Rebecca Meagher
@rkmeagher.bsky.social
Animal behaviour and welfare researcher. Assoc Prof at Dalhousie. Fond of cows, mustelids, cats and nerdy humour.
Yes please, Outlook, could you cancel some meetings for me?
November 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Yes please, Outlook, could you cancel some meetings for me?
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The Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research is launching a US-style attack on EDI in Tri-Council funding.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research is launching a US-style attack on EDI in Tri-Council funding.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
As part of this attack, they are demanding disclosure of confidential demographic info + reviewer comments of all Canadian researchers who have applied b/w 2000-2025.
Reposted by Rebecca Meagher
Reposted by Rebecca Meagher
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
This particular part of the article is my current life. (And yes I teach about cat behaviour.)
Stereo chooses to vocalize her concerns at inconvenient times in a baffling manner (yowling). Paired with inconsistent behavior, such as marching back and forth on management’s head at night, this communication is far from adequate, as management has no fucking clue what she wants.
Cat Performance Review
1. Skill and proficiency in carrying out assignments Inconsistent. When asked to come sit on the couch or get down off the kitchen table, Stereo’s ...
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This particular part of the article is my current life. (And yes I teach about cat behaviour.)
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How your email finds me. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
October 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
How your email finds me. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
Really hope no dairy calves ever get loose in this airport.
I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
October 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Really hope no dairy calves ever get loose in this airport.
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📣 Are you interested in applied animal ethology and perceptual abilities of animals? Do you want to help us disentangle how animal emotions are modulated by their sensory environment? Then, you might be the postdoc we are looking for🌠
More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#appliedethology #postcoc
More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#appliedethology #postcoc
Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
www.slu.se
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📣 Are you interested in applied animal ethology and perceptual abilities of animals? Do you want to help us disentangle how animal emotions are modulated by their sensory environment? Then, you might be the postdoc we are looking for🌠
More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#appliedethology #postcoc
More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#appliedethology #postcoc
Opportunity in animal welfare with a great supervisor:
I’m looking for a PhD student, please share!
#PhDPositionAlert
PhD on Advancing the welfare of dairy ruminant youngstock through a social science or multi-disciplinary lens
Michigan State University, USA
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/PhD_USA.html
PhD on Advancing the welfare of dairy ruminant youngstock through a social science or multi-disciplinary lens
Michigan State University, USA
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/PhD_USA.html
October 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Opportunity in animal welfare with a great supervisor:
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Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors
The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).
www.thebookseller.com
September 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
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📢Applications are now open for the UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarships!
Are you a student with an idea to improve #animalwelfare? UFAW scholarships offer the chance to bring your research to life and gain hands-on experience.
🔗 Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/awss
📅 Closing date: 28 February 2026
Are you a student with an idea to improve #animalwelfare? UFAW scholarships offer the chance to bring your research to life and gain hands-on experience.
🔗 Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/awss
📅 Closing date: 28 February 2026
October 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📢Applications are now open for the UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarships!
Are you a student with an idea to improve #animalwelfare? UFAW scholarships offer the chance to bring your research to life and gain hands-on experience.
🔗 Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/awss
📅 Closing date: 28 February 2026
Are you a student with an idea to improve #animalwelfare? UFAW scholarships offer the chance to bring your research to life and gain hands-on experience.
🔗 Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/awss
📅 Closing date: 28 February 2026
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The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
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Research is the key to unlocking Canada’s future and it needs proper funding.
The federal government must uphold its Budget 2024 commitment to Canadian researchers.
Read the Coalition for Canadian Research’s open letter: www.caut.ca/news/coaliti...
The federal government must uphold its Budget 2024 commitment to Canadian researchers.
Read the Coalition for Canadian Research’s open letter: www.caut.ca/news/coaliti...
Coalition for Canadian Research calls on federal government to fulfil the Budget 2024 research commitments
The Right Honourable Mark Carney, P.C., M.P.Prime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0A2
www.caut.ca
September 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Research is the key to unlocking Canada’s future and it needs proper funding.
The federal government must uphold its Budget 2024 commitment to Canadian researchers.
Read the Coalition for Canadian Research’s open letter: www.caut.ca/news/coaliti...
The federal government must uphold its Budget 2024 commitment to Canadian researchers.
Read the Coalition for Canadian Research’s open letter: www.caut.ca/news/coaliti...
Sitting alone in my office during my first office hours of the term, as usual. 🥲
a stuffed kermit the frog is sitting on a railing holding onto a railing .
Alt: A stuffed Kermit the frog is sitting on a railing swiging his feet and staring off into the distance.
media.tenor.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sitting alone in my office during my first office hours of the term, as usual. 🥲
The feeling of every cat owner.
September 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The feeling of every cat owner.
First day back at work, and I have a new paper out! authors.elsevier.com/a/1lnmV2gKRh... A review of what we know and the many things we don't know about environmental enrichment for ruminants, with @drmariarorvang.bsky.social and two other lovely colleagues who are not on BlueSky. 🐐🐑🐄
authors.elsevier.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
First day back at work, and I have a new paper out! authors.elsevier.com/a/1lnmV2gKRh... A review of what we know and the many things we don't know about environmental enrichment for ruminants, with @drmariarorvang.bsky.social and two other lovely colleagues who are not on BlueSky. 🐐🐑🐄
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I would like to thank all the @dalhousie.bsky.social students (& their families), with special acknowledgment to the leaders in the #DalStudentUnion, for supporting us at @dalfaculty.bsky.social to #KeepDalStrong. It meant a great deal - we will work to ensure the semester is successful for you!
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I would like to thank all the @dalhousie.bsky.social students (& their families), with special acknowledgment to the leaders in the #DalStudentUnion, for supporting us at @dalfaculty.bsky.social to #KeepDalStrong. It meant a great deal - we will work to ensure the semester is successful for you!
Elsewhere in universities' core purposes in danger of being compromised by leaders and politicians who don't seem to understand them...
'"You can’t have hobbyist research that’s unfunded going on in institutions. We can’t afford it.”'
Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.
Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
September 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Elsewhere in universities' core purposes in danger of being compromised by leaders and politicians who don't seem to understand them...
An example of how this fight is not just about wages and not just about professors.
DFA proposal that @DalhousieU demanded we drop for "interest arbitration"- Dal increase child care spots at Dal to benefit all parents at Dal, not just faculty. Not fully discussed before the Board left conciliation. #KeepDalStrong
September 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
An example of how this fight is not just about wages and not just about professors.
Thank you for this, @halifaxexaminer.ca - "A lockout is not a strike". The terms used in much of the media and the university's official communications are misleading. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
The Halifax Fringe Festival: From a hyper-realistic real estate agent puppet to a clown show about chronic pain - Halifax Examiner
The beauty of the Fringe lies in its variety.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thank you for this, @halifaxexaminer.ca - "A lockout is not a strike". The terms used in much of the media and the university's official communications are misleading. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
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Do these tactics sound familiar?⬇️
How to run a university in Canada? Outsource it to this management consulting firm
@dalfaculty.bsky.social
#keepdalstrong 💪
nationalpost.com/feature/how-...
How to run a university in Canada? Outsource it to this management consulting firm
@dalfaculty.bsky.social
#keepdalstrong 💪
nationalpost.com/feature/how-...
How to run a university in Canada? Outsource it to this management consulting firm
Nous Group's template for getting out of the red has been adopted by major schools. Critics call it the corporatization of higher education.
nationalpost.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Do these tactics sound familiar?⬇️
How to run a university in Canada? Outsource it to this management consulting firm
@dalfaculty.bsky.social
#keepdalstrong 💪
nationalpost.com/feature/how-...
How to run a university in Canada? Outsource it to this management consulting firm
@dalfaculty.bsky.social
#keepdalstrong 💪
nationalpost.com/feature/how-...
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DFA President explains the past 24 hours and urges the @dalhousieu.bsky.social board to negotiate rather than dictate. Talk to us at the table ti #keepdalstrong @ansut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
DFA President explains the past 24 hours and urges the @dalhousieu.bsky.social board to negotiate rather than dictate. Talk to us at the table ti #keepdalstrong @ansut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social
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Another day, another head-scratching decision from @dalhousieu.bsky.social … Rather than returning to the table with @dalfaculty.bsky.social, they release another public statement to create more chaos 😳 #keepdalstrong
August 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Another day, another head-scratching decision from @dalhousieu.bsky.social … Rather than returning to the table with @dalfaculty.bsky.social, they release another public statement to create more chaos 😳 #keepdalstrong