SWEEET
@sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social
The Section Working for Equity in Ecology and Evolution Today (of @csee-scee.bsky.social). Cultivating inclusive, communal, and accountable workplace cultures / relationships.
sweeetecoevo.weebly.com
https://csee-scee.ca/
sweeetecoevo.weebly.com
https://csee-scee.ca/
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🚨Critical BREACH OF PRIVACY🚨 and trust for any 🇨🇦 researcher (trainees to PIs) who have been involved with ANY grant or scholarship submission (or their review!!!) to ANY of the TriCouncils (CIHR NSERC SSHRC) in the last 20 years!
Also see this petition & thread 👇🏻
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also see this petition & thread 👇🏻
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🚨Critical BREACH OF PRIVACY🚨 and trust for any 🇨🇦 researcher (trainees to PIs) who have been involved with ANY grant or scholarship submission (or their review!!!) to ANY of the TriCouncils (CIHR NSERC SSHRC) in the last 20 years!
Also see this petition & thread 👇🏻
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also see this petition & thread 👇🏻
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Attn: Canadian researchers/ If you are looking for text/arguments to mix-n-match in a letter to your MP, the committee, Ministers, etc.. here is some.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Attn: Canadian researchers/ If you are looking for text/arguments to mix-n-match in a letter to your MP, the committee, Ministers, etc.. here is some.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
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In his #ParentCarerScientist case study, Professor Ben Sheldon FRS talks about navigating crises at home and at work, and why it's important for leaders to set an example when it comes to balancing work with caring responsibilities: #CarersWeek #AndAScientist royalsociety.org/about-us/who...
June 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In his #ParentCarerScientist case study, Professor Ben Sheldon FRS talks about navigating crises at home and at work, and why it's important for leaders to set an example when it comes to balancing work with caring responsibilities: #CarersWeek #AndAScientist royalsociety.org/about-us/who...
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Hot off the press! 🧑🔬🧪
"Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice"
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnYH1MRgT...
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"Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice"
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnYH1MRgT...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hot off the press! 🧑🔬🧪
"Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice"
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnYH1MRgT...
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"Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice"
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnYH1MRgT...
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In this installment of the hashtag #ECRAsks series, @oakleigh-wilson.bsky.social
spoke to @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social about equity, diversity and how scientific research intersects with politics.
Check out their conversation on the SORTEE blog: sortee.org/blog/2025/07...
spoke to @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social about equity, diversity and how scientific research intersects with politics.
Check out their conversation on the SORTEE blog: sortee.org/blog/2025/07...
ECR Asks: Dr. Brooke Long-Fox
SORTEE blog
sortee.org
July 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In this installment of the hashtag #ECRAsks series, @oakleigh-wilson.bsky.social
spoke to @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social about equity, diversity and how scientific research intersects with politics.
Check out their conversation on the SORTEE blog: sortee.org/blog/2025/07...
spoke to @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social about equity, diversity and how scientific research intersects with politics.
Check out their conversation on the SORTEE blog: sortee.org/blog/2025/07...
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Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...
Drag Queens Tag Sharks in Annual Florida Science Celebration
The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation
www.scientificamerican.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...
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🌟 Something new is coming! 🌟
We’re excited to announce the upcoming BWEEMS Holistic Wellness Program, created in collaboration with Dr. Della V. Mosley. This program is designed for rest, healing, and community care!
Stay tuned for more! 🎆
We’re excited to announce the upcoming BWEEMS Holistic Wellness Program, created in collaboration with Dr. Della V. Mosley. This program is designed for rest, healing, and community care!
Stay tuned for more! 🎆
August 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🌟 Something new is coming! 🌟
We’re excited to announce the upcoming BWEEMS Holistic Wellness Program, created in collaboration with Dr. Della V. Mosley. This program is designed for rest, healing, and community care!
Stay tuned for more! 🎆
We’re excited to announce the upcoming BWEEMS Holistic Wellness Program, created in collaboration with Dr. Della V. Mosley. This program is designed for rest, healing, and community care!
Stay tuned for more! 🎆
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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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Our new paper, led by Andrew Burton-Jones, argues English-only science is unfair, costly and may no longer be necessary. With AI translation tools advancing rapidly, we ask what truly multilingual science could look like and how we might get there.
doi.org/10.3127/ajis...
#languagebarriers
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doi.org/10.3127/ajis...
#languagebarriers
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This Article is Not Just in English
| Australasian Journal of Information Systems
doi.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Our new paper, led by Andrew Burton-Jones, argues English-only science is unfair, costly and may no longer be necessary. With AI translation tools advancing rapidly, we ask what truly multilingual science could look like and how we might get there.
doi.org/10.3127/ajis...
#languagebarriers
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doi.org/10.3127/ajis...
#languagebarriers
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🌿 Are you passionate about equity, ecology, evolution, or just love building community in science?
SWEEET is looking for a few motivated folks to join our organizing committee! 🌎✨
Interested? Send us a note at [email protected] 💌
#SWEEET #EcoEvo #SciComm #InclusionInSTEM
SWEEET is looking for a few motivated folks to join our organizing committee! 🌎✨
Interested? Send us a note at [email protected] 💌
#SWEEET #EcoEvo #SciComm #InclusionInSTEM
July 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🌿 Are you passionate about equity, ecology, evolution, or just love building community in science?
SWEEET is looking for a few motivated folks to join our organizing committee! 🌎✨
Interested? Send us a note at [email protected] 💌
#SWEEET #EcoEvo #SciComm #InclusionInSTEM
SWEEET is looking for a few motivated folks to join our organizing committee! 🌎✨
Interested? Send us a note at [email protected] 💌
#SWEEET #EcoEvo #SciComm #InclusionInSTEM
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Citation: Amano T, Ramírez-Castañeda V, Berdejo-Espinola V, Borokini I, Chowdhury S, Golivets M, et al. (2023) The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science. PLoS Biol 21(7): e3002184. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science
This study reveals that non-native English speakers, especially early in their careers, spend more effort than native English speakers in conducting scientific activities, from reading and writing pap...
doi.org
July 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Citation: Amano T, Ramírez-Castañeda V, Berdejo-Espinola V, Borokini I, Chowdhury S, Golivets M, et al. (2023) The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science. PLoS Biol 21(7): e3002184. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Remember to come to SWEEET tomorrow at 1pm!
Please join us to learn about these valuable topics that are relevant to everyone at #CSEE2025!
Everyone is welcome! Feel free to join at any point in our symposium
Please join us to learn about these valuable topics that are relevant to everyone at #CSEE2025!
Everyone is welcome! Feel free to join at any point in our symposium
📢 Don’t miss the SWEEET Symposium at #CSEE2025 on July 9 in Sherbrooke!
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
July 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Remember to come to SWEEET tomorrow at 1pm!
Please join us to learn about these valuable topics that are relevant to everyone at #CSEE2025!
Everyone is welcome! Feel free to join at any point in our symposium
Please join us to learn about these valuable topics that are relevant to everyone at #CSEE2025!
Everyone is welcome! Feel free to join at any point in our symposium
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And please join us for SWEEET! We have amazing speakers lined up and this topic is relevant to everyone at #CSEE2025
📢 Don’t miss the SWEEET Symposium at #CSEE2025 on July 9 in Sherbrooke!
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
July 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
And please join us for SWEEET! We have amazing speakers lined up and this topic is relevant to everyone at #CSEE2025
Aerin has a busy(!!) week and we are so lucky to have her as part of this year’s SWEEET!
& what a great way to wrap up a conference, if we may say so ourselves 👀
Come join us on Wednesday #CSEE2025 ✨
& what a great way to wrap up a conference, if we may say so ourselves 👀
Come join us on Wednesday #CSEE2025 ✨
See you soon, #CSEE2025!
I’m teaching two workshops and giving a talk in SWEEET.
Get in touch if you want to chat about conservation science, what it’s like to work at an ENGO, research partnerships with @ncccnc.bsky.social, etc.
I’m teaching two workshops and giving a talk in SWEEET.
Get in touch if you want to chat about conservation science, what it’s like to work at an ENGO, research partnerships with @ncccnc.bsky.social, etc.
July 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Aerin has a busy(!!) week and we are so lucky to have her as part of this year’s SWEEET!
& what a great way to wrap up a conference, if we may say so ourselves 👀
Come join us on Wednesday #CSEE2025 ✨
& what a great way to wrap up a conference, if we may say so ourselves 👀
Come join us on Wednesday #CSEE2025 ✨
📢 Don’t miss the SWEEET Symposium at #CSEE2025 on July 9 in Sherbrooke!
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
July 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
📢 Don’t miss the SWEEET Symposium at #CSEE2025 on July 9 in Sherbrooke!
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
📢 Ne manquez pas le symposium SWEEET au #CSEE2025 le 9 juillet à Sherbrooke !
Le thème de cette année : Briser les barrières en communication scientifique - faire progresser l'équité, l'accessibilité & l'inclusion par le langage et la visualisation.
#SWEEET #EquitéEnScience #SciComm
Le thème de cette année : Briser les barrières en communication scientifique - faire progresser l'équité, l'accessibilité & l'inclusion par le langage et la visualisation.
#SWEEET #EquitéEnScience #SciComm
July 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
📢 Ne manquez pas le symposium SWEEET au #CSEE2025 le 9 juillet à Sherbrooke !
Le thème de cette année : Briser les barrières en communication scientifique - faire progresser l'équité, l'accessibilité & l'inclusion par le langage et la visualisation.
#SWEEET #EquitéEnScience #SciComm
Le thème de cette année : Briser les barrières en communication scientifique - faire progresser l'équité, l'accessibilité & l'inclusion par le langage et la visualisation.
#SWEEET #EquitéEnScience #SciComm
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Birds as pride flags, meticulously researched by my wonderful student Griffin ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella
📷 David Irving, eBird
Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella
📷 David Irving, eBird
June 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Birds as pride flags, meticulously researched by my wonderful student Griffin ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella
📷 David Irving, eBird
Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella
📷 David Irving, eBird
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HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️🌈
Under Trump, research using terms like “Trans,” “LGBTQ,” & “Gender identity” is being defunded. These terms reflect real people who deserve science that includes them.
Stand with us to protect LGBTQ+ science from political erasure.
grant-watch.us/nih-data.html
@rcmedphys.bsky.social
Under Trump, research using terms like “Trans,” “LGBTQ,” & “Gender identity” is being defunded. These terms reflect real people who deserve science that includes them.
Stand with us to protect LGBTQ+ science from political erasure.
grant-watch.us/nih-data.html
@rcmedphys.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️🌈
Under Trump, research using terms like “Trans,” “LGBTQ,” & “Gender identity” is being defunded. These terms reflect real people who deserve science that includes them.
Stand with us to protect LGBTQ+ science from political erasure.
grant-watch.us/nih-data.html
@rcmedphys.bsky.social
Under Trump, research using terms like “Trans,” “LGBTQ,” & “Gender identity” is being defunded. These terms reflect real people who deserve science that includes them.
Stand with us to protect LGBTQ+ science from political erasure.
grant-watch.us/nih-data.html
@rcmedphys.bsky.social
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Going to Sherbrooke in July for the CSEE conference? Need a lift from T.O., Montréal, Québec, Ottawa or similar locales? Here is a link for the carpool: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Not registered yet? The program is posted, looks exceptional. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/reg...
Not registered yet? The program is posted, looks exceptional. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/reg...
event.fourwaves.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Going to Sherbrooke in July for the CSEE conference? Need a lift from T.O., Montréal, Québec, Ottawa or similar locales? Here is a link for the carpool: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Not registered yet? The program is posted, looks exceptional. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/reg...
Not registered yet? The program is posted, looks exceptional. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/reg...
We can’t wait to dig in to this topic with some amazing speakers! We will explore barriers to effective and inclusive communication in different settings, and identify ways to address them.
Stay tuned for more details!
Stay tuned for more details!
🌿 #CSEE2025 Symposium Highlight 🌿
"SWEEET - Breaking Barriers in Science Communication"
🌍✨ This year’s @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social tackles language and cultural barriers in ecology communication, highlighting inequities. Participants will gain tools to improve accessibility and inclusion.
"SWEEET - Breaking Barriers in Science Communication"
🌍✨ This year’s @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social tackles language and cultural barriers in ecology communication, highlighting inequities. Participants will gain tools to improve accessibility and inclusion.
June 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We can’t wait to dig in to this topic with some amazing speakers! We will explore barriers to effective and inclusive communication in different settings, and identify ways to address them.
Stay tuned for more details!
Stay tuned for more details!
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🌿 #SCEE2025 Symposium à l'honneur 🌿
« SWEEET – Briser les barrières de la communication scientifique »
🌍✨ Cette année, @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social explore les obstacles linguistiques et culturels en écologie et évolution, et propose des outils de communication plus inclusive.
« SWEEET – Briser les barrières de la communication scientifique »
🌍✨ Cette année, @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social explore les obstacles linguistiques et culturels en écologie et évolution, et propose des outils de communication plus inclusive.
May 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🌿 #SCEE2025 Symposium à l'honneur 🌿
« SWEEET – Briser les barrières de la communication scientifique »
🌍✨ Cette année, @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social explore les obstacles linguistiques et culturels en écologie et évolution, et propose des outils de communication plus inclusive.
« SWEEET – Briser les barrières de la communication scientifique »
🌍✨ Cette année, @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social explore les obstacles linguistiques et culturels en écologie et évolution, et propose des outils de communication plus inclusive.
Hey, that’s us! 👀 Thanks @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
Curious about who will be at the #CSEE2025 meeting in Sherbrooke? 👀
Check out the presenters starter pack to get a first look at who will be presenting and catch up with their research!
🔗 go.bsky.app/LNyt928
Check out the presenters starter pack to get a first look at who will be presenting and catch up with their research!
🔗 go.bsky.app/LNyt928
March 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hey, that’s us! 👀 Thanks @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
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CSEE needs your help! The CSEE equity fund helps send students/postdocs in financial need to our annual meeting. Unfortunately in these difficult times, the need exceeds our resources. Please help a student/postdoc by making a small donation here: gofund.me/ac98009f
Donate to Send a student or postdoc to CSEE 2025, organized by Marc Johnson
(Version française ci-dessous)
The Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution’s Eq… Marc Johnson needs your support for Send a student or postdoc to CSEE 2025
gofund.me
March 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
CSEE needs your help! The CSEE equity fund helps send students/postdocs in financial need to our annual meeting. Unfortunately in these difficult times, the need exceeds our resources. Please help a student/postdoc by making a small donation here: gofund.me/ac98009f
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I contributed to this deep dive by @ljevanso.bsky.social on the long road to gender equity in the 🇨🇦 academy. Worth a read! universityaffairs.ca/features/the...
@widowweb.bsky.social @flybehaviour.bsky.social
@widowweb.bsky.social @flybehaviour.bsky.social
The long road to equity - University Affairs
Despite increased institutional commitment, experiences of men and women faculty differ starkly.
universityaffairs.ca
March 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I contributed to this deep dive by @ljevanso.bsky.social on the long road to gender equity in the 🇨🇦 academy. Worth a read! universityaffairs.ca/features/the...
@widowweb.bsky.social @flybehaviour.bsky.social
@widowweb.bsky.social @flybehaviour.bsky.social