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Sara Cannon, PhD

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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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Sara Cannon, PhD @surlyscientist.bsky.social · Oct 29

📚 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... 🧪🦑🌍🦤

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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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 10d

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.”
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Photo: Solana Pasqual. 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.”
https://oceans.ubc.ca/2025/09/29/bridging-the-gaps-to-save-british-columbias-salmon/

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International Association for Great Lakes Research @iaglr.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

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Sara Cannon, PhD @surlyscientist.bsky.social · Sep 3

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 👇

Marta Ulaski @ulaskimarta.bsky.social · Sep 3

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 👇

Pacific salmon suffer from a myriad of cuts, laws, and jurisdictions. Pacific salmon are facing unprecedented pressures from a multitude of stressors – all regulated under separate laws that rarely account for their combined impact. Image shows the salmon life cycle impacted by numerous human activities including mines, urban development, forest harvest, crop production, ports, aquaculture, predator control, fishing, hatchery operations, and CO2 emissions. Each activity is connected to various laws and policies across multiple jurisdictions (e.g., municipal, federal, provincial, and international). A pathway forward for managing multiple stressors: Collaborative, on-the-ground monitoring can support flexible and cautious management, enabling regional CEAs can help align decision-making with true scale of environmental and social risks, and local limits can be set by establishing legal objectives through spatial planning.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Aug 9

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...

Week 29

Within, amongst, against

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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · Aug 8

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...

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.

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Philip Loring @philiploring.com · Jul 3

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...

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...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 3

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.

🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · Jul 3

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

Axios @axios.com · Jul 3

🚨BREAKING: House passes Trump's "big, beautiful bill"

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jul 3

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. ⬇️

Science Magazine @science.org · Jun 30

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

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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · Jul 3

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

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 3

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:

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · May 30

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...

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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · May 14

We are using LinkedIn to promote #Upwell2025

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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Sara Cannon, PhD @surlyscientist.bsky.social · Apr 23

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...

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · Apr 11

Join us on Tuesday! Register to get the link.

Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · Mar 15

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

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Sara Cannon, PhD @surlyscientist.bsky.social · Apr 11

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Chevron ordered to pay more than $740 million to restore Louisiana coast in landmark trial

A Southeast Louisiana jury ruled oil company Chevron must pay more than $740 million dollars to restore damage it caused to coastal wetlands following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Apr 11

If a facility emits CO₂ but no one measures it, does it cause global warming?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 11

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.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Apr 3

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!

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Apr 3

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...
🦑🧪🌎🐟

Graphic saying "marine biology career advice: ask us anything"

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Anne Hilborn @annewhilborn.bsky.social · Apr 3

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.

News Breaking LIVE @newsbreakinglive.bsky.social · Apr 3

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)

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Apr 2

Godspeed!

ACLU @aclu.org · Apr 2

BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.

This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.

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Sara Hamilton, PhD @sarahamilton.bsky.social · Apr 1

FYI Folks, for a while NOAA's Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool was down. It's back up now! Everybody go check it out and then DOWNLOAD the data so that if/when NOAA resources continue to be gutted, we can still use that data.
edgi-govdata-archiving.github.io/j40-cejst-2/...

Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool

This screening tool identifies disadvantaged communities that are underserved &overburdened by pollution. It provides socioeconomic, environmental, health and climate info to inform decisions.

edgi-govdata-archiving.github.io

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · Mar 31

Today is Trans Day of Visibility.

And we need to be real about what that means in 2025.

This isn’t just a day of celebration. It’s a day of resistance. Of community. Of standing up for trans people whose rights, safety, and dignity are under full-scale attack.

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Sara Cannon, PhD @surlyscientist.bsky.social · Mar 31

🚨 Call for Applications! 🚨

The International Fisheries Section of AFS is accepting applications for the 2025 IFS Fellow Award! The Fellow will present at the FSBI-IFM-Queen’s University Belfast Joint Symposium (July 7-11, 2025).

Apply by April 25: units.fisheries.org/ifs/ifs-awar...

🐟🧪🌎🦑

AFS International Fisheries Section Fellow Award | International Fisheries Section

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Mar 22

There are scores of anti Trump/DOGE/Musk protests planned for April 5 handsoff2025.com

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · Mar 3

This street art activism zoom workshop is TONIGHT

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Feb 24

People are not getting the messages they need the most. As our government information systems (CDC, NOAA) get dismantled, this is getting worse.

Truth doesn't have a marketing budget, so spreading those messages is up to us.

ONE solution to this, is street art.

Join me 3/3 at 8pm lu.ma/53ks8h33

A Beginners Guide to Street Art · Zoom · Luma

Come learn the basics of how to do two street art methods: stickering and wheatpasting. We'll cover: Practical how-tos for creating and install stickers and…

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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · Feb 28

The Google map of Stand Up for Science events (March 7th!) listing the Gulf of America as an alternate name for the Gulf of Mexico tells you why such events are necessary...

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