Dr. Az Klymiuk
@klymiuk.ca
Cree | RR Métis | Slavic, 2S nonbinary asexual autistic first-gen scholar studying plant mycobiomes, climate-adaptive agricultural interventions; occasional palaeontologist. Assistant Prof @UManitoba; Indigenous Scholar in Science. www.klymiuk.ca
The Peace River, sâkitâwahk sipi, is just beginning to freeze up. Ice floes are grounding out and freezing to the base in the shallows today.
December 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The Peace River, sâkitâwahk sipi, is just beginning to freeze up. Ice floes are grounding out and freezing to the base in the shallows today.
Making progress on these vamps:
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Making progress on these vamps:
Back on my nonsense. Moccasin vamps at a very early stage:
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Back on my nonsense. Moccasin vamps at a very early stage:
Shoulder dusters on fresh snow:
December 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Shoulder dusters on fresh snow:
Just a blurry doggo bringing chaos gremlin energy as she deposits her soft toy token in exchange for cuddles. Rosie looks to be settling in well with Mum. She has spent nearly half her life on the farm so it’s more an adjustment to my absence as trainer, as opposed to new circumstances
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just a blurry doggo bringing chaos gremlin energy as she deposits her soft toy token in exchange for cuddles. Rosie looks to be settling in well with Mum. She has spent nearly half her life on the farm so it’s more an adjustment to my absence as trainer, as opposed to new circumstances
Rosie is hell-bent on ”making friends“ with the fox who hangs around the gardens back home in Breaking Point.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Rosie is hell-bent on ”making friends“ with the fox who hangs around the gardens back home in Breaking Point.
(She’s settling in great btw and between the grouse, deer, squirrels, and fox doesn’t seem to miss me much)
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
(She’s settling in great btw and between the grouse, deer, squirrels, and fox doesn’t seem to miss me much)
In the past week (fall “break”), I drove ~4300 km to drop Rosie Doggo off with my mum for a trial run of life on the farm, AND I submitted academic integrity cases for 20% of my students. Cheers?
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In the past week (fall “break”), I drove ~4300 km to drop Rosie Doggo off with my mum for a trial run of life on the farm, AND I submitted academic integrity cases for 20% of my students. Cheers?
Bittersweet morning: it’s Rosie’s last morning here, she goes to her Nana’s farm next, where she will have deer, squirrels, bunnies, groundhogs, grouse, and foxes to chase.
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Bittersweet morning: it’s Rosie’s last morning here, she goes to her Nana’s farm next, where she will have deer, squirrels, bunnies, groundhogs, grouse, and foxes to chase.
Timeline cleanse. Please enjoy the pure joy in her eyes as she begins nibbling this cookie
November 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Timeline cleanse. Please enjoy the pure joy in her eyes as she begins nibbling this cookie
Yeah, I guess I’m that person who buys dog cookies. This is Rosie, in her gremlin costume (indistinguishable from how she normally looks).
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Yeah, I guess I’m that person who buys dog cookies. This is Rosie, in her gremlin costume (indistinguishable from how she normally looks).
The Three Sisters plantings in the BioGarden included Assiniboine flint corn, Mandan squash, Algonquin pumpkin, Arikara watermelon, pepquinos (probably not historically grown here, but an important nod to our Hispanic relatives), and heritage beans pictured here:
November 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Three Sisters plantings in the BioGarden included Assiniboine flint corn, Mandan squash, Algonquin pumpkin, Arikara watermelon, pepquinos (probably not historically grown here, but an important nod to our Hispanic relatives), and heritage beans pictured here:
(These were grown this year in the BioGarden initiative that I spearheaded. Seeds will be available for giveaway next year 🥰, as well as seeds for medicine and pollinator plants.)
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
(These were grown this year in the BioGarden initiative that I spearheaded. Seeds will be available for giveaway next year 🥰, as well as seeds for medicine and pollinator plants.)
Of course, pumpkins and other squashes were core components of Indigenous agricultural systems prior to colonization and the destruction of our food sovereignty through residential schools, reserves, and forced relocation. Pictured are an ’Algonquin’ pumpkin and Mandan squash.
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Of course, pumpkins and other squashes were core components of Indigenous agricultural systems prior to colonization and the destruction of our food sovereignty through residential schools, reserves, and forced relocation. Pictured are an ’Algonquin’ pumpkin and Mandan squash.
The best part of Hallowe’en is that grocery stores offload extra pumpkins at amazing prices: picked one up yesterday for $1. Not as tasty as Indigenous heritage varieties but I like the tradition of roasting up a big ol’ pumpkin and its seeds. Great with oatmeal!
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The best part of Hallowe’en is that grocery stores offload extra pumpkins at amazing prices: picked one up yesterday for $1. Not as tasty as Indigenous heritage varieties but I like the tradition of roasting up a big ol’ pumpkin and its seeds. Great with oatmeal!
Took her a while to get with the program. Unfortunately I now lack plausible deniability.
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Took her a while to get with the program. Unfortunately I now lack plausible deniability.
Seen at Southwood Circle (new/eventual infill development on UM campus holdings) while I was walking the dog this afternoon.
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Seen at Southwood Circle (new/eventual infill development on UM campus holdings) while I was walking the dog this afternoon.
Maskwa River waterfall, Manitoba. A collapsing logging bridge spanning the top of the 45’ falls is accessible by an old, well-worn logging trail, or (as we did) a 6-mile paddle with one portage over the rapids sited 4 miles up from Maskwa Project.
October 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Maskwa River waterfall, Manitoba. A collapsing logging bridge spanning the top of the 45’ falls is accessible by an old, well-worn logging trail, or (as we did) a 6-mile paddle with one portage over the rapids sited 4 miles up from Maskwa Project.
Just a doggo, happy to be home (she was in puppy jail while I went paddling with folks from Sagkeeng First Nation yesterday).
October 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just a doggo, happy to be home (she was in puppy jail while I went paddling with folks from Sagkeeng First Nation yesterday).
Birthday celebration is a cup of pour-over Kickinghorse coffee with cream (didn’t smell spoiled?), a lactaid tablet, and my desk made temporarily free of exams or laptop whilst I consume it.
October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Birthday celebration is a cup of pour-over Kickinghorse coffee with cream (didn’t smell spoiled?), a lactaid tablet, and my desk made temporarily free of exams or laptop whilst I consume it.
These Velcro pups are so incredibly smart in highly specific ways and just total derps the rest of the time, I love them.
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
These Velcro pups are so incredibly smart in highly specific ways and just total derps the rest of the time, I love them.
The fact that the #Louvre heist was apparently accomplished with a ladder makes me optimistic about us Indigenous peoples getting all our sacred stuff and ancestors back. Hear me out: chip truck.
October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The fact that the #Louvre heist was apparently accomplished with a ladder makes me optimistic about us Indigenous peoples getting all our sacred stuff and ancestors back. Hear me out: chip truck.