Right now, I spend most of my time in the lab doing a mix of wet and non-wet lab work. So this week, you’ll get a look into what’s going on in the CLEAR lab space. Maybe on this channel, but more action is on our insta page ;) (6/6)

This (prospective) project feels like a full-circle moment. It connects my interests in community-based research and environmental plastic through place-based methods in rural Newfoundland (one of my favourite places to be, ever). (5/6)

My interest in research processes has really guided what I enjoy most at CLEAR. Now, I’m preparing for a PhD project focused on developing a community-based monitoring program in my hometown on the Bonavista Peninsula, NL. (4/6)

I love thinking critically about how we do research and how research norms shape what we learn. One example: some of my master’s thesis is a literature review on the scale of plastics research, born from wondering why surface water studies often report results at oceanic scales.

I’ve been at CLEAR since 2022, working on all kinds of projects and in all kinds of roles: sample processor, lit reviewer, plastic identifier, working group coordinator, and student (plus a few others I’ve probably forgotten). 2/6

This week we’re continuing to wake up our social media presence with… ME! 🌊 Hi everyone, I’m Riley Cotter — a Research Specialist and MSc student (almost finished!) at CLEAR. ⬇️

I hope you find our work useful! One of my core goals as a (publicly-funded!) intellectual is to make a lot of resources that can be applied beyond my own work. The greatest thing ever is when someone else uses them. :) 8/8

... since we do a lot of research with people who aren't academics, but who certainly contribute to research in foundational ways. So we now have a Community Researcher Co-Authorship and Attribution Working Group. 7/8

3. Our third most popular webpage is on our equity in author order protocol for consensus-based decisions about what work is most important and how we credit people for it. But we've actually updated this recently... 6/8 https://t.co/8xZbx1behE

2. A short introduction to what we mean by "anticolonial science". It includes a primer on how all science is political, whether you want it to be or not. And a list of sibling labs that do similar value-based, anticolonial research. 5/8 https://t.co/FJRqV9oQLF

We make a lot of resources about our research processes. Our post popular: 1) The Lab Book, a Living Manual of our values, guidelines & protocols. We wrote this collectively. It outlines day to day lab life. 4/8 https://t.co/fkmCZqCCWr

At CLEAR we study plastics while rethinking *how* science is done. Our work is values-based: community-led, anti-colonial, & committed to justice. How do you run an equitable lab meeting? Which scientific materials are best for the environment? 3/8 https://t.co/tYzn3UWJI2

This week, I'm taking over our socials! My name is Max Liboiron and I direct CLEAR. Lately, I focus on plastics pollution + Indigenous quantitative methods. The question driving my work is, how do we do statistics in ways that align with Indigenous ethics and relations? 2/8

We’re waking up our social media presence!🌱Every week, a different CLEAR member will share what life looks like in the lab, from wet lab work to community authorship. Each perspective is unique, showing the diff ways we think about what we do and *how* we do it. Stay tuned! 1/8

Need a power/sample size calculation for a study or upcoming grant? Led by @emil_hs, we built a simple, free, and pain-free (!) shiny app. feedback welcome plz share with interested parties. check it out: https://t.co/LpRB08Y7vA 🦾🤓 @sholzberg @kieranrcampbell @JeffsLianne

They "document what has been intentionally removed from acknowledgments over the decades." Our full, public Citational Politics Bibliography is here:

We've added a new paper to our Citaitonal Politics bibliography! Xan Chacko & Laura Stark's "No Thanks: Acknowledgment in the Journals of the History of Science Society" "undertakes a history of labor as seen through acknowledgment sections..."

We're hiring full-time and part-time lab technicians this fall to process samples from Nunatsiavut for plastics! Students, professionals, retirees, and community members are welcome to apply. Deadline Oct 1. @MUNGeog @gradstudies @humans_MUNBIOL https://t.co/XjZhD6rUiu

Happy Fall semester from CLEAR lab! (Special thanks to Alex Stead photography for the amazing photoshoot!)

Congratulations to Dr. Alex Zahara for defending his dissertation, "Settler Fire Management: An Examination of Wildfire Policy, Practice & Research in the Boreal Forest Region of Northern Saskatchewan"! It exemplified foregrounded humility, responsibility & community-based work!