Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS
@emilyschoy.bsky.social
#NewPI Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster University studying seabird energetics, heat stress, and PFAS pollution in birds. Explorer-in-Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
Congratulations George Stroumboulopoulos on your RCGS fellowship! I grew up watching you and am truly honoured to be mentioned by you! www.linkedin.com/posts/stromb...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Congratulations George Stroumboulopoulos on your RCGS fellowship! I grew up watching you and am truly honoured to be mentioned by you! www.linkedin.com/posts/stromb...
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Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
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Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
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October 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Yes! Contact them and sign this petition here —it’s not just about EDI data! So much personally identifying information for applicants and reviewers will not be protected!
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November 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Pumpkin carving ✅🎃
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Pumpkin carving ✅🎃
At Grimsboo! 👻🎃
October 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
At Grimsboo! 👻🎃
Had an amazing time at the Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop in sunny Victoria last week! What a beautiful venue for a conference! It was also great to reconnect with my PhD advisor Lisa Loseto & Kendall Island beluga field camp team member JP Desforges at the banquet!
October 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Had an amazing time at the Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop in sunny Victoria last week! What a beautiful venue for a conference! It was also great to reconnect with my PhD advisor Lisa Loseto & Kendall Island beluga field camp team member JP Desforges at the banquet!
Excited to start the Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop in Victoria! My student and I were entertained by sea otters at lunch!
October 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Excited to start the Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop in Victoria! My student and I were entertained by sea otters at lunch!
Nice to see the Choy lab featured on the Haldimand Bird Observatory blog! www.haldimandbirdobservatory.com/september-25...
October 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Nice to see the Choy lab featured on the Haldimand Bird Observatory blog! www.haldimandbirdobservatory.com/september-25...
My lab and I from @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Haldimand Bird Observatory this morning! Thank you so much Rick Ludkin for sharing with us your knowledge of local songbirds and providing us with hands-on training and of course, the free humour!
September 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My lab and I from @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Haldimand Bird Observatory this morning! Thank you so much Rick Ludkin for sharing with us your knowledge of local songbirds and providing us with hands-on training and of course, the free humour!
Today, 165 2nd year undergraduates participated in the Great Canadian Bioblitz at McMaster Forest this morning! Most had never been to or even heard of McMaster Forest! Their enthusiasm was contagious with many species sightings! A special thanks to the leaders of Nature @ McMaster for hosting us!
September 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today, 165 2nd year undergraduates participated in the Great Canadian Bioblitz at McMaster Forest this morning! Most had never been to or even heard of McMaster Forest! Their enthusiasm was contagious with many species sightings! A special thanks to the leaders of Nature @ McMaster for hosting us!
Thank you Jay Robb for featuring my students and I in this wonderful story about our canoe lab trips to learn about the Cootes Paradise ecosystem for my Fundamental and Applied Ecology course at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social science.mcmaster.ca/paddling-in-...
Paddling in Paradise - assistant professor takes learning beyond books for her students - Faculty of Science - McMaster University
Students cheered when Emily Choy broke the news about their first lab assignment. That’s not the typical reaction from students but then “Paddling in Paradise” isn’t the usual assignment. Over the cou...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Thank you Jay Robb for featuring my students and I in this wonderful story about our canoe lab trips to learn about the Cootes Paradise ecosystem for my Fundamental and Applied Ecology course at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social science.mcmaster.ca/paddling-in-...
Today, my @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social BIOL 2F03 course started our first labs with a canoe trip through Cootes Paradise to learn about the ecosystem. We saw egrets, ospreys, & great blue herons! The students had a blast & for some it was their first time canoeing!
September 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Today, my @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social BIOL 2F03 course started our first labs with a canoe trip through Cootes Paradise to learn about the ecosystem. We saw egrets, ospreys, & great blue herons! The students had a blast & for some it was their first time canoeing!
Here’s a video of @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social grad students Abby & Flynn removing an adult rhinoceros auklet for a body mass measurement after a respirometry trial. All birds were handled with proper training and permits. Listen to their amazing experience here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
September 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here’s a video of @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social grad students Abby & Flynn removing an adult rhinoceros auklet for a body mass measurement after a respirometry trial. All birds were handled with proper training and permits. Listen to their amazing experience here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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This is one of my favourite themed episodes that we do, where we get to really lean into the stories of scientists as explorers and adventurers. Season 50 of Quirks & Quarks kicks off today! www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
Sep 6: Summer Science Spectacular | CBC Radio
Scientists spent their summer in some interesting ways, from eavesdropping on turtles, peering inside ancient mummies, dodging bird poop, scanning for WWII explosives, and even spying on wild dogs in ...
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September 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is one of my favourite themed episodes that we do, where we get to really lean into the stories of scientists as explorers and adventurers. Season 50 of Quirks & Quarks kicks off today! www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
Amazing interview by @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social MSc. students Abby Eaton and Flynn O’Dacre with CBC Quirks and Quarks on their seabird research on Middleton Island, Alaska!! Stay tuned for the radio broadcast tomorrow at noon in all time zones on CBC Radio! www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
Sep 6: Summer Science Spectacular | CBC Radio
Scientists spent their summer in some interesting ways, from eavesdropping on turtles, peering inside ancient mummies, dodging bird poop, scanning for WWII explosives, and even spying on wild dogs in ...
www.cbc.ca
September 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Amazing interview by @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social MSc. students Abby Eaton and Flynn O’Dacre with CBC Quirks and Quarks on their seabird research on Middleton Island, Alaska!! Stay tuned for the radio broadcast tomorrow at noon in all time zones on CBC Radio! www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
What’s it like to work from cliffs on an Arctic island with foxes, belugas, & polar bears (OH MY)! Read Jolie Nguyen’s experience studying thick-billed murres on Coats Island, Nunavut as part of her MSc. project @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social ! science.mcmaster.ca/two-summers-...
Two summers worth of unforgettable moments for grad student doing field work on an uninhabited Arctic island - Faculty of Science - McMaster University
Jolie Nguyen entered into a pact with the other six researchers who’d spent their summer on an uninhabited island in northern Hudson Bay. Anyone who was up late at the Coats Island field station and c...
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September 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What’s it like to work from cliffs on an Arctic island with foxes, belugas, & polar bears (OH MY)! Read Jolie Nguyen’s experience studying thick-billed murres on Coats Island, Nunavut as part of her MSc. project @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social ! science.mcmaster.ca/two-summers-...
Daycare graduation
August 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Daycare graduation
just completed 3 x 5km run in 1 week! Bring on the new term! 🏃🏾♀️
August 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
just completed 3 x 5km run in 1 week! Bring on the new term! 🏃🏾♀️
Kite making + foam party = a perfect day!
August 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Kite making + foam party = a perfect day!
Excited to play with ozobots at the library!
August 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Excited to play with ozobots at the library!
My little fish passed his swimming course!
July 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My little fish passed his swimming course!
Happy that these two get back today after a successful seabird field season on Middleton Island, Alaska! Here they are banding glaucous winged gull chicks! All birds were handled with proper permits and training.
July 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Happy that these two get back today after a successful seabird field season on Middleton Island, Alaska! Here they are banding glaucous winged gull chicks! All birds were handled with proper permits and training.
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Happy to advance another Middleton Island kittiwake project (rapid behavior changes associated with endogenous and exogenous corticosterone increases). This field site provides surreal access to these #seabirds - it's a dream for studying the physiology/behavior interface in free-living animals.
July 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Happy to advance another Middleton Island kittiwake project (rapid behavior changes associated with endogenous and exogenous corticosterone increases). This field site provides surreal access to these #seabirds - it's a dream for studying the physiology/behavior interface in free-living animals.