Hi folks, I am a PhD candidate in the Wildlife Evolutionary Ecology Lab in the Biology Department at MUN. I’ve been in my program for three years, but it is my first fall actually in St. John’s. Until last February, I was tracking wolves in Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba. You can read a … [Read more…]
The oceans are in peril. Acidification threatens planktons’ ability to produce shells vital to their survival, corals are dying from excess acidity, and rising sea levels threaten coastal communities (Hoegh-Guldberg, Mumby, Hooten, Steneck, Greenfield, Gomez, & Knowlton, 2007). Despite the arm waving of the climate change deniers, these threats are anthropogenic in origin (Hoegh-Guldberg et … [Read more…]
Hello friends! I hope that your St. John’s summer has been going well. It seems like it was a bit late to start, but now that it is here, the sunshine and warm temperatures have been absolutely beautiful around the city recently. Getting out with some friends to see the capelin rolling at Middle Cove … [Read more…]
Hello everyone! I hope you’re having a wonderful summer, and that you’re all enjoying the warm days we had (and hopefully will have). In the picture of this post, you can see my dog and I were on one of our weekend adventures! It’s always relaxing to spend some time with him, and forget about … [Read more…]
In the last week of May, I attended the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences hosted by the University of Regina in Saskatchewan. This conference is the annual gathering of all the societies and groups, which form the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (La Société canadienne pour l’étude de l’éducation – CSSE/SCÉÉ). … [Read more…]
My most recent comprehensive exam was twenty-six years ago. In 1992, I successfully completed the Dalhousie University graduate student Admission to Candidacy Exam then forged ahead with my research on salmon respiratory development. My present goal is parallel to this, prepare and complete the Memorial University graduate studies Comprehensive Exam, then commence research towards a … [Read more…]