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Gracielle Higino
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Ecology + Evolution | Open Science Community Manager @sfu.ca | Educator | ASAPbio Fellow '23 | MozFest wrangler '19 - '21 | @mozilla.org '19 alumni | DRAC-EDIA Champion ‘24 | UBC Postdoc '21 - '25 | CIRTL Associate | OLS Senior Resident Fellow '25
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📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉

The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend.

pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...

#RStats #LGBTQ
rainbowR Conference 2026
Feb. 25 – 26, 2026
pretix.eu
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
That’s a very futile thing to say right now but… 10 years ago I was not even a tidyverse person, now I can’t wait for January 31st (major dplyr release on CRAN).
January 27, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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Preprint alert 🚨 (yes, I still go online, shocker)

Scaling from Metawebs to Realised Webs: A Hierarchical Approach to Network Ecology

TL;DR: Networks are like… weirdly finicky and if you want your network analysis to not be a sad chaos, check this preprint: [https://doi.org/10.32942/X2JW8K] 🏠💻
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Calling all undergraduate researchers! Present your research, connect with your peers, and win prizes at the 7th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium: www.sfu.ca/ugrs.html
Proposal deadline is Jan 27.

@sfu-fhs.bsky.social @sfuscience.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social @fcatatsfu.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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DID YOU MISS the very first #DataScienceLab when @isabelizimm.bsky.social and @davisvaughan.bsky.social joined us to talk about some of our favorite #Positron settings? Some folks had asked so I wanted to share!

It's up on YouTube here: youtu.be/QIYyeuZ_ISY

#rstats #python #databs #pydata
Exploring Positron settings | Isabel Zimmerman & Davis Vaughan | Data Science Lab
YouTube video by Posit PBC
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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📢 Último dia para se inscrever no projeto “Dados por Direitos” e concorrer a microbolsas de £500 para fazer uma investigação ou análise com dados abertos sobre migração e tráfico humano ou sexual!

🔗 Saiba mais e inscreva-se: go.ok.org.br/dados-por-direitos
January 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Looking for examples: do you know any OSS projects that have thoughtfully updated their contribution process for AI-assisted PRs?

Interested in:
* PR templates asking for intent/reasoning
* Comprehension checks
* Other friction-adding methods

Would love to learn from communities experimenting here
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Our lab (www.cossee.org) and (www.i-deel.org) are looking for a postdoc(s) to nominate via this program - www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-.... If you are a good fit, you contact us asap (snakagaw@ualberta.ca or mnakaga1@ualberta.ca) - our internal deadline for nominations is on 9th Feb. 🚀 🔥 🏃‍♂️‍➡️
COSSEE: Collaboration for Open Science and Synthesis in Ecology and Evolution
Explore the Collaboration for Open Science and Synthesis in Ecology and Evolution (COSSEE). Discover groundbreaking research, publications, and opportunities. Learn about open science initiatives and ...
www.cossee.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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We’re seeking a volunteer, non-executive Board Director with expertise in open access and open science. This is an opportunity to help guide a not-for-profit publisher at a pivotal moment for scholarly publishing.

Learn more ▶️ https://ow.ly/2o0250XVR2t

#BoardOfDirectors #ScholarlyPublishing
January 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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TOMORROW! (Tuesday)
@andrew.heiss.phd is gonna be on the DS Lab showing us how he makes his life easier: #Positron extensions he loves, OS tools he uses, and #duckdb + Connections pane 👀

Bonus, we'll def share the "moving the activity bar" thing live, too 👏🏻

Register: pos.it/dslab
#rstats #databs
January 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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📻 Tune in to the CBC Ideas podcast Monday January 12th, 5 PM ET, to catch PKP Founder John Willinsky on #OpenAccess and the problem of the #Internet.

#Research and #scholarlyPublishing should be freely available to all #Canadians and worldwide.

Where to listen: app.magellan.ai/listen_links...
Ideas
Listen to Ideas
app.magellan.ai
January 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM
That time of the year where I've spent the past two months trying to choose the next wall calendar for my office and couldn't decide and now I will need to buy whatever is still available (cats, Taylor Swift or Canadian landscape).

EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR.
December 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The Modular Peer Review Working Group we co-organized with @continuous.foundation kicks off in January, 2026!

🚀 Join the cohort shaping how we review modular research outputs like data, code, methods, and visuals.

Sign up here: continuousfoundation.org/peer-form
Peer Review Working Group Form | Join the Peer Review Innovation — Continuous Science Foundation
Participate in shaping modular peer review with the Continuous Science Foundation and PreReview, fostering ongoing scientific conversations and transparency.
continuousfoundation.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Additionally, applications are now open to join the 2026 Cohort of PREreview Champions.

Learn more about what to expect and apply today: content.prereview.org/2026-prerevi...

Please consider sharing this opportunity with others in your community!

Thank you!
2026 PREreview Champions - Apply NOW
Applications are now open to join the 2026 PREreview Champions Program! As we wrap up another amazing year of reflections, actions, and collaborations spearheaded by a fantastic cohort of 2025 Champio...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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How do teens feel about their phones? @siatsfu.bsky.social Homeware Lab worked with Grade 9s to explore tech, data and emotion. Their award-winning research reveals teens’ deep connections to devices as well as the need for better data literacy. 📱
Dreams, desires and the digital world: Developing critical data literacy in teens
www.sfu.ca
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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We’re hiring a Quantitative Ecologist (Internship)!

ApexRMS is looking for an early-career ecologist who’s passionate about using data, models, and code to understand how ecosystems change including wildfire risk, carbon dynamics, species conservation, and land use.
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Join us Oct 29 at 10:30 AM for our Criminology Seminar: “Community-based research at the intersection of criminal law, policing & public health” with faculty member Andrea Krüsi. Don’t miss it!

Register here: buff.ly/ZGyOHR3
#SFUCriminology #PublicHealth #Policing #Research
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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New Data Viz Event 🚨

Let's be real. This is just an excuse for me to geek out about my favorite topic with my data viz sheroes.

Catch me, @allisonhorst.bsky.social, Kelsey Nanan + @shirleywu.studio on Tuesday Nov 11th @ 1pm ET. Registration link below 😊

streamyard.com/watch/dHiSp8...
Art + science: Blending creativity and analysis in data visualization
Great data visualization lives at the intersection of art and science. By bridging rigorous data analysis with creative design, data visualization has the power to make complex ideas easier to interpr...
streamyard.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Messy folders haunting your R projects? 👻

This Wednesday Oct 29 at 4:00 PM PDT, I'll lead a workshop on Efficient File Management in R with {fs} hosted by @r-ladies-stl.bsky.social. Let's clean and organize a spooky messy folder together!

Register at www.meetup.com/rladies-st-l...

#RStats #DataBS
October 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Two weeks ago I was at the 1st Canadian #OpenScience and #OpenScholarship Conference, in Montreal. I usually hate conferences, but I'm super happy I went to this one! What convinced me was that they had a booth format that reminded me a lot my #MozFest days! 🧪
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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The #OpenScience movement aims to transform how scientists work with each other and with society. These shifts pull in different directions — and “scientific cultures” helps make sense of the tension.

NEW BLOG: Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
www.scholcommlab.ca/2025/10/21/t...
Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture
Open Science (OS) holds a powerful promise: to serve society by providing universal public access to knowledge. But, as we continue to see OS be adopted across the world, it becomes increasingly cl…
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October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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This #OAWeek we're pleased to share this call for papers!

Publishing cultures in transition: #OpenAccess, critical #DigitalLiteracy & #DigitalInfrastructures

From Medien Pädagogik, the issue will be edited by Klaus Rummler, Natalie Marty, and our very own Urooj Nizami!

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/05/m...
Publishing Cultures in Transition: Medien Pädagogik Call for Papers - Public Knowledge Project
The “Publishing Cultures in Transition: Open Access, Critical Digital Literacy, and Digital Infrastructures” call for papers is open until November 14th, 2025.
pkp.sfu.ca
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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NEW COURSES: Registration is open SFU + PKP Open Publishing courses! Open to all, so please share with anyone interested in some professional development!

Webinar coming up Oct 30th to meet instructors (including. me!) Read more and register for webinar and courses here: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/01/r...
Register Now for PKP + SFU Open Publishing Courses! - Public Knowledge Project
The Open Publishing Series registration for an info webinar and the courses are open. Join the webinar on October 30 to meet the instructors.
pkp.sfu.ca
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Quarto friends! I need your help:

We are implementing a new QMD parser in Quarto. It will be super nice. But it's a big change, and we want to minimize the impact.

1. Can you share a link to your Quarto project at github.com/quarto-dev/q...
2. repost this and let your Quarto friends know too?
Epic: are we production yet · Issue #63 · quarto-dev/quarto-markdown
We need to check against many large sites to get a good sense for the impact of this new syntax in practice. autogenerated qmd quartodoc-generated sites (tbd meet with @machow) sites quarto.org Shi...
github.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Over the last 3 years I've been collecting resources to share with people interested in data freelancing. I've recently compiled those resources in a GitHub Repository.

If you are interested in data freelancing, these resources may help you navigate that transition.

github.com/Cghlewis/fre...
GitHub - Cghlewis/freelancing_resources: Resources for data freelancers
Resources for data freelancers. Contribute to Cghlewis/freelancing_resources development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM