Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS
@emilyschoy.bsky.social
#NewPI Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster University studying Arctic seabird energetics and thermoregulation. PFAS pollution in birds. Explorer-in-Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
Best Christmas present!
January 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Best Christmas present!
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Inuit artifacts over 100 years old—included a hand-crafted, sealskin kayak—are unveiled to the public at the Canadian Museum of History.
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APTN News Brief: Dec. 10, 2025—Century-old kayak among repatriated Inuit items newly unveiled to public
Our lead story: Inuit artifacts over 100 years old—included a hand-crafted, sealskin kayak—are newly unveiled to the public at the Canadian Museum of History shortly after their repatriation fr...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Inuit artifacts over 100 years old—included a hand-crafted, sealskin kayak—are unveiled to the public at the Canadian Museum of History.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Happy to share that my team & I were successful in our application for a Planetary Health Seed Grant to support an Interdisciplinary Living Lab and Bird Observatory @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social! Thank you Jay Robb for sharing the news in your wonderful story! science.mcmaster.ca/bird-observa...
Bird observatory taking flight at McMaster Forest Nature Preserve with help from Planetary Health Seed Fund and a chief bird bander in Haldimand County - Faculty of Science - McMaster University
Emily Choy’s research group went on a fieldtrip to a farm this fall to learn how to handle what’s coming to the McMaster Forest Nature Preserve. The Gosnell’s Farm is home to the Haldimand Bird Observ...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Happy to share that my team & I were successful in our application for a Planetary Health Seed Grant to support an Interdisciplinary Living Lab and Bird Observatory @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social! Thank you Jay Robb for sharing the news in your wonderful story! science.mcmaster.ca/bird-observa...
My grad students did an amazing job on their presentations at the @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social Graduate Research Symposium today! Extra kudos to my PhD student Tory for hand drawing (using a tablet) every one of your slides! They were beautiful!
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My grad students did an amazing job on their presentations at the @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social Graduate Research Symposium today! Extra kudos to my PhD student Tory for hand drawing (using a tablet) every one of your slides! They were beautiful!
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?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
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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!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Reposted by Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS
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!
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!