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Aerin Jacob, PhD
@aerinj.bsky.social
(she/her) Ecologist and conservationist. I like big trees, canoes, & looking under rocks. Still #SaltingTheVibes. https://www.aerinjacob.ca
[8 Nov 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦.

All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions.

Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed!

www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Providing a springboard for early-career researchers to turn curiosity and passion into conservation action is one of the things I value the most.

One example is leading the Weston Family Conservation Science Fellowship Program at @ncccnc.bsky.social!

natureconservancy.ca/what-we-do/c...
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Laura is a Weston Family Conservation Science Fellow at @ncccnc.bsky.social , and a Master's student at @carleton.ca.

Her blog post explains how these agile, intelligent mammals play essential roles in ecosystems and why she finds them fascinating.

natureconservancy.ca/not-so-spook...
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Over the last 20 years, @ncccnc.bsky.social has restored native habitat on former agricultural fields & modified lands in Norfolk County, southern Ontario. All that conservation work set the stage for our research.”

New blog post by @uottawa.ca’s Lily Charles.

natureconservancy.ca/advancing-co...
October 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Map of where current FluWatcher participants live.

Takes 15 seconds each week.
September 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Join the community science project “Flu Watchers” (🇨🇦 wide).

public.cnphi-rcrsp.ca/fluWatcher/r...

Help track common viruses like flu, RSV, & COVID-19.

Each week you get an email asking if you’ve had a cough or fever. It takes 20 seconds, max.
September 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Today my NCC colleague Delaney Brooks and I hosted a writing webinar for NCC's Weston Family Conservation Science Fellows, led by Prof. @stephenbheard.bsky.social from @discoverunb.bsky.social.

* IT WAS GREAT.
* WRITING IS HARD.
* WE CAN ALL LEARN.
* TOOLS EXIST. USE THEM.
September 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
These seven criteria are common sense! Clarity helps to reduce uncertainty and conflict.

Thanks @wcelaw.bsky.social for your continued advocacy and raising awareness. 👏

#NotThePONIWeWanted #BillC5
August 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Does anyone know the most reliable rapid antigen test (RAT) available to order in Canada?

I’ve seen photos of tests for Covid, RSV, & ‘flu in Europe…

Thanks for any ideas!
August 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Another round-up of #ConservationJobs coming soon!

Send me links to postings you’ve seen and I’ll include them (as long as it shows the salary range).
July 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I care a lot about diversity, equity, inclusion, & justice — including in hiring.

🥇 GOLD MEDAL 🏅 to @cpaws-snap.bsky.social for outstanding *public* explanation about their hiring practices. We can all learn from their example!

“Hiring Through a JEDI Lens” ➡️ cpaws.org/about/about-...
July 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@makeway.org is an extraordinary organization.

It has a unique combination of relationships, tools, expertise, and resources, which are used to support community-led change.

As an intermediary, it creates healthy pathways among philanthropy & community partners.

makeway.org/approach/
July 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The next @csee-scee.bsky.social conference will be in Toronto May 12-16, 2026 @utoronto.ca#CSEE2026.

Will I see you there?

csee-scee.ca/event/2026-a...
July 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
💫 Cheering on Lily Charles, a masters student @uottawa.ca, to present her research!

Lily works with @hkharouba.bsky.social‬, @ncccnc.bsky.social, & ECCC to study monarch butterflies, including whether habitat restoration has made a difference...

Stay tuned for Lily's blog post for NCC. #CSEE2025
July 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The annual conference of @csee-scee.bsky.social was held last week in Sherbrooke, QC.

🌟 It was a huge success! Check out #CSEE2025.🌟

An energetic week for me: I taught two workshops, gave invited symposium talk & panel discussion, and learned from many colleagues new and old. Now full of ideas!
July 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Peter Soroye @wcscanada.org explains how @inaturalist.bsky.social data factors into Key Biodiversity Areas (@keybiodiversity.bsky.social).

Join them in Blitz The Gap 2025! blitzthegap.org

#CSEE2025
July 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Congratulations to the 2024 recipient of the @csee-scee.bsky.social President's Award for Societal Engagement

💫 Prof. Maydianne Andrade @widowweb.bsky.social 💫

Her talk is called “‘I don’t think of you as Black’ and other Misconceptions about Equity, Merit & Systems Change”

#CSEE2025
July 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Learn more about Amy's PhD research and what it means for conservation in our new video (2 min): www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP94...

#CSEE2025
July 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
#CSEE2025, go see Amy Wiedenfeld's talk on Tues July 8!

"Comparing the efficacy of integrated pop'n models & integral projection models to estimate pop'n growth rates of an endangered plant"
3:30 pm, Rivière Magog

Amy is a PhD candidate @ulethbridge.ca & part of @ncccnc.bsky.social's fellowship.
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Zachary Moore and @scbnorthamerica.bsky.social are hosting a free webinar for students about using Microsoft Excel tools for data manipulation and analysis.

"Student Affairs Webinar: Excel Skills You Wish You Knew 10 Years Ago"
* Free
* Wed, July 23, 2 pm-3:30 pm CDT
* Register: lnkd.in/g39zZuhy
July 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you work in environmental governance in 🇨🇦, please take this short survey (10-20 min):

“Data and Storytelling in Environmental Decision-Making”

surveys.mcgill.ca/ls3/225112?l...

This is more for practitioners (e.g., science + policy, + practice), not academics.
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Huge congrats to the recipient of the 2025 CSEE President’s Award for Research Excellence…

💫 @elenabennett.bsky.social!

Elena is a gem of a scientist, mentor, leader, teacher, and friend. #CSEE2025
July 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
2025 Local Organizing Committee co-chair @marcofesta.bsky.social welcomes @csee-scee.bsky.social to Sherbrooke, Quebec for #CSEE2025!

Audience gives a rousing round of applause when he talks about standing up for science in public decisions, and CSEE’s commitment to scientific integrity. 👏
July 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
In the afternoon, I taught the 2nd of two #CSEE2025 workshops: Intro to Storytelling in Science.

We learned and practiced basic story structure and elements of a what makes a more powerful story.
July 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Partway through teaching my first of two workshops at #CSEE2025:

“Intro to Science Communication”

We’re working through the Message Box, by Nancy Baron & COMPASS. www.compassscicomm.org/leadership-d...
July 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM