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Jasmine Veitch
@jsmveitch.bsky.social
PhD student studying the gut microbiome of bighorn sheep | Interested in the tiny, invisible beings that shape our natural world 🪱🦠

Graduate Student Councillor @csee-scee.bsky.social
Co-Lead Organizer @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social

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Thrilled to share my third first-author paper from my master's work with @albrechts-h.bsky.social and @jeffcbowman.bsky.social - this time diving into ectoparasite community dynamics of North American red squirrels! 🐿️
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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New research using 46 GPS datasets from 17 wildlife species to validate our pan-Canadian connectivity model rdcu.be/eMWN5
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Organizing SWEEET is such a rewarding experience, plus lots of fun with awesome people!
Please consider joining the committee to help plan next year’s symposium ✨
🌿 Are you passionate about equity, ecology, evolution, or just love building community in science?

SWEEET is looking for a few motivated folks to join our organizing committee! 🌎✨

Interested? Send us a note at sweeet.ecoevo@gmail.com 💌

#SWEEET #EcoEvo #SciComm #InclusionInSTEM
July 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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I’m also thrilled to announce that I will be starting a faculty position with @centreecomgmt.bsky.social @ U of Guelph this fall!

I will be recruiting students & postdocs for 2026 - please reach out or come find me at #CSEE2025 if you’re interested in theory, global change & fisheries ecology 🐟
Getting excited for #CSEE2025!

On Wed morning I’m organizing (& talking in) a symposium - along with Zach Miller and Maxime Clenet - that will bridge theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding spatial and temporal dynamics.

Then @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social symposium in the afternoon! 🙌
July 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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📢 Don’t miss the SWEEET Symposium at #CSEE2025 on July 9 in Sherbrooke!
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
July 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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We can’t wait to dig in to this topic with some amazing speakers! We will explore barriers to effective and inclusive communication in different settings, and identify ways to address them.

Stay tuned for more details!
🌿 #CSEE2025 Symposium Highlight 🌿

"SWEEET - Breaking Barriers in Science Communication"

🌍✨ This year’s @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social tackles language and cultural barriers in ecology communication, highlighting inequities. Participants will gain tools to improve accessibility and inclusion.
June 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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🚨 Excited to share my 1st paper in @behavecol.bsky.social
Grateful to PI @marcofesta.bsky.social & Limoilou-Amélie Renaud for this long-term bighorn sheep🐏 study. How does parental age affect offspring success? Find out 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/behe...
@oupacademic.bsky.social #BighornSheep #LifeHistory
A family history: Effects of parental age on offspring life-history traits in bighorn sheep
Abstract. Long-term fitness effects of parental age could affect population dynamics, as age structure can vary considerably over time. Few studies of wild
doi.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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🚨 Paper alert 🚨

My first MSc chapter is finally published!

If you wonder how we accurately and precisely estimate age and birthdates of harbour seal pups, read this very cool paper we did! 🦭

Stay tuned for chapter 2!

wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
TWS Journals
We used an umbilicus-based method to estimate reliable birth dates in a wild population of harbour seals living in the St. Lawrence estuary between 1998 and 2023. We show that our method is accurate ...
wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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a note of encouragement - these data were originally collected in 2013-2015. It's never too late.
Thrilled to share my third first-author paper from my master's work with @albrechts-h.bsky.social and @jeffcbowman.bsky.social - this time diving into ectoparasite community dynamics of North American red squirrels! 🐿️
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Thrilled to share my third first-author paper from my master's work with @albrechts-h.bsky.social and @jeffcbowman.bsky.social - this time diving into ectoparasite community dynamics of North American red squirrels! 🐿️
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Happy International Women’s Day! CSEE is fortunate to have many women who lead our society and are making Canada a world leader in ecological and evolutionary research
March 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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New paper out! We looked at the effect of the probability of encountering conspecifics on the foraging behaviours of territorial and non territorial Arctic foxes.

with @dominiqueberteaux.bsky.social @fredericddb.bsky.social and Marie-Pier Poulin

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Territoriality Modulates the Effect of Conspecific Encounters on the Foraging Behaviours of a Mammalian Predator
We monitored the movements and behaviours of Arctic foxes using neighbouring home ranges and evaluated if conspecific interactions influenced where they foraged. The probability of encountering consp...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Congratulations to PhD student and bighorn sheep wrangler Jasmine Veitch @jsmveitch.bsky.social for taking home to top prize at the University of Calgary Images of Research competition 📸🐏🎉
February 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Registrations and submissions for #CSEE2025 are now OPEN! Don’t miss your chance, submit your abstract and register before March 15th. Registration: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages. Accommodation: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pag...

#phdsky #evolbiol #ecology 🌎
February 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Les inscriptions et soumissions pour #SCEE2025 sont maintenant OUVERTES!
Ne manquez pas votre chance: soumettez votre résumé et inscrivez-vous avant le 15 mars! Inscription: event.fourwaves.com/fr/scee2025/.... Hébergement: event.fourwaves.com/fr/scee2025/...

#phdsky #evolbiol #écologie 🌎
February 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Do you want to help advance the profile of #ecology, evolution, & conservation in Canada? Do you want to be part of a team that gets things done on behalf of a broader community? Run for CSEE Council! Nominations due April 18. Learn more here: csee-scee.ca/elections/ #evolbiol 🌎 #PhD #postdoc
January 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Vous voulez faire progresser l’écologie, l’évolution & la conservation au Canada? Alors, présentez votre candidature aux Conseil de la SCEE! Les candidatures sont acceptées jusqu’au 18 avril. Pour en savoir plus : csee-scee.ca/fr/elections/ #evolbiol #ecology 🌎 #PhD #postdoc
January 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Excited to announce the publication of the first chapter of my PhD in Biological Conservation! We evaluated individual behavioral variation and its implications for delineating intraspecific units for the conservation of caribou. Read more here:
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December 18, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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🌟 Welcome to SWEEET! 🌟
We’re excited to introduce the Section Working for Equity in Ecology and Evolution Today (SWEEET), a section of @csee-scee.
December 16, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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The first paper from my PhD is out in Parasitology! Using DNA metabarcoding, I show patterns of parasite infection in Sable Island horses!

It's open access, so go check it out!

doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Mixed strongyle parasite infections vary across host age and space in a population of feral horses | Parasitology | Cambridge Core
Mixed strongyle parasite infections vary across host age and space in a population of feral horses
doi.org
December 12, 2024 at 4:26 PM
🌟 Hi everyone, excited to join the BlueSky community! I am a wildlife biologist interested in the little things that run the world (in this case, macroparasites, viruses, microbes). I am currently working on my PhD at the University of Calgary to investigate the gut microbiome of bighorn sheep 🐏
November 20, 2024 at 11:47 PM