Janani Sivarajah 🇨🇦
@jananisivarajah.bsky.social
Urban Forestry Prof @ulaval.ca | Applied & transdisciplinary research on #UrbanForests 🌳 & #Soils | #ResilientCities #Climate | Studying human impacts | Bridging science, policy & practice | #SciComm | 📸, #HikingTrails & travel 🇨🇦 www.jananisivarajah.com
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Hi Bluesky 🌿 Excited to be here! I’m an Urban Forestry prof @ULaval 🌳 Study how people impact trees & soils, and solutions for resilient cities.
I’ll share research, #SciComm, plus a few favorites outside the lab 📸 #hikingtrails & travel. Looking forward to connecting with this community!
I’ll share research, #SciComm, plus a few favorites outside the lab 📸 #hikingtrails & travel. Looking forward to connecting with this community!
Excited to help organize the 2026 Canadian Urban Forest Conference in Québec City (Oct 13–16)! 🌳
The call for proposals is open now, share your work in #urbanforestry, planning, or climate resilience with 400+ participants.
Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
Link for more details: treecanada.ca/research-eng...
The call for proposals is open now, share your work in #urbanforestry, planning, or climate resilience with 400+ participants.
Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
Link for more details: treecanada.ca/research-eng...
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Excited to help organize the 2026 Canadian Urban Forest Conference in Québec City (Oct 13–16)! 🌳
The call for proposals is open now, share your work in #urbanforestry, planning, or climate resilience with 400+ participants.
Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
Link for more details: treecanada.ca/research-eng...
The call for proposals is open now, share your work in #urbanforestry, planning, or climate resilience with 400+ participants.
Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
Link for more details: treecanada.ca/research-eng...
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🍄Working in fungal conservation? Call for papers for our upcoming special issue in Fungal Ecology 'Fungal conservation: from knowledge to actions' ! Deadline 31 January 2026 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Fungal Ecology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Fungal Ecology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Fungal Ecology at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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September 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🍄Working in fungal conservation? Call for papers for our upcoming special issue in Fungal Ecology 'Fungal conservation: from knowledge to actions' ! Deadline 31 January 2026 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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Urban nature based solutions are critical - but often hampered by a lack of collaboration across sectors. How can we do better?
This was such a rewarding project to lead, alongside great colleagues from @environmentca.bsky.social, @treecanada.bsky.social, and many many others.
This was such a rewarding project to lead, alongside great colleagues from @environmentca.bsky.social, @treecanada.bsky.social, and many many others.
New 📰| Improving cross-sectoral collaboration towards urban nature-based solutions: insights from a participatory workshop 👥 https://ow.ly/F20T50Xqzgg
📷 facets-2025-0035, Box 1, the "fishbowl" exercise.
📷 facets-2025-0035, Box 1, the "fishbowl" exercise.
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Urban nature based solutions are critical - but often hampered by a lack of collaboration across sectors. How can we do better?
This was such a rewarding project to lead, alongside great colleagues from @environmentca.bsky.social, @treecanada.bsky.social, and many many others.
This was such a rewarding project to lead, alongside great colleagues from @environmentca.bsky.social, @treecanada.bsky.social, and many many others.
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In their Open Letter, Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, et al. highlight the importance of #UrbanForests as essential infrastructure to policy makers at #COP30, which begins today in Brazil 👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#NatureBasedSolutions #PlantScience 🧵
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#NatureBasedSolutions #PlantScience 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
In their Open Letter, Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, et al. highlight the importance of #UrbanForests as essential infrastructure to policy makers at #COP30, which begins today in Brazil 👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#NatureBasedSolutions #PlantScience 🧵
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#NatureBasedSolutions #PlantScience 🧵
Happy to share a new publication I contributed to, based on a full day of discussions in MTL on real barriers in cross-sector work. Thanks to Kayleigh Hutt-Taylor for leading it, and to Barbara Frei and @carlyziter.bsky.social for their support. Findings now published in @facetsjournal.bsky.social
New 📰| Improving cross-sectoral collaboration towards urban nature-based solutions: insights from a participatory workshop 👥 https://ow.ly/F20T50Xqzgg
📷 facets-2025-0035, Box 1, the "fishbowl" exercise.
📷 facets-2025-0035, Box 1, the "fishbowl" exercise.
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Happy to share a new publication I contributed to, based on a full day of discussions in MTL on real barriers in cross-sector work. Thanks to Kayleigh Hutt-Taylor for leading it, and to Barbara Frei and @carlyziter.bsky.social for their support. Findings now published in @facetsjournal.bsky.social
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Esperón-Rodriguez et al. (2025) Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers - @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers
Click on the article title to read more.
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Esperón-Rodriguez et al. (2025) Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers - @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
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Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers - Esperon‐Rodriguez - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers
Click on the article title to read more.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers - Esperon‐Rodriguez - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Happy to contribute to this open letter on #UrbanForests as essential infrastructure. With recent federal climate cuts in #Canada, it’s time to rethink priorities. Thanks to Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez.
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
@cef-cfr.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
@cef-cfr.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers
Click on the article title to read more.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Happy to contribute to this open letter on #UrbanForests as essential infrastructure. With recent federal climate cuts in #Canada, it’s time to rethink priorities. Thanks to Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez.
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
@cef-cfr.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
@cef-cfr.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Voters in roughly 1,100 municipalities across Quebec chose their local leaders on Sunday. Here are four things to know about the province’s municipal election results.
Four things on Quebec’s municipal elections
Voters in roughly 1,100 municipalities across Quebec chose their local leaders on Sunday. Here are four things to know about the province’s municipal election results.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Voters in roughly 1,100 municipalities across Quebec chose their local leaders on Sunday. Here are four things to know about the province’s municipal election results.
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Passage de la rectrice en commission parlementaire sur le cahier de consultation intitulé La planification de l'immigration au Québec pour la période 2026-2029.
Politiques migratoires: chute de 41% des inscriptions internationales
L'Université Laval subit de lourds dommages réputationnels à l'international avec l'application des nouvelles politiques migratoires du gouvernement du Québec, en plus de celles déjà prescrites par Ottawa
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October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Passage de la rectrice en commission parlementaire sur le cahier de consultation intitulé La planification de l'immigration au Québec pour la période 2026-2029.
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Élections municipales 2025 📣 | 81% des Québécois-e-s veulent que leur municipalité agisse contre les changements climatiques.
À lire ➡️ naturequebec.org/elections-mu...
#polmun #polqc #VireauVert @vivreenville.bsky.social @isabelleporter.bsky.social @fcarabin.bsky.social @aasimard.bsky.social
À lire ➡️ naturequebec.org/elections-mu...
#polmun #polqc #VireauVert @vivreenville.bsky.social @isabelleporter.bsky.social @fcarabin.bsky.social @aasimard.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Élections municipales 2025 📣 | 81% des Québécois-e-s veulent que leur municipalité agisse contre les changements climatiques.
À lire ➡️ naturequebec.org/elections-mu...
#polmun #polqc #VireauVert @vivreenville.bsky.social @isabelleporter.bsky.social @fcarabin.bsky.social @aasimard.bsky.social
À lire ➡️ naturequebec.org/elections-mu...
#polmun #polqc #VireauVert @vivreenville.bsky.social @isabelleporter.bsky.social @fcarabin.bsky.social @aasimard.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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🌱 Boston is turning vacant lots into edible forests, integrating food, nature, and community right into the city fabric. Urban climate justice in action. Shout out to @mayorwu.boston.gov for all of her great work! 🍓🌳
#foodforests #greencities
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#foodforests #greencities
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Boston’s Food Forests Take Root as a Climate Equity Strategy - Inside Climate News
A decade of organizing has turned trash-strewn lots into edible parks. Now Boston is expanding food forests as part of its climate action plan.
insideclimatenews.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🌱 Boston is turning vacant lots into edible forests, integrating food, nature, and community right into the city fabric. Urban climate justice in action. Shout out to @mayorwu.boston.gov for all of her great work! 🍓🌳
#foodforests #greencities
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#foodforests #greencities
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Senescence to nutrient cycling: Top-down effects of climate change (New Phytol.) @dukesjeff.bsky.social (Summary by Xavier Ozowara) buff.ly/oOvMxnX
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Senescence to nutrient cycling: Top-down effects of climate change | Plantae
Precipitation plays an important role in shaping leaf tissue composition, and as climate change progresses, we’ll likely see dramatic shifts in precipitation regimes. Changes in leaf tissue…
buff.ly
September 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Senescence to nutrient cycling: Top-down effects of climate change (New Phytol.) @dukesjeff.bsky.social (Summary by Xavier Ozowara) buff.ly/oOvMxnX
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
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The latest DroughtNet paper is out in Science today! Using coordinated experiments across six continents and 74 sites, the International Drought Experiment found differences between the effects of extreme droughts and more typical droughts... (1/3) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity
As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The latest DroughtNet paper is out in Science today! Using coordinated experiments across six continents and 74 sites, the International Drought Experiment found differences between the effects of extreme droughts and more typical droughts... (1/3) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change at University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=job_10-16-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=job_10-16-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
October 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change at University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=job_10-16-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=job_10-16-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
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Super excited to see that the last chapter of my PhD on root trait - ecosystem functioning relationships is now published in @newphyt.bsky.social!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Rooting for function: community‐level fine‐root traits relate to many ecosystem functions
Humans are driving biodiversity change, which also alters community functional traits. However, how changes in the functional traits of the community alter ecosystem functions—especially belowground...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Super excited to see that the last chapter of my PhD on root trait - ecosystem functioning relationships is now published in @newphyt.bsky.social!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Very cool initiative training citizens/residents in tree pruning & stewardship 🌳 Wonder if something like this will catch on here in Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you to our #CitizenPruners that joined us for a #Prune & Chat in the West Village! We #pruned #streettrees and discussed proper #pruningtechniques. Our #TreesWestVillage project is about caring for #trees and uniting through a common goal of expanding our #urban forest!
October 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Very cool initiative training citizens/residents in tree pruning & stewardship 🌳 Wonder if something like this will catch on here in Canada 🇨🇦
Field trip day! 🌳 Our Urban Forestry course is out in the field …Dominic, a master’s student in the lab, is leading a session on #tree plantation pits at our living lab site, where we’re testing 9 structural pit designs with the city. #UrbanForestry #FieldLearning #urbanforests
October 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Field trip day! 🌳 Our Urban Forestry course is out in the field …Dominic, a master’s student in the lab, is leading a session on #tree plantation pits at our living lab site, where we’re testing 9 structural pit designs with the city. #UrbanForestry #FieldLearning #urbanforests
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Urban expansion can lead to habitat loss. Yet, as IPBES #GlobalAssessment shows, smart city planning + nature-based solutions can create resilient, bird-friendly cities.🌍
This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, let’s protect migratory birds in our #SharedSpaces 🏡
🧪https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/
This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, let’s protect migratory birds in our #SharedSpaces 🏡
🧪https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/
October 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Urban expansion can lead to habitat loss. Yet, as IPBES #GlobalAssessment shows, smart city planning + nature-based solutions can create resilient, bird-friendly cities.🌍
This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, let’s protect migratory birds in our #SharedSpaces 🏡
🧪https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/
This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, let’s protect migratory birds in our #SharedSpaces 🏡
🧪https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/
Savannah Bissegger O’Connor, Dominic Bartolacci et Ravosoa Ramaroson de la Chaire de recherche sur l’arbre urbain et son milieu présenteront leurs travaux au Rendez-vous #arboricole 🌳
Merci à la SIAQ pour l’organisation!
👉 Inscrivez-vous : siaq.org/fr/formation...
#foresterieurbaine
Merci à la SIAQ pour l’organisation!
👉 Inscrivez-vous : siaq.org/fr/formation...
#foresterieurbaine
Rendez-vous arboricole automnal - SIAQ - Société internationale d'arboriculture du Québec
siaq.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Savannah Bissegger O’Connor, Dominic Bartolacci et Ravosoa Ramaroson de la Chaire de recherche sur l’arbre urbain et son milieu présenteront leurs travaux au Rendez-vous #arboricole 🌳
Merci à la SIAQ pour l’organisation!
👉 Inscrivez-vous : siaq.org/fr/formation...
#foresterieurbaine
Merci à la SIAQ pour l’organisation!
👉 Inscrivez-vous : siaq.org/fr/formation...
#foresterieurbaine
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Canadian cities can prepare for climate change by building with nature
#Canada #Environment #ClimateChange #SustainableCities #NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanPlanning #ResilientCities #GreenInfrastructure #HousingCrisis #EcoFriendly #Cities #CityPlanning
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#Canada #Environment #ClimateChange #SustainableCities #NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanPlanning #ResilientCities #GreenInfrastructure #HousingCrisis #EcoFriendly #Cities #CityPlanning
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Canadian cities can prepare for climate change by building with nature | The-14
Canadian cities can tackle climate change and housing needs with nature-based solutions like trees, parks, and green design to cut floods, heat, and pollution.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Canadian cities can prepare for climate change by building with nature
#Canada #Environment #ClimateChange #SustainableCities #NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanPlanning #ResilientCities #GreenInfrastructure #HousingCrisis #EcoFriendly #Cities #CityPlanning
the-14.com/canadian-cit...
#Canada #Environment #ClimateChange #SustainableCities #NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanPlanning #ResilientCities #GreenInfrastructure #HousingCrisis #EcoFriendly #Cities #CityPlanning
the-14.com/canadian-cit...
October 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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In a survey conducted by the Mental Health Foundation, 70% of adults agreed that being close to nature improves their mood.
Bringing nature closer to home by sponsoring a street tree feels like the ideal way to observe Mental Health Day this year, don't you think?
Bringing nature closer to home by sponsoring a street tree feels like the ideal way to observe Mental Health Day this year, don't you think?
October 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
In a survey conducted by the Mental Health Foundation, 70% of adults agreed that being close to nature improves their mood.
Bringing nature closer to home by sponsoring a street tree feels like the ideal way to observe Mental Health Day this year, don't you think?
Bringing nature closer to home by sponsoring a street tree feels like the ideal way to observe Mental Health Day this year, don't you think?
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L’étalement urbain et la densification sont au cœur des préoccupations à Repentigny. #logement
Où construire des logements dans une ville qui «affiche complet»?
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October 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
L’étalement urbain et la densification sont au cœur des préoccupations à Repentigny. #logement