Maydianne Andrade
@widowweb.bsky.social
Professor, FRCGS, she/her/they, Evolutionary Ecology researcher & Equity Activist. 🇨🇦 Solidarity with Indigenous peoples, 365 days. http://blackscientists.ca
A pleasure to have time and space to share data that can anchor these conversations in the evidence. Thanks to organizers for the invitation.
Starting day 2 with a 💥
President's Award for Societal Engagement by @widowweb.bsky.social
"I don’t think of you as Black” and other Misconceptions about Equity, Merit & Systems Change
📸Full house!
#CSEE2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
President's Award for Societal Engagement by @widowweb.bsky.social
"I don’t think of you as Black” and other Misconceptions about Equity, Merit & Systems Change
📸Full house!
#CSEE2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A pleasure to have time and space to share data that can anchor these conversations in the evidence. Thanks to organizers for the invitation.
One of the reasons we founded @canblacksci.bsky.social - expertise from our community supporting interpretation of data impacting Black Canadians. We value this partnership with StatCan.
Nothing about us without us.
Nothing about us without us.
New research from StatsCan & CBSN members reveals stark health gaps:
⚠️ Higher mortality from HIV/AIDS, diabetes, prostate cancer in Black adults
⚠️ Uterine cancer: low diagnosis, high death rates in Black women
📖 Read more: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-00...
#BlackInSTEMM #HealthEquity #CBSN #TBT
⚠️ Higher mortality from HIV/AIDS, diabetes, prostate cancer in Black adults
⚠️ Uterine cancer: low diagnosis, high death rates in Black women
📖 Read more: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-00...
#BlackInSTEMM #HealthEquity #CBSN #TBT
June 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
One of the reasons we founded @canblacksci.bsky.social - expertise from our community supporting interpretation of data impacting Black Canadians. We value this partnership with StatCan.
Nothing about us without us.
Nothing about us without us.
Great talk at #OE3C2025 Carleton U this morning. Prof Rassim Khelifa (Concordia) shares a broader lens on open science. Sharing here their pub with concrete advice for editorial boards.
scholar.google.ch/citations?vi...
scholar.google.ch/citations?vi...
May 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Great talk at #OE3C2025 Carleton U this morning. Prof Rassim Khelifa (Concordia) shares a broader lens on open science. Sharing here their pub with concrete advice for editorial boards.
scholar.google.ch/citations?vi...
scholar.google.ch/citations?vi...
So proud of this team of undergraduate researchers presenting their comparison of sibling cannibalism & survival of Redback spider juveniles from urban vs rural environments. #OE3C2025 Samia, Jenny, Lauren & (not present: Sakura) plus PhD student Isaiah Box as research mentor.
May 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So proud of this team of undergraduate researchers presenting their comparison of sibling cannibalism & survival of Redback spider juveniles from urban vs rural environments. #OE3C2025 Samia, Jenny, Lauren & (not present: Sakura) plus PhD student Isaiah Box as research mentor.
Reposted by Maydianne Andrade
Happy E-day 🇨🇦! We know that #research is at the core of #innovation and well-being for all. 🎯And #ResearchersVote.
On sait que la #recherche est au 💖 de l'innovation et du bien-être au 🇨🇦. Et nous #VotonsRecherche.💪
#CestNotreVote #ItsOurVote #Elxn45 #Elxn2025 #CanadaElections2025 #VoteScience
On sait que la #recherche est au 💖 de l'innovation et du bien-être au 🇨🇦. Et nous #VotonsRecherche.💪
#CestNotreVote #ItsOurVote #Elxn45 #Elxn2025 #CanadaElections2025 #VoteScience
At T-8 in #Elxn45, what can 🇨🇦 researchers do?
1. Declare an intention to #VoteResearch
2. Tag your candidates! 🎯
👉Info: core-coeur.ca
📢Que faire en ce T-8 d' #Elxn2025?
1. Déclarez une intention de #VoterRecherche
2. Étiquetez vos candidats! 🗳️
#VotonsRecherche #ResearchersVote #VoteScience
1. Declare an intention to #VoteResearch
2. Tag your candidates! 🎯
👉Info: core-coeur.ca
📢Que faire en ce T-8 d' #Elxn2025?
1. Déclarez une intention de #VoterRecherche
2. Étiquetez vos candidats! 🗳️
#VotonsRecherche #ResearchersVote #VoteScience
April 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy E-day 🇨🇦! We know that #research is at the core of #innovation and well-being for all. 🎯And #ResearchersVote.
On sait que la #recherche est au 💖 de l'innovation et du bien-être au 🇨🇦. Et nous #VotonsRecherche.💪
#CestNotreVote #ItsOurVote #Elxn45 #Elxn2025 #CanadaElections2025 #VoteScience
On sait que la #recherche est au 💖 de l'innovation et du bien-être au 🇨🇦. Et nous #VotonsRecherche.💪
#CestNotreVote #ItsOurVote #Elxn45 #Elxn2025 #CanadaElections2025 #VoteScience
Took time out today to celebrate another great year with the spider lab @utsc.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Took time out today to celebrate another great year with the spider lab @utsc.bsky.social
@canblacksci.bsky.social hosts the monthly BE-STEMM seminar today, 4pm ET.
Dr. Omer's research on the Dynein motor and its adaptors will span. I heard Dr. Omer speak last year, a fantastic speaker with a delivery accessible for folks outside the field. Register: blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-eve...
Dr. Omer's research on the Dynein motor and its adaptors will span. I heard Dr. Omer speak last year, a fantastic speaker with a delivery accessible for folks outside the field. Register: blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-eve...
April 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@canblacksci.bsky.social hosts the monthly BE-STEMM seminar today, 4pm ET.
Dr. Omer's research on the Dynein motor and its adaptors will span. I heard Dr. Omer speak last year, a fantastic speaker with a delivery accessible for folks outside the field. Register: blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-eve...
Dr. Omer's research on the Dynein motor and its adaptors will span. I heard Dr. Omer speak last year, a fantastic speaker with a delivery accessible for folks outside the field. Register: blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-eve...
Correlation confounded with causation fuels an assumption of incompetence when professionals do not meet expectations about 'what a professional looks like'.
Question: What does an observation of low representation tell us about the cause?
Answer: Nothing.
youtu.be/HX0R302lBMk?...
Question: What does an observation of low representation tell us about the cause?
Answer: Nothing.
youtu.be/HX0R302lBMk?...
The 'DEI Hire' Critique is Flawed: Correlation is Not Causation
YouTube video by Maydianne Andrade
youtu.be
April 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Correlation confounded with causation fuels an assumption of incompetence when professionals do not meet expectations about 'what a professional looks like'.
Question: What does an observation of low representation tell us about the cause?
Answer: Nothing.
youtu.be/HX0R302lBMk?...
Question: What does an observation of low representation tell us about the cause?
Answer: Nothing.
youtu.be/HX0R302lBMk?...