Dr. Dawn Wiseman
@sciencedawn.bsky.social
Reluctant Department Chair. Abenaki Territory. Finds joy in learning through teaching and research alongside community - usually in relation to science or STEM education. Lately stuck filling in forms.
Little song I am singing in my head today “Oh, how I hate everything about Co-Pilot”
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Little song I am singing in my head today “Oh, how I hate everything about Co-Pilot”
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This move is based on pseudoscientific nonsense. Just ftr.
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This move is based on pseudoscientific nonsense. Just ftr.
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Our department is hiring! Assistant Professor and Ruby Heap Professorship in Women’s History universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Our department is hiring! Assistant Professor and Ruby Heap Professorship in Women’s History universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
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Hey babe wake up. New periodic table of the elements just dropped
please don't @ me like "actually cerium is unique among the lanthanides for its +4 oxidation state"
⚗️🧪 #chemsky
⚗️🧪 #chemsky
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hey babe wake up. New periodic table of the elements just dropped
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The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏
School of Education – Part-time courses – Winter 2026 – Working at Bishop's
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November 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Firstly, those MPs need some time for deep reflection. Secondly, Dr. Hébert is correct, the challenge in Canada is lack of research funding not lack of great researchers. Fund the people we have, reap the rewards.
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Firstly, those MPs need some time for deep reflection. Secondly, Dr. Hébert is correct, the challenge in Canada is lack of research funding not lack of great researchers. Fund the people we have, reap the rewards.
Absolutely. Let’s start with people who are here.
ATTENTION CANADIAN POLICYMAKERS, LET'S INVEST IN OUR KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, RESEARCH, AND UNIVERSITIES
A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Absolutely. Let’s start with people who are here.
Reposted by Dr. Dawn Wiseman
ATTENTION CANADIAN POLICYMAKERS, LET'S INVEST IN OUR KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, RESEARCH, AND UNIVERSITIES
A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
ATTENTION CANADIAN POLICYMAKERS, LET'S INVEST IN OUR KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, RESEARCH, AND UNIVERSITIES
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From Health Canada -- Public advisory #HealthCanada #Canada
Acetaminophen is a recommended treatment for fever and pain during pregnancy
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Acetaminophen is a recommended treatment for fever and pain during pregnancy
recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-rec...
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
From Health Canada -- Public advisory #HealthCanada #Canada
Acetaminophen is a recommended treatment for fever and pain during pregnancy
recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-rec...
Acetaminophen is a recommended treatment for fever and pain during pregnancy
recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-rec...
Canada Post CEO Doug Ettinger and several other senior Canada Post officials also sit on Purolator’s Board of Directors. www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-defe...
CUPW Defends the Public Post Office During OGGO Committee Meeting
On Tuesday, October 28, CUPW participated in the second day of hearings of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) into the situation at Canada Post. During our presentat...
www.cupw.ca
October 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Canada Post CEO Doug Ettinger and several other senior Canada Post officials also sit on Purolator’s Board of Directors. www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-defe...
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“How did the Super Pandemic of 2026 start, Grandpa?”
“Well, Timmy —“
“Well, Timmy —“
BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“How did the Super Pandemic of 2026 start, Grandpa?”
“Well, Timmy —“
“Well, Timmy —“
Not a contest to win, but QC has a couple of premiers that could give her a run for the title.
@naheednenshi.bsky.social on Danielle Smith: “the most authoritarian premier in the history of Canada."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Not a contest to win, but QC has a couple of premiers that could give her a run for the title.
I stand with Alberta Teachers. They rock.
Meanwhile, at the Alberta Legislature thousands of teachers and supporters from across the province have shown up on the first day of the fall session….hope that Speech from the Throne goes well! #yeg #ableg #education #alberta #abeducation #teachers #photojournalism #edmobton #teachersstrike
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I stand with Alberta Teachers. They rock.
I accidently put apple crisp on my turkey sandwich instead of stuffing. And then I spilled stuffing all over the fridge. Sigh.
October 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I accidently put apple crisp on my turkey sandwich instead of stuffing. And then I spilled stuffing all over the fridge. Sigh.
VP Academic and Research at Bishop’s.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
VP Academic and Research at Bishop’s.
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I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.
October 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.
Reposted by Dr. Dawn Wiseman
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lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.
October 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.
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We are seeking a VP Academic and Research!
Search Jobs - University Affairs
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October 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We are seeking a VP Academic and Research!
We are seeking a VP Academic and Research!
Search Jobs - University Affairs
universityaffairs.ca
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We are seeking a VP Academic and Research!
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Bookshop has free shipping now! So imma recommend some books for you!
A thread. 1/x 🧵
First of all, this came out yesterday literally by the wonderful @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social
A thread. 1/x 🧵
First of all, this came out yesterday literally by the wonderful @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social
Everything Is a Story: Reclaiming the Power of Stories to Heal and Shape Our Lives
Reclaiming the Power of Stories to Heal and Shape Our Lives
bookshop.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Bookshop has free shipping now! So imma recommend some books for you!
A thread. 1/x 🧵
First of all, this came out yesterday literally by the wonderful @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social
A thread. 1/x 🧵
First of all, this came out yesterday literally by the wonderful @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social
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If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall
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Big Doughnutty News.
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Big Doughnutty News.
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...