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UPDATE: The path of totality, 2024

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By Kim Morris, Borealis Blog editor On April 8, a total eclipse of the sun will occur over North America. […]

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Adithi Rao

Le Beagle - CSBQ Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences
Rôle sur l’équipe Beagle: ÉditriceRole on the Beagle Team: Editor Adithi Rao is currently a master’s student in McGill University, Montreal. She studies the behavior and neuroscience of freshwater fish, specifically how, when, and with which individuals they group. She also partakes in numerous student outreach and education activities in Quebec. When not thinking about fish, she...

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Laura Lardinois

Le Beagle - CSBQ Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences
Rôle sur l’équipe Beagle: ÉditriceRole on the Beagle Team: Editor Laura is a PhD student at McGill University co-advised by Drs. Rowan Barrett at McGill and Matthieu Leray at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. She splits her time between Montreal and Panama, where she studies the microbiomes of tropical coral reef fish and their responses to environmental...

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Embracing Experiential Learning: A Journey Through Conservation and Hope

Le Beagle - CSBQ Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences
By Anonymous, a PhD student from McGill University My lifelong tenet is that learning follows experience. This tenet has kept me moving throughout my career as an ecologist. If the chance for a new experience presents itself, I will take it nine times out of ten. This tendency has given me experience in wildlife conservation,...

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Companion Animal Psychology Book Club April 2024

Zazie Todd Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science
“A wonderful, unusual, and healing book, full of wisdom and compassion.”—Sy Montgomery.By Zazie Todd PhDThis page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you.This month, the Animal Book Club is reading Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter by E.B. Bartels.From the publisher,“An unexpected,...

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Five more stories complete the 3rd Frontiers for Young Minds collection of stories by Nobel Laureates

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
A January 31, 2024 Frontiers (publishers) news release on EurekAlert announces more stories by Nobel Laureates for volume 3 of Frontiers for Young Minds, Frontiers for Young Minds, a non-profit, open-access scientific journal for kids, has published five new articles written by Nobel Prize-winners. The articles complete the third volume of the Nobel collection, bringing the number of featured...

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Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program helping team establish national best practices for out-of-hospital transfusions

Jenny Ryan Biology and Life Sciences, General Science, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science
Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program helping team establish national best practices for out-of-hospital transfusions Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Tuesday, April 09, 2024 Abby Wolfe Canadian Blood Services has multiple competitive funding programs open to Canadian researchers that pursue projects related to our research priorities. Since 2017, Canadian Blood Services’ Blood Efficiency...

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Trust in science remains high but public questions scientists’ adherence to science’s norms

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
A March 4, 2024 Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania news release (also on EurekAlert and received via email) announces research into public trust in science in the US, Science is one of the most highly regarded institutions in America, with nearly three-quarters of the public expressing “a great deal” or “a...

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Viewing the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse in Vancouver (Canada)

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
I received an April 5, 2024 University of British Columbia notice (via email) about a public viewing of the upcoming solar eclipse, UBC [University of British Columbia] department of physics and astronomy researchers will host a public solar eclipse viewing event outside the UBC Bookstore on April 8 [2024], weather permitting, or otherwise, in the...

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The Pet Professional Guild Australia Conference

Zazie Todd Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science
Will I see you down under? (part 2).Photo: Mudassir Ali/PexelsBy Zazie Todd PhDI’ll be presenting at the Pet Professional Guild Australia conference in Sydney which runs from 14-16 June.The conference takes place at Rydges World Square in Sydney, with some practical workshops on the 14th at St. Ives Showgrounds.My talks will be on:From fearful to...

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