Dr. Andrea Wishart
@wishartae.bsky.social
Squirrels! PhD in evolution/ecology/behaviour | Now, not-for-profit scientific publishing | Recovering genomicist | Co-Founder & Board member of @supportourscience.bsky.social & LTR-CSEE | She/her
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https://aewishart.wordpress.com
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Dr. Andrea Wishart
@wishartae.bsky.social
· May 22
🚨 New Paper 🚨
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Excited to share that our work previously shared as a preprint is now out today in it's final peer-reviewed form in PLOS One! #OpenAccess
Canadian natural science graduate stipends lie below the poverty line, by Fraass et al. 2025
Canadian natural science graduate stipends lie below the poverty line, by Fraass et al. 2025
Pretty! #yxe
We have handcrafted ornaments and many more holiday items by Saskatchewan artists available in SCC Fine Craft Shop! Stop by to take one home before they’re gone 🎄 #yxe #saskatoon
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Pretty! #yxe
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
I have become an expert at getting cupcakes from Ontario to Saskatchewan in suitcases.
Please, Londoners, keep Razzle Dazzle in business for me
Please, Londoners, keep Razzle Dazzle in business for me
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I have become an expert at getting cupcakes from Ontario to Saskatchewan in suitcases.
Please, Londoners, keep Razzle Dazzle in business for me
Please, Londoners, keep Razzle Dazzle in business for me
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health. By @danvergano.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health. By @danvergano.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
Red squirrel gestation length is unchanged by maternal traits, litter composition, or future food availability
✒️ Brunner, Barclay, et al.
🔗 buff.ly/FRh3ZVn #OpenAccess
✒️ Brunner, Barclay, et al.
🔗 buff.ly/FRh3ZVn #OpenAccess
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Red squirrel gestation length is unchanged by maternal traits, litter composition, or future food availability
✒️ Brunner, Barclay, et al.
🔗 buff.ly/FRh3ZVn #OpenAccess
✒️ Brunner, Barclay, et al.
🔗 buff.ly/FRh3ZVn #OpenAccess
New journal focused on environmental contaminants open for submissions! Canadian Science Publishing is a not-for-profit scholarly publisher. Reach out to me if you have questions!
We're now open for submissions! We welcome interdisciplinary research on contaminants, the environment and human wellbeing, covering topics like ecotoxicology, heavy metals, and plastics.
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New journal focused on environmental contaminants open for submissions! Canadian Science Publishing is a not-for-profit scholarly publisher. Reach out to me if you have questions!
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
“This column started out as an exposé of a Calgary MLA being caught on voicemail calling me, a constituent, a swear word.
“But the real story took an unexpected turn as I dug deeper.”
Doug Firby writes. #abpoli
“But the real story took an unexpected turn as I dug deeper.”
Doug Firby writes. #abpoli
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I’m Not Mad | The Tyee
How I went from anger to understanding after a voicemail mishap.
thetyee.ca
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“This column started out as an exposé of a Calgary MLA being caught on voicemail calling me, a constituent, a swear word.
“But the real story took an unexpected turn as I dug deeper.”
Doug Firby writes. #abpoli
“But the real story took an unexpected turn as I dug deeper.”
Doug Firby writes. #abpoli
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
We're now open for submissions! We welcome interdisciplinary research on contaminants, the environment and human wellbeing, covering topics like ecotoxicology, heavy metals, and plastics.
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We're now open for submissions! We welcome interdisciplinary research on contaminants, the environment and human wellbeing, covering topics like ecotoxicology, heavy metals, and plastics.
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK
#OpenCall
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
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Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
Low rate of R&D investment plays key role in productivity crisis, according to Council of Canadian Academies
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46f1bee...
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46f1bee...
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
We've seen some remarkable outcomes in people with advanced, refractory cancers, including pancreatic, melanoma, and renal, with personalized neoantigen mRNA vaccines.
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We've seen some remarkable outcomes in people with advanced, refractory cancers, including pancreatic, melanoma, and renal, with personalized neoantigen mRNA vaccines.
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
⭐ EDITOR'S CHOICE ⭐
Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada | Kowarski et al.
Read the full #OpenAccess article now! https://ow.ly/4OLy50XsRXn
Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada | Kowarski et al.
Read the full #OpenAccess article now! https://ow.ly/4OLy50XsRXn
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
⭐ EDITOR'S CHOICE ⭐
Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada | Kowarski et al.
Read the full #OpenAccess article now! https://ow.ly/4OLy50XsRXn
Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada | Kowarski et al.
Read the full #OpenAccess article now! https://ow.ly/4OLy50XsRXn
New call for papers to celebrate three decades of stickleback research in @canjzoology.bsky.social! 🐟#evolsky 🌍
The Canadian Journal of Zoology is inviting submissions for a collection celebrating 30 years of stickleback research from morphology and molecular biology to ecosystem science.
For more info 🐟▶️ https://ow.ly/ZqnN50Xr9Zu
#Stickleback #Evolution #Zoology
For more info 🐟▶️ https://ow.ly/ZqnN50Xr9Zu
#Stickleback #Evolution #Zoology
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New call for papers to celebrate three decades of stickleback research in @canjzoology.bsky.social! 🐟#evolsky 🌍
🧪🌎 #forests
JUST-IN
Spatially detailed tree-ring analysis exposes widespread forest growth decline throughout Canada doi.org/10.1139/cjfr... #OpenAccess
Spatially detailed tree-ring analysis exposes widespread forest growth decline throughout Canada doi.org/10.1139/cjfr... #OpenAccess
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November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🧪🌎 #forests
Submission deadline is November 15! Reach out if you have work you'd like to be considered for this collection 🧪🌎 #mammals #popbio #evolsky
Deadline approaching! Submit your research on small mammal population cycles. Submission info ▶️ buff.ly/9oexIMP
📷 Fabrice Simon #Mammals #Ecosystems
📷 Fabrice Simon #Mammals #Ecosystems
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
Why do ungulates move together and how do individual decisions shape the herd? This collection examines these questions through advances in tracking and analysis.
Start here ▶️ https://ow.ly/PIcT50Xo5nI
#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour
Start here ▶️ https://ow.ly/PIcT50Xo5nI
#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Why do ungulates move together and how do individual decisions shape the herd? This collection examines these questions through advances in tracking and analysis.
Start here ▶️ https://ow.ly/PIcT50Xo5nI
#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour
Start here ▶️ https://ow.ly/PIcT50Xo5nI
#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour
Toronto is messy with weather today but still looking fine with the autumn colours under snow
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Toronto is messy with weather today but still looking fine with the autumn colours under snow
After much behind-the-scenes work on this new journal and learning so, so much about contaminants in the process, I'm excited to share that submissions open at @contaminantsenvsoc.bsky.social on Nov. 18! Please get in touch with me if you're considering CES as a home for your research 🧪
We believe in the value of bringing all voices together, including scientists and community members working in partnership to address the challenges of chemical contaminants on the wellbeing of society and nature.
We begin accepting submissions next week!Find out more: https://ow.ly/h22c50Xfa30
We begin accepting submissions next week!Find out more: https://ow.ly/h22c50Xfa30
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
After much behind-the-scenes work on this new journal and learning so, so much about contaminants in the process, I'm excited to share that submissions open at @contaminantsenvsoc.bsky.social on Nov. 18! Please get in touch with me if you're considering CES as a home for your research 🧪
Are you in SW Ontario and looking for things to do next week?
I am giving three (3!) seminars:
Monday at York University
Tuesday at Western University
Wednesday evening at Western again for the Biodiversity Gallery 10th Anniversary reception
Otherwise, catch me in Regina at the end of Nov!
I am giving three (3!) seminars:
Monday at York University
Tuesday at Western University
Wednesday evening at Western again for the Biodiversity Gallery 10th Anniversary reception
Otherwise, catch me in Regina at the end of Nov!
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Are you in SW Ontario and looking for things to do next week?
I am giving three (3!) seminars:
Monday at York University
Tuesday at Western University
Wednesday evening at Western again for the Biodiversity Gallery 10th Anniversary reception
Otherwise, catch me in Regina at the end of Nov!
I am giving three (3!) seminars:
Monday at York University
Tuesday at Western University
Wednesday evening at Western again for the Biodiversity Gallery 10th Anniversary reception
Otherwise, catch me in Regina at the end of Nov!
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
Oi, stickleback researchers!
One of my PhD students is on a quest for lateral-view photographs of sticklebacks (like the one below, obvs not a stickleback). Any population/species, so long as the location and date of collection are known.
Does anyone know where we might find data like this?
One of my PhD students is on a quest for lateral-view photographs of sticklebacks (like the one below, obvs not a stickleback). Any population/species, so long as the location and date of collection are known.
Does anyone know where we might find data like this?
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Oi, stickleback researchers!
One of my PhD students is on a quest for lateral-view photographs of sticklebacks (like the one below, obvs not a stickleback). Any population/species, so long as the location and date of collection are known.
Does anyone know where we might find data like this?
One of my PhD students is on a quest for lateral-view photographs of sticklebacks (like the one below, obvs not a stickleback). Any population/species, so long as the location and date of collection are known.
Does anyone know where we might find data like this?
Reposted by Dr. Andrea Wishart
Update: The SRSR amended its motion to request anonymized, aggregated Tri-Council data — protecting researcher privacy, and scientific integrity while supporting accountability.
Thank you to Canada’s research community for speaking up!
#SupportOurScience
Thank you to Canada’s research community for speaking up!
#SupportOurScience
We're concerned about the SRSR motion requesting 25 years of disaggregated tri-council data. While we understand the data is intended to be anonymized, this wasn't explicitly stated in the motion – and the specific information requested could still enable re-identification when linked together.
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Update: The SRSR amended its motion to request anonymized, aggregated Tri-Council data — protecting researcher privacy, and scientific integrity while supporting accountability.
Thank you to Canada’s research community for speaking up!
#SupportOurScience
Thank you to Canada’s research community for speaking up!
#SupportOurScience
🧪🇨🇦 Déclaration en français @supportourscience.bsky.social
Investir dans la recherche au Canada ! Soutenez Notre Science accueille le Budget 2025 : 133 M$ pour doctorants et postdoctorants internationaux, plus fonds pour chaires, professeurs et infrastructures.
#SoutenezNotreScience #cdnpoli
Lire la suite : www.supportourscience.ca/fr/post/sout...
#SoutenezNotreScience #cdnpoli
Lire la suite : www.supportourscience.ca/fr/post/sout...
Soutenez Notre Science salue l’accent mis sur la recherche et l’innovation dans le budget de 2025
Communiqué de presseDe la part de Soutenez Notre ScienceLe 5 novembre 2025OTTAWA (Ontario) – Soutenez Notre Science, un organisme voué à la défense d’un financement accru pour les 300 000 étudiants et...
www.supportourscience.ca
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🧪🇨🇦 Déclaration en français @supportourscience.bsky.social
🇨🇦🧪 English statement from @supportourscience.bsky.social
Investing in Canada’s research! Support Our Science welcomes Budget 2025’s focus on next-gen researchers: $133M for PhDs & postdocs, plus funding for chairs, faculty & infrastructure.
#SupportOurScience #cdnpoli
Read more: www.supportourscience.ca/post/support...
#SupportOurScience #cdnpoli
Read more: www.supportourscience.ca/post/support...
Support Our Science Welcomes the Focus on Research and Innovation in Budget 2025
News ReleaseFrom Support Our ScienceNovember 5, 2025OTTAWA, ON - Support Our Science, an organization dedicated to advocating for increased funding for Canada’s 300,000 graduate students and postdocto...
www.supportourscience.ca
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🇨🇦🧪 English statement from @supportourscience.bsky.social
two new article types now available at @canjforestres.bsky.social. Reach out to me if you're thinking of submitting a Data paper!
New ways to share your work in @canjforestres.bsky.social!
📊 Data Papers – Describe your dataset, increase reuse
✍️ Methods Papers – Share and validate new techniques
For more information ▶️ buff.ly/FBRmkG6
#ForestResearch #AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪
📊 Data Papers – Describe your dataset, increase reuse
✍️ Methods Papers – Share and validate new techniques
For more information ▶️ buff.ly/FBRmkG6
#ForestResearch #AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
two new article types now available at @canjforestres.bsky.social. Reach out to me if you're thinking of submitting a Data paper!
TAing is such an important opportunity for graduate students to develop their teaching skills and scholarship in general, not to mention its often the only way grad students can get funding to participate in their programs.
The Coming AI Teaching Assistant Boom (And Cheating) open.substack.com/pub/curmudgu... @mattbarnum.bsky.social
The Coming AI Teaching Assistant Boom (And Cheating)
Matt Barnum (who is, thank God, now at Chalkbeat) just made three predictions about AI in education, and one of them makes my head hurt.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
TAing is such an important opportunity for graduate students to develop their teaching skills and scholarship in general, not to mention its often the only way grad students can get funding to participate in their programs.
Feeling confident with that WestJet quality 👍
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Feeling confident with that WestJet quality 👍