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Frances Stewart

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Wildlife ecologist | Mother | She/her Fieldwork dreamer & Statistical keener www.StewartResearch.ca #WILDlab PI NSERC Canada Research Chair in Northern Wildlife Biology @laurierbiology.bsky.social

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Nov 7

No time for Twitter. Time for 🔵☁️

Hi everyone! Happy to connect. 👋👋
I'm an ecologist and modeller of all things #wildlife, habitat change, and #climate.

Check out us #WILDlab folk @laurierbiology.bsky.social here: www.stewartresearch.ca
Including @vlucet.bsky.social and @claudiahaas.bsky.social

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · 16d

It has been an absolute pleasure working with Dr. @rhohnen.bsky.social Honen and @wcscanada.org on this piece.

Congratulations Roșie!
#WILDlab #wolverine #caribou #conservation

Dr Rosemary Hohnen @rhohnen.bsky.social · 16d

Our new paper ‘Wolverine in the slipstream: A systematic review of caribou-focused conservation benefits, gaps and uncertainties for wolverine in Canada’ is out! 🌠 🌠 🌠 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Wolverine in the slipstream: A systematic review of caribou‐focused conservation benefits, gaps and uncertainties for wolverine in Canada

With rates of biodiversity loss accelerating globally, debate exists regarding the most efficient ways of allocating resources to conserve species. Woodland caribou are the focus of many Canadian con...

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Aug 12

NEW OPINION PIECE
Are #caribou an effective umbrella for multi-species conservation?
☂️☔🌂

The message can be easily muddled.
The method used, relative area and amount, matters.

Using an index can help compare and contrast situations.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Jul 17

Each month of 2023/2024 I would look forward to the transformational training in conservation that COMPASS provides.

Now I'm incredibly proud that Claudia will receive this training too! Congratulations on making the 2025 cohort!

#WILDlab

claudiahaas.bsky.social @claudiahaas.bsky.social · Jun 26

Pretty blown away to have been selected for the 2025 Pathfinders: Conservation Leaders cohort. Looking forward to meeting everyone soon and learning together to be better stewards of the land. www.compassscicomm.org/meet-the-202...

Meet the 2025 COMPASS Pathfinders: Conservation Leaders | COMPASS

COMPASS is thrilled to introduce the first cohort of the COMPASS Pathfinders: Conservation Leaders Program—a group of twenty amazing humans from across North America and the Caribbean who are ready to...

www.compassscicomm.org

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Cole Burton @coleburton.bsky.social · Jul 8

The WildCo Lab @wildco.bsky.social is recruiting 2 postdocs in quantitative ecology to work on mammal population estimation and monitoring from camera trap data. 🐺🐻🦌📷📈
Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada!
wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · Jul 14

On behalf of @makeway.org’s Board of Directors, I am so pleased to share this exciting news.

Please meet Alex Sardar, MakeWay’s new President & CEO.

MakeWay @makeway.org · Jul 14

MakeWay is thrilled to share that Alex Sardar has joined the organization as our new President and CEO. A lifelong advocate for democracy, human rights, and community-led change, Alex brings over 20 years of experience supporting social movements around the world.

makeway.org/in-the-news/...

MakeWay Welcomes Alex Sardar as New President and CEO  - MakeWay

MakeWay's Board of Directors is pleased to announce that today Alex Sardar has joined the organization as its new President and CEO. Alex brings more than 20 years of experience as a trusted partner t...

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Cold Regions Research Centre (CRRC) @crrc-wlu.bsky.social · Apr 30

🎇News: coldregions.ca/a-strong-sta...

Big thank you for the great kickoff to the Laurier–ARI Spring Speaker Series! 70+ gathered at Makerspace YK to hear talks about snowfall on YK lakes ❄️ & muskox movement 🐂.

Next up: May 8 – permafrost & carbon in the Shield!
#Yellowknife #SCIENCE #Community

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claudiahaas.bsky.social @claudiahaas.bsky.social · Jun 7

A must read article! It details so much of what I've been feeling since I was involved in a wildfire evacuation in 2023. Then dealing with trying to keep working in conservation with this feelings of despair hanging over me. We need to keep fighting for change.
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...

The great turning

Another reckoning is coming with climate change. How do we deal with our mental health — and ultimately find hope?

canadiangeographic.ca

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · May 22

Well done Christine!!! 🎉

#WILDlab!!

Christine Dunbar @christinedunbar.bsky.social · Apr 8

yippee! 🐂

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Christine Dunbar @christinedunbar.bsky.social · Apr 25

presented my masters research in yellowknife last night, my hometown! a very fun evening with lots of interest around muskox 😊

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Christine Dunbar @christinedunbar.bsky.social · May 16

Check out this article about my research in the NWT :)

Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca · May 16

Muskox appear to be moving into areas previously burned by wildfires in the NWT, a northern researcher says, with possible consequences for other species.

Muskox are making their way back to the boreal forest

Muskox appear to be moving into areas previously burned by wildfires in the NWT, a northern researcher says, with possible consequences for other species.

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · May 22

Muskox, The North, and @laurierbiology.bsky.social 's Christine Dunbar @christinedunbar.bsky.social !

#WILDLAB

cabinradio.ca/237771/news/...

Muskox are making their way back to the boreal forest

Muskox appear to be moving into areas previously burned by wildfires in the NWT, a northern researcher says, with possible consequences for other species.

cabinradio.ca

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Apr 24

I did not, but go ahead and make one!
(and add me pls!).

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Mar 19

Incredibly proud of Émilie Knighton (PhD student in the #WILDlab) who just published the first of her 2 MSc papers (out of her MSc lab) on red-breasted Mergansers.

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Time for a treat and a well deserved break! ⭐

Host response to conspecific brood parasitism in colonial red‐breasted mergansers Mergus serrator: positioning of parasitic eggs within the clutch

Brood parasitism can be costly to host fitness, which in turn may favour host strategies that decrease these costs. Duck (Anatinae) nests are often parasitized by eggs of other ducks, and one way tha....

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Mar 5

@claudiahaas.bsky.social (#WILDlab PhD Candidate and northern ecologist) got the invitation to join the WCS Key Biodiversity Areas meeting in Ottawa last week as a northern representative.

What a phenomenal opportunity to be part of this collaborative and move KBAs forward!

WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · Feb 28

It was fantastic to see reps from 24 orgs meet to discuss the future of Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas.

The group discussed how to bring more awareness to these important areas, and ways to strengthen KBAs as a tool to support work by Indigenous communities & rightsholders.

Until next time! 🌎

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Mar 5

Some of the best field work I got to do on Vancouver Island involved this project.

Telemetry on a mountain side for marmots = tough, but rewarding, stuff.

Marmot Recovery Foundation @marmotrecovery.bsky.social · Mar 4

Need some GOOD news today? Consider, the Vancouver Island marmot once numbered fewer than 30 individuals in the wild. This year we are celebrating 381 wild-living marmots - the most ever counted for this rare species. Photo: John Deal.

A portrait of a Vancouver Island marmot pup with an adorable white nose, chocolate brown fur and white belly. "Adorable" is a fact. You know you want to snuggle it. It's not a good idea, and it wouldn't end well, but you want to. Photo by John Deal.

Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Feb 12

Join an incredibly talented lab for your MSc, with a great supportive supervisor to boot.

Quinn Webber @qwebber.bsky.social · Feb 11

NEW MSc POSITION! We're starting a new study system on eastern small footed bats in Ontario. Please share widely and/or apply if you're interested in foraging ecology, bats, and conservation! Link to application is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Feb 10

Join a new and growing lab in wonderful Newfoundland!
(who wouldn't want Gros Morne National Park on their back doorstep?).

#MSc position available in Dr. Sean Boyle's lab: Population and community #ecology of invasive amphibians.

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Feb 6

TOMORROW:
@laurierbiology.bsky.social hosts Elizabeth Rudzki.

Based on: "A guide for developing a #field research safety manual that explicitly considers risks for #marginalized identities in the #sciences"
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

DM for registration info.

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Jan 31

Wonderful to have @nluymes.bsky.social represent the #WILDlab and muskox research in NWT at the Cold Regions Research Conference this week!

We also had @christinedunbar.bsky.social give a ✨FANTASTIC✨ 3 minute thesis on #muskox too.

Thanks for hosting @crrc-wlu.bsky.social

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Jan 24

Welcome Laurier's @crrc-wlu.bsky.social to BlueSky!!

www.coldgregions.ca

Conference next week (Waterloo Ontario) for grad students studying all aspects of northern/Alpine areas.

Not hybrid this year, but hopefully next year - keep your eyes and ears posted for information and registrations!

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Jan 24

Welcome @talavgar.bsky.social to BlueSky, and to the Ecology #NewPI (Canadian focus 🇨🇦) starter pack!

go.bsky.app/UchpBTt

Know a new-ish PI in Ecology in Canada? Let's have them join!

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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · Jan 22

9 days left to submit a proposal for a workshop or symposium for the 2025 meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution in Sherbrooke this July! Come visit me and the Eastern Townships! 🧪https://event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages/6ba90353-d44a-4202-ab93-60d0eb09f35f

2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution

Fourwaves - 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Jan 23

I'm looking for Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution Working group/Workshop example applications prior to putting in an application of my own. @csee-scee.bsky.social

If willing to share, please DM or email me. Thank you!

👀
#ClimateChange #ElephantInTheRoom #ECRs #CareerHurdles

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · Jan 23

JOB: Executive Director, Stanley Park Ecological Society

* Vancouver, BC (hybrid)
* Full time
* Salary $90k-100k/yr + benefits
* Apply soon
stanleyparkecology.ca/2025/01/22/h...

#ConservationJobs

Hiring Now! Executive Director - Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES)

We are searching for an Executive Director to champion our mission of education, conservation, and research rooted in Stanley Park. If you're a dynamic leader with a passion for ecology, we'd love to ...

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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Jan 22

and check out @christinedunbar.bsky.social for muskox specific work!!