to get the link.
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If a facility emits CO₂ but no one measures it, does it cause global warming?
The EPA ordered the virtual elimination of a 15-year-old federal program that requires thousands of power plants, oil refineries, cement factories and other large industrial facilities to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions, according to two people briefed on the decision.
E.P.A. Is Said to Plan Deep Cuts to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
Officials are moving to eliminate requirements that most big polluters disclose how much carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases they emit.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
If a facility emits CO₂ but no one measures it, does it cause global warming?
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Please help me get this opportunity in front of as many potential future marine biologists as possible. We have a team standing by to answer their questions but we need questions!
I keep seeing the same questions asked in marine biology career advice groups. So along with some colleagues, I'm trying to compile a bunch of common questions and answer them all at once. Please share widely with anyone who might have questions!
Submit ?s here: forms.gle/LEd4egJgvfGf...
🦑🧪🌎🐟
Submit ?s here: forms.gle/LEd4egJgvfGf...
🦑🧪🌎🐟
April 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Please help me get this opportunity in front of as many potential future marine biologists as possible. We have a team standing by to answer their questions but we need questions!
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Only 15 vote no. After 18 months of daily photos and testimonies of Palestinians being horribly killed by American weapons and 82 senators vote to keep funding genocide.
15 Democratic Senators voted for a Bernie Sanders-led resolution blocking 8.8 billion in military aid to Israel
Voting YES: Sanders, Van Hollen, Hirono, Lujan, Markey, Merkley, Warren, Kaine, Schatz, Heinrich, Kim, Smith, Durbin, Welch, Murphy
The motion fails 15-82
(Via NBC)
Voting YES: Sanders, Van Hollen, Hirono, Lujan, Markey, Merkley, Warren, Kaine, Schatz, Heinrich, Kim, Smith, Durbin, Welch, Murphy
The motion fails 15-82
(Via NBC)
April 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Only 15 vote no. After 18 months of daily photos and testimonies of Palestinians being horribly killed by American weapons and 82 senators vote to keep funding genocide.