When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON

URGENT: Sign and share this petition which recommends all Canadian federal party leaders be obliged to get their SECURITY CLEARANCE. 🍁🍁🍁 Canada needs this more than ever during these times of chaos www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #CdnPoli

Not something you see in textbooks very often: tripolar mitosis.

Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance. It's open for a couple of months. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Terry ran to raise funds for cancer research. He ran to save lives. His impact is undeniable with $1 BILLION raised to date. This World Cancer Day, we celebrate the life-changing treatments and outcomes made possible by our supporters. Donate for 3x the impact at terryfox.org

Amazing what a group of dedicated individuals working as a team can accomplish. Kudos to all involved and especially those at the beginning who had the vision so many years ago- I think it was over 10 years ago when this project was conceived by Vic Ling et al.

It all started with one. Now we’re 15,000 strong. In 2021, we set out to create Canada’s largest and most complete cancer resource: the Gold Cohort. Today, over 15,000 genomes have been sequenced. Get the full story on this exciting milestone: tinyurl.com/4epbrf6a

You sure about that, bruh? #cdnpoli

The Aftermath: Snowstorm Reilly Fitzgerald 2020

It’s about time!

ICYMI - On Sunday, the CBC posted this story about my proposal for Canada to create a sovereign, stand alone verified traveller program. #cdnpoli #SenateOfCanada #SenCA

Dear colleagues in science - it is time to stop normalising the emerging fascism of the US by attending conferences there as though everything is fine.

Canada Lives Because…

Amazing sob story: "ChatGPT deleted all the work I hadn't done" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

So glad that these researchers took the time to say what many of us had been thinking- fewer retractions for female scientists likely reflects the extra rigour and critical review that the women-led groups undergo and not "boldness" by male scientist

🍁“From Day 1 to Day 1046, my care portrayed what precision medicine really means: using data, biology, and personal context to make thoughtful, individualized decisions.”🍁 How precision oncology and patient-centred care shaped PWG member Lindsay Gustafson’s cancer care. tinyurl.com/234zmtx5

I asked ChatGPT to find me a cell line for a new project. It found the perfect one- the exact mutation from the perfect mouse strain - too bad it doesn’t exist. It just made up what I wanted to hear. One more reason not to trust AI; if you needed another reason

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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

Nothing prepares you for how rapidly you accelerate between these three states #chemchat

Proof

To be given an office with zero staff for the first 18 months speaks to how (under)valued and respected this role was. Another example of performative action from the administration. For EDI-AR roles to make an impact, there must be real buy-in from leadership, not this hand waving stuff

Happy Tibb’s Eve 🍾🍻🍷- the Newfoundland answer to the day before Christmas Eve, which basically involves drinking with friends. Cheers!

This Christmas I am hoping that 3 spirits visit some of my dept colleagues to show them that academic jobs require them to do teaching, admin and research. All 3, all the time.

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People are willing to forgo a significant portion of their earnings—between 12-36% of their wages—to avoid hostile work environments. Women exhibit a stronger aversion to exclusionary workplaces and environments with sexual harassment.

I can't believe this still needs to be said (and more loudly): Trans rights are human rights.

Congrats to all recipients of this years' President’s Awards! This year, the Faculty of Science celebrates five recipients. 🎉 These awards shine a spotlight on folks who are among the most commendable members of the @memorialu.bsky.social community – read more here: gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-c...

We love to fetishize "top" researchers and give them special big pots of money. But we get far more science by spreading money among all researchers (closer to the NSERC DG model). This old post is magically relevant again... scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/w...

Some milestones in the quest for equality. 1. 1970-Women allowed to serve on juries 2. 1972-Birth control became legal for single women 3. 1974-Women got the right to open a bank/credit card account w/o a man's signature 4. 1993- Marital rape deemed illegal #Pinks @herstory_feminism on IG

Scientists at Canadian institutions have long punched well above our weight despite low and stagnant funding. Spending a billion dollars on external recruitment while science here is starving is exactly what Harper got wrong about supporting research excellence in Canada.

Now officially peer reviewed and published: www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm... With thanks to the reviewers & funders and congrats to the team!! @craigscausecan.bsky.social @ccsresearch.bsky.social @bhcri.bsky.social

Happy Holidays- so happy that my lab got in spirit and decorated my door 🎄

Only thing that would have been better would have been to donate to charities focussed on under-represented groups such as LGBTQ2S+, Association for New Canadians, etc., you know all the groups their president targets, and really given the USA a giant fuck you.

🍁Meet the Team Canada of Cancer Research: A Q&A with Dr. Sevtap Savas🍁 Dr. Savas never expected to become a cancer researcher or to live in N.L. Today, she unites genetics research with patient engagement as an invaluable contributor to the MOHCCN-Atlantic Cancer Consortium. tinyurl.com/5n7tbehf

Woke up at 4am thinking about technical vs biological replicates and what we teach undergrads. We use biological replicates for stats; the average of the technical replicates from each biological replicate is n=1 in our papers. So should UG even learn to calculate std dev from tech replicates?

Today, we honour the lives of those murdered at Polytechnique Montreal in 1989 and all people impacted by gender-based violence. CAUT remembers them and reaffirms its commitment to fight gender-based violence, hatred and misogyny. Read our full statement: www.caut.ca/news/caut-ma...

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

The Human Biosciences program was the result of reflection, re-visioning, and modernization – this is the only undergraduate HuBi degree offered in Canada. 🧬 This program has since been selected in the 2025 Macleans University special issue as one of Memorial's programmes of note. #Memorial100

🧬📰 Gold Cohort in the Media 🧬📰 Since its announcement in September, our Data Sharing and Use Pilot program has captured the attention of news outlets nationwide. Explore the inspiring stories showcasing the Gold Cohort and our Data Sharing and Use Pilot projects ▶️ tinyurl.com/2ndvudf8

In my research (and teaching experience), I learned there were a lot of academic accommodations that work better for survivors and facilitate more learning across the semester, including: - Waiving missed small assignments to allow a student to focus on more important things

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

“To make this discovery accessible, the researchers developed EVMap, a free, interactive online resource that lets scientists worldwide explore the molecular makeup of blood EVs“ #ExtracellularVesicles #Blood #Science #Scicomm phys.org/news/2025-11...

Your periodic reminder that science is not done by a few selected "stars scientists". Science is done by hundred of thousands. Siloed money mean a few flashy discoveries and a lot of waste. Want to change things? Make funding accessible and stop funding calls with less than 2% success rate.

America, It's Not You, It's...

This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. You can find my full statement below.

Does blinding--i.e., concealing applicants' identities--reduce gender gaps in academic conference paper acceptances? Nope! Does blinding do anything? It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank. haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...

Let people live their lives as they want and we'll have a better world

The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub Training Award application deadline is coming up soon on Dec 1, 2025! Successful applicants will receive up to $2,500 CAD to attend a workshop, tutoral, or other training event in 2026. Learn more and apply: bioinformatics.ca/hub/training...