new diamond open-access Journal of Statistical Ecology launched 🎉🎉🎉 jse.centre-mersenne.org @fredbarraquand.bsky.social @oaggimenez.bsky.social @marieaugermethe.bsky.social @vianeylb.bsky.social (apologies to any Bsky editors I missed)

The federal government is proposing a sweeping attack on our environmental safety net and we must put a stop to it. share.nwmd.social/s/30pcuJJ8

La section Statistiques de la CSEE est lancée ! 📊 Rejoignez la première AGA et le mixer de la section : 📆 13 mai, 17 h–19 h 📍RW432, Ramsay Wright Laboratories 🍕🧃Nourriture et boissons non alcoolisées offertes Inscrivez-vous ici : forms.office.com/r/xMxvKLWFZv

The CSEE Statistics Section is here! 📊 Come and join our first AGM & mixer: 📆 May 13, 5–7pm 📍RW432, Ramsay Wright Laboratories 🍕🧃Food & non-alcoholic drinks provided RSVP here: forms.office.com/r/xMxvKLWFZv

While seals generally avoid areas with polar bears, they could be willing to risk higher predation levels for especially abundant food sources. “We were interested to see how seals manage finding food and not becoming food” says Katie Florko. @marieaugermethe.bsky.social www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...

“We were interested to see how #seals manage finding food & not becoming food,” says Dr. Katie Florko. "What we found was really interesting, that seals were entering high-risk areas when there was really plentiful or really diverse #fish." @marieaugermethe.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As key food sources shift, #seals must follow. That can lead them into precarious situations; Dr. Katie Florko and @marieaugermethe.bsky.social found that seals would gamble with longer dives in areas with more #fish, even if there were more #polarbears around. www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/sea...

Avis aux passionné·e·s de statistiques ! 📊 La section Statistiques de la CSEE est lancée ! Rejoignez la première AGA et le mixer de la section : 📆 13 mai, 17 h–19 h 📍RW432, Ramsay Wright Laboratories Nourriture et boissons non alcoolisées offertes Inscrivez-vous ici : forms.office.com/r/xMxvKLWFZv

Calling all statistics nerds! 📊 The CSEE Statistics Section is here! Join the statistic's section first AGM & mixer: 📆 May 13, 5–7pm 📍RW432, Ramsay Wright Laboratories Food & non-alcoholic drinks provided Register here: forms.office.com/r/xMxvKLWFZv

Ringed #seals will venture into dangerous polar bear territory if the ocean #fish buffet there is delicious enough. nautil.us/these-seals-... @marieaugermethe.bsky.social #KatieFlorko

MAY 5, 2026 - Join us for "Reimagining the Future of Oceans and Fisheries" - our 10 year anniversary Symposium! Featuring luminaries such as Dr. @marieaugermethe.bsky.social @drrashidsumaila.bsky.social, Dr. @amandavincent.bsky.social @simondonner.bsky.social & more! oceans.ubc.ca/iof-10-year-...

When many types of #fish are available, #seals stay longer and dive deeper, even in dangerous areas where polar #bears are active. This shows that food variety can outweigh fear. @KatieFlorko @marieaugermethe.bsky.social www.earth.com/news/arctic-... via @earthdotcom.bsky.social

RESEARCH: Polar bears as an umbrella species for identifying a dynamic marine protected area in Hudson Bay. Co-authored by Dr. @marieaugermethe.bsky.social. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

“It’s not just melting sea ice: climate change is affecting everything—the predators, the prey and their habitats, effectively reshuffling a complex, intertwined system," said Dr. Katie Florko. @ubcoceans.bsky.social @stat.ubc.ca science.ubc.ca/news/2026-03...

“Climate change is reshaping the #Arctic,” said lead author Dr. Katie Florko. "It is affecting everything: the predators, the prey and their habitats." oceans.ubc.ca/2026/03/18/s... Photo: Dr. Marie Auger-Methe

LISTEN: Dr. Marie Auger-Methe talks to @CBC's Quirks & Quarks about the state of Canadian #polarbears. www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

“We know that there will be some winners in #climatechange. We hear a lot about the losers,” said Dr. @marieaugermethe.bsky.social. “For Canadian #polarbears, #bears are not doing well.” www.cbc.ca/news/climate... via @cbcnews.ca @science.ubc.ca

“For Canadian polar bears, this doesn't change anything. Our bears are not doing well.” @marieaugermethe.bsky.social discusses Barents Sea bears, other polar bears, and climate change buff.ly/fOjJtVK

“For Canadian polar bears, this doesn't change anything. Our bears are not doing well,” says Dr. @marieaugermethe.bsky.social. “It's clear that their body condition, their survival, their reproduction has been declining with sea ice.” www.cbc.ca/news/climate... via @cbcnews.ca @science.ubc.ca

Like to develop spatio-temporal models? Interested in Arctic marine mammals 🦭🐳 and their susceptibility to oil spills? You may be the postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mariane Marcoux and I are looking for! See the details in the job ad: tinyurl.com/spatiostatamm

Kind of thrilled my first post on here is this paper :) Thankful for all the time spent talking seals, and reviewing and correcting model outputs! It’s a privilege to get to work with all of these amazing Knowledge holders and researchers :) 🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Want to link animal health to movement behaviour? Take a look at our new paper, led by Courtney Shuert: tinyurl.com/2s44wuyu

Fanny Dupont, Marianne Marcoux, Nigel Hussey, Marie Auger-M\'eth\'e Improved order selection method for hidden Markov models: a case study with movement data https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.18826

Want to reduce perceived uncertainty by billions of fish? Try highest density intervals instead of equal-tailed intervals. Can also change perception of stock health. New short paper with @marieaugermethe.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... New R package: github.com/andrew-edwar...