Dr. Andrea Wishart
@wishartae.bsky.social
Squirrels! PhD in evolution/ecology/behaviour | Now, not-for-profit scientific publishing | Recovering genomicist | Co-Founder & Board member of @supportourscience.bsky.social & LTR-CSEE | She/her
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https://aewishart.wordpress.com
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https://aewishart.wordpress.com
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@wishartae.bsky.social
· May 22
🚨 New Paper 🚨
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Excited to share that our work previously shared as a preprint is now out today in it's final peer-reviewed form in PLOS One! #OpenAccess
Canadian natural science graduate stipends lie below the poverty line, by Fraass et al. 2025
Canadian natural science graduate stipends lie below the poverty line, by Fraass et al. 2025
Sent an email about this. I want to be relaxing on my (desperately needed) winter holiday building my baby (yes, expecting in April!) rather than scrambling with a decade of email data and countless logins.
Cranky pregnant lady 🤷♀️
Cranky pregnant lady 🤷♀️
Ugh, USask is getting rid of alumni email, looks like I get to spend my holidays doing a whack load of email management. Thankfully Western’s is still going strong
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sent an email about this. I want to be relaxing on my (desperately needed) winter holiday building my baby (yes, expecting in April!) rather than scrambling with a decade of email data and countless logins.
Cranky pregnant lady 🤷♀️
Cranky pregnant lady 🤷♀️
Ugh, USask is getting rid of alumni email, looks like I get to spend my holidays doing a whack load of email management. Thankfully Western’s is still going strong
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Ugh, USask is getting rid of alumni email, looks like I get to spend my holidays doing a whack load of email management. Thankfully Western’s is still going strong
Big shout out to Icefield Discovery Tours for landing me on a glacier in the world's largest non-polar icefields to get to see this hulking mountain in the wild. www.icefielddiscovery.com/index.html
Some days as I tappity-tap in my home office, I can't believe this was a life I lived before!
Some days as I tappity-tap in my home office, I can't believe this was a life I lived before!
Mount Logan, located in the Yukon, is the tallest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America after Denali.
The mountain inspired the adopted name of Wolverine, and was first summitted 100 years ago.
This is the story.
📸 Gerald Holdsworth
🧵 1/8
The mountain inspired the adopted name of Wolverine, and was first summitted 100 years ago.
This is the story.
📸 Gerald Holdsworth
🧵 1/8
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Big shout out to Icefield Discovery Tours for landing me on a glacier in the world's largest non-polar icefields to get to see this hulking mountain in the wild. www.icefielddiscovery.com/index.html
Some days as I tappity-tap in my home office, I can't believe this was a life I lived before!
Some days as I tappity-tap in my home office, I can't believe this was a life I lived before!
May be of interest to @csz-sczofficial.bsky.social and @csee-scee.bsky.social stickleback friends!
🧪🌍#evolsky
🧪🌍#evolsky
Sticklebacks have taught us how evolution works in real time. The Canadian Journal of Zoology invites papers for a collection marking three decades of stickleback research.
Deadline: March 30, 2026 🐟▶️ https://ow.ly/yZKV50XraXA
#Stickleback #Evolution #Zoology
Deadline: March 30, 2026 🐟▶️ https://ow.ly/yZKV50XraXA
#Stickleback #Evolution #Zoology
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
May be of interest to @csz-sczofficial.bsky.social and @csee-scee.bsky.social stickleback friends!
🧪🌍#evolsky
🧪🌍#evolsky
Onychophoran (velvet worm)
Whooping crane
Easter grey squirrel
Wolverine
Caecilian (worm-looking limbless amphibian)
Whooping crane
Easter grey squirrel
Wolverine
Caecilian (worm-looking limbless amphibian)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
Wildebeests
Elephants
Zebras
Lions
Wild boar
Wildebeests
Elephants
Zebras
Lions
Wild boar
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
Buffalo
Bear
Moose
Rattlesnake
Eagle
Buffalo
Bear
Moose
Rattlesnake
Eagle
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Onychophoran (velvet worm)
Whooping crane
Easter grey squirrel
Wolverine
Caecilian (worm-looking limbless amphibian)
Whooping crane
Easter grey squirrel
Wolverine
Caecilian (worm-looking limbless amphibian)
In a crystallized Regina today to give a talk at @uregina.bsky.social! Hope to see a few people and chat squirrels, @supportourscience.bsky.social, and life as a journal development specialist at @cdnsciencepub.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In a crystallized Regina today to give a talk at @uregina.bsky.social! Hope to see a few people and chat squirrels, @supportourscience.bsky.social, and life as a journal development specialist at @cdnsciencepub.com
Join Hilary and I from @cdnsciencepub.com with @csee-scee.bsky.social in December to learn about how to get your research to reach beyond academic audiences. Open to CSEE members.
📣It's time for another #ECO.EVO.EDU webinar! We are excited to announce our December webinar on knowledge mobilization taking place on Dec 9th! CSEE Members: check your emails for more information + webinar link. (Please note: English event).
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Join Hilary and I from @cdnsciencepub.com with @csee-scee.bsky.social in December to learn about how to get your research to reach beyond academic audiences. Open to CSEE members.
Meet Maple 😍 she’s been with us a week now and has quite the personality beginning to shine through.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Meet Maple 😍 she’s been with us a week now and has quite the personality beginning to shine through.
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
🐋 New study
Do right whales use very shallow coastal waters (<20 fathoms)?
In southern Gaspé, 6 years of surveys found none. A small but useful piece of the puzzle for understanding coastal habitat use.
📄 Canadian Journal of Zoology — Open Access
bit.ly/3K5Rn70
#coexistence #northatlanticrightwhale
Do right whales use very shallow coastal waters (<20 fathoms)?
In southern Gaspé, 6 years of surveys found none. A small but useful piece of the puzzle for understanding coastal habitat use.
📄 Canadian Journal of Zoology — Open Access
bit.ly/3K5Rn70
#coexistence #northatlanticrightwhale
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🐋 New study
Do right whales use very shallow coastal waters (<20 fathoms)?
In southern Gaspé, 6 years of surveys found none. A small but useful piece of the puzzle for understanding coastal habitat use.
📄 Canadian Journal of Zoology — Open Access
bit.ly/3K5Rn70
#coexistence #northatlanticrightwhale
Do right whales use very shallow coastal waters (<20 fathoms)?
In southern Gaspé, 6 years of surveys found none. A small but useful piece of the puzzle for understanding coastal habitat use.
📄 Canadian Journal of Zoology — Open Access
bit.ly/3K5Rn70
#coexistence #northatlanticrightwhale
Pretty! #yxe
We have handcrafted ornaments and many more holiday items by Saskatchewan artists available in SCC Fine Craft Shop! Stop by to take one home before they’re gone 🎄 #yxe #saskatoon
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Pretty! #yxe
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
I have become an expert at getting cupcakes from Ontario to Saskatchewan in suitcases.
Please, Londoners, keep Razzle Dazzle in business for me
Please, Londoners, keep Razzle Dazzle in business for me
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I have become an expert at getting cupcakes from Ontario to Saskatchewan in suitcases.
Please, Londoners, keep Razzle Dazzle in business for me
Please, Londoners, keep Razzle Dazzle in business for me
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health. By @danvergano.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health. By @danvergano.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
Red squirrel gestation length is unchanged by maternal traits, litter composition, or future food availability
✒️ Brunner, Barclay, et al.
🔗 buff.ly/FRh3ZVn #OpenAccess
✒️ Brunner, Barclay, et al.
🔗 buff.ly/FRh3ZVn #OpenAccess
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Red squirrel gestation length is unchanged by maternal traits, litter composition, or future food availability
✒️ Brunner, Barclay, et al.
🔗 buff.ly/FRh3ZVn #OpenAccess
✒️ Brunner, Barclay, et al.
🔗 buff.ly/FRh3ZVn #OpenAccess
New journal focused on environmental contaminants open for submissions! Canadian Science Publishing is a not-for-profit scholarly publisher. Reach out to me if you have questions!
We're now open for submissions! We welcome interdisciplinary research on contaminants, the environment and human wellbeing, covering topics like ecotoxicology, heavy metals, and plastics.
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New journal focused on environmental contaminants open for submissions! Canadian Science Publishing is a not-for-profit scholarly publisher. Reach out to me if you have questions!
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
“This column started out as an exposé of a Calgary MLA being caught on voicemail calling me, a constituent, a swear word.
“But the real story took an unexpected turn as I dug deeper.”
Doug Firby writes. #abpoli
“But the real story took an unexpected turn as I dug deeper.”
Doug Firby writes. #abpoli
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I’m Not Mad | The Tyee
How I went from anger to understanding after a voicemail mishap.
thetyee.ca
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“This column started out as an exposé of a Calgary MLA being caught on voicemail calling me, a constituent, a swear word.
“But the real story took an unexpected turn as I dug deeper.”
Doug Firby writes. #abpoli
“But the real story took an unexpected turn as I dug deeper.”
Doug Firby writes. #abpoli
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
We're now open for submissions! We welcome interdisciplinary research on contaminants, the environment and human wellbeing, covering topics like ecotoxicology, heavy metals, and plastics.
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We're now open for submissions! We welcome interdisciplinary research on contaminants, the environment and human wellbeing, covering topics like ecotoxicology, heavy metals, and plastics.
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
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Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
Low rate of R&D investment plays key role in productivity crisis, according to Council of Canadian Academies
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46f1bee...
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46f1bee...
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
We've seen some remarkable outcomes in people with advanced, refractory cancers, including pancreatic, melanoma, and renal, with personalized neoantigen mRNA vaccines.
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We've seen some remarkable outcomes in people with advanced, refractory cancers, including pancreatic, melanoma, and renal, with personalized neoantigen mRNA vaccines.
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
⭐ EDITOR'S CHOICE ⭐
Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada | Kowarski et al.
Read the full #OpenAccess article now! https://ow.ly/4OLy50XsRXn
Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada | Kowarski et al.
Read the full #OpenAccess article now! https://ow.ly/4OLy50XsRXn
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
⭐ EDITOR'S CHOICE ⭐
Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada | Kowarski et al.
Read the full #OpenAccess article now! https://ow.ly/4OLy50XsRXn
Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada | Kowarski et al.
Read the full #OpenAccess article now! https://ow.ly/4OLy50XsRXn
New call for papers to celebrate three decades of stickleback research in @canjzoology.bsky.social! 🐟#evolsky 🌍
The Canadian Journal of Zoology is inviting submissions for a collection celebrating 30 years of stickleback research from morphology and molecular biology to ecosystem science.
For more info 🐟▶️ https://ow.ly/ZqnN50Xr9Zu
#Stickleback #Evolution #Zoology
For more info 🐟▶️ https://ow.ly/ZqnN50Xr9Zu
#Stickleback #Evolution #Zoology
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New call for papers to celebrate three decades of stickleback research in @canjzoology.bsky.social! 🐟#evolsky 🌍
🧪🌎 #forests
JUST-IN
Spatially detailed tree-ring analysis exposes widespread forest growth decline throughout Canada doi.org/10.1139/cjfr... #OpenAccess
Spatially detailed tree-ring analysis exposes widespread forest growth decline throughout Canada doi.org/10.1139/cjfr... #OpenAccess
Canadian Science Publishing
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November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🧪🌎 #forests
Submission deadline is November 15! Reach out if you have work you'd like to be considered for this collection 🧪🌎 #mammals #popbio #evolsky
Deadline approaching! Submit your research on small mammal population cycles. Submission info ▶️ buff.ly/9oexIMP
📷 Fabrice Simon #Mammals #Ecosystems
📷 Fabrice Simon #Mammals #Ecosystems
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
Why do ungulates move together and how do individual decisions shape the herd? This collection examines these questions through advances in tracking and analysis.
Start here ▶️ https://ow.ly/PIcT50Xo5nI
#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour
Start here ▶️ https://ow.ly/PIcT50Xo5nI
#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Why do ungulates move together and how do individual decisions shape the herd? This collection examines these questions through advances in tracking and analysis.
Start here ▶️ https://ow.ly/PIcT50Xo5nI
#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour
Start here ▶️ https://ow.ly/PIcT50Xo5nI
#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour
Toronto is messy with weather today but still looking fine with the autumn colours under snow
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Toronto is messy with weather today but still looking fine with the autumn colours under snow