Absolutely true - I am more and more aware every day of the need to question established 'common knowledge'.

I also told students to me more like the cuttlefish - again, don't take the marshmallow because it is quick and easy and right in front of them

Interested in how accurate your surficial geology map is? I'm available for virtual University classroom lectures.

Interested in how accurate your surficial geology map is? I'm available for virtual University classroom lectures.

Happy Halloween!

I’m gonna miss the Permafrost Terminology Action Group of the Canadian Permafrost Association. Most of us made it to GeoManitoba 2025 for the Glossary launch and photo op 🙌 #scicomm

Stopped the bike ride for a little geology. Fascinating mud cracks that peel off in layers, and sticky clay underneath. Little minds shocked and amazed when they learned that mud cracks are found as 'fossils' too. #geology

Congratulations to Mr. Mesich who successfully defended his MSc today at UWaterloo. It's been a pleasure serving as your co-supervisor with Dr. Ross. *Quaternary stratigraphy of the Gods and Yakaw river areas, northeastern Manitoba*

Fire-induced rock spalling! This area burnt about 1-2 months ago. All of the little rock shards on the ground are spalled pieces of the granite boulder, overlying burnt soil and moss. Before seeing this in person, I didn't really consider the mechanical weathering effects of fire!

Sometimes dogs are just ridiculous.

Campground foraging near the Manitoba Escarpment. A lot of work for a little bit butter. Makes me grateful for farms and grocery stores.

It's not often that a senior professorship in paleolimnology comes long, but here is one great opportunity. Deadline September 10. If you consider applying and wonder what the process is like, feel free to reach out to me! www.queensu.ca/vpr/crc/oppo...

Prairie skies just after the storm. Also have the requisite train and crops.

The Breathing Lands: Getting Burned by the Ring of Fire open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Please share! For Disability Pride Month, we are seeking neurodivergent academic faculty, instructors, & researchers at all levels to participate in a brief anonymous survey about their work experiences, coping strategies, & well-being. For info, go to: salisbury.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Fellow educators: Please join me in co-signing!

I just started writing a thread about all the misinformation I am seeing around the tragedy in Texas but this article covers everything I wanted to say and more. Please read it:

If you're looking for graduate opportunities related to the Pleistocene extinctions, megafaunal impacts on ecological resilience, or the timescales of ecological recovery from perturbations, I'd love to support a Simons Fellowship applicant. Please reach out! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

I presented to 5 classrooms today on the topic of Geoscience Careers and Sustainability. It was the first time I really had to think about presenting geology from a sustainability perspective to kids so young - but it turns out there is lots of information like this poster!

Beautiful rat-tail striae formed at the resistant head of fossils in limestone, near Ottawa Ontario. #gac-mac field trip thanks to Riley Mulligan!

Womens are Persons. The Famous Five brought a case before the highest court to appeal a 1928 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada. That court had ruled that women could not be appointed to the Senate, because they were not "qualified persons." On October 18, 1929, they reversed this decision.

Volcanic breccia on the Isla de Tortuga, Costa Rica.

Important news for users of ArcticDEM - due to funding cuts, no more DEMs will be produced for the foreseeable future. 🧪⚒️❄️

This request is for a geologist who knows ASL.

A funded PhD at Aberdeen, forming part of @whatkatiedigs.bsky.social’s ERC funded project on Late Glacial Scotland. Application deadline April 13: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

📣 REMINDER 📣 We're advertising for a PhD position "Constraining the Behaviour of the British-Irish Ice Sheet over Multiple Glacial Cycles" with myself and @remyveness.bsky.social. I'd strongly encourage potential applicants to contact me before applying. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Brings a smile and a tear to my face. #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦

An important read for any colleagues still thinking about going to the US for @agu.org or @geosociety.bsky.social etc meetings 🧪⚒️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A reminder that abstract submission for the @igsoc.bsky.social Symposium on Ice Streams & Outlet glaciers @geogdurham.bsky.social closes 24th March. We're looking forward to presentations from both contemporary & palaeo perspectives to encourage cross-pollination of ideas & research approaches! ❄️⚒️🧪

📣Next up in the PYRN Webinar Series - Ground Ice in Canada! 🗓️April 3rd, 2025. 1PM EST (6PM GMT) 🗣️Brendan O’Neill Brendan will be presenting on field and modelling studies of ground ice in Canada 🇨🇦 Register here: queensu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This is a fantastic resource, highlighting differences in terminology between disciplines to help us all work together better.

This! Science progresses through fieldwork, discovering what is actually there and then adjusting your hypothesis accordingly. If you must do a desktop-only or geophysics-only study, please clearly state that it is of limited value and should be verified by fieldwork.

Want to come and do a PhD in Palaeo Glaciology and numerical ice sheet modelling at Sheffield Hallam? @niallgandy.bsky.social, myself and Bob Jeffery are advertising a fully funded PhD Studentship. The closing date for applications: 17:00 (BST) on Thursday 17th April 2025. tinyurl.com/2ab5mdhf

It's not spring everywhere......

Passionate about glaciers, geomorphology and past climate? Keen to do a PhD in one of the most beautiful historical cities in the heart of Europe? Come and do a fully-funded PhD with us at Charles University in Prague, looking at reconstructing the past glaciation of the Central European uplands 1/7

Chocolate babka bread makes the world a better place.

Reminder for folx wishing to move to Canada who have a strong record in climate resilience and water resources, AND who are members of specific equity deserving groups (Women and gender equity-seeking groups, Racialized individuals, persons with disabilities, and Indigenous Peoples). 🧪⚒️❄️💧🏳️‍⚧️

Very much worth a watch if you have not yet seen the PM’s brief and moving speech to Americans and Canadians. “From the beaches of Normandy …to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours. We're always there, standing with you."

Here’s a neat summary of evidence why diversity in the workplace is so important. TL:DR better ideas, better productivity, better retention, also just better. www.forbes.com/sites/roncar...

My brother got one of the buyout offers today. He's a federal government attorney, & he strongly agrees this is a bullshit, blatantly illegal attempt at calling the bluff of fed employees. He even said the title was something like "Fork in the Road," which is a Musk retread from Twitter days.

I'm a Canadian #TomGreen

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure. Read our op-ed here ⤵️

Join us at @geogdurham.bsky.social on 20th Feb for the @geolsoc.bsky.social #OffTheRails series. I'll be talking about the role of glaciers for resource security followed by Q&A with @geogeordie.bsky.social @mikebentley.bsky.social & Rachel Oien. Register to attend in person/online: t.co/cvfnPB2fEx

Mishell has given us an incredible gift. I hope it helps you all as much as it helped me today. “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” - Mary Oliver, The Summer Day

It's a perfect -30C day for blowing bubbles, but I have to be on the road shortly and don't have time to set up the camera. So, here is a video from another bubble session I did a while back. youtu.be/33f8G_FnYng

“The thing that makes me worry is how much these people are giving up the very mental tasks that make them human.” chuckpearson.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/t...

I've been getting more into Science and Technology Studies (STS) stuff the longer I've been a scientist and working for the federal government. Here's a recent article I deeply appreciated: issues.org/limits-of-da...

New blog: Radical Resilience "To be radically resilient, we need to find possibilities in-between hard spaces to transform the landscape and enable more neuro-affirming environments for people to flourish." autisticrealms.com/radical-resi...

THIS. All of it.

Keep your eye on Poilievre. He's their boy on the inside.