I'M OFFICIALLY A DOCTOR OF BIOLOGY BABYYYYYY!!!!! I just passed my defence, thank you so much to my incredible supervisor @jetkerr, & all the colleagues, friends, family & bees that supported me over the last few years I can't wait to use this PhD-hood to help save the world🌎

@petersoroye takes us to the high Arctic, where a group of eco-tourists stand in awe of Devon Island’s vast, golden valleys. This moment captures the delicate balance between appreciating remote landscapes & safeguarding them for future generations in Lancaster Sound KBA 🌎

📣 Calling all photographers! The #KBAPhotoContest opens Oct 21, aligned with the start of the #COP16 Biodiversity Summit! Capture Canada’s most important biodiversity areas & help us showcase what makes them special 🦋 Learn more: https://t.co/JTEddksevm

Image credits (in order) Peter Soroye Zwena Gray Zwena Gray Dennis Minty Dennis Minty Steven Rose Jen Derbach Jen Derbach

Huge thanks again to @beantiracism for the invitation to this trip, @WCSCanada for sponsoring my time, and @AdventureCanada for hosting!

Follow me here or IG (I'll probably post a bit more frequently to IG), to follow my trip! I'll be posting plenty of content, so prepare to see a lot of incredible arctic wildlife, and more Black leaders and researchers in the Arctic at once than you've probably ever seen!

Expedition cruises are growing contributors to climate change and underwater noise in the Arctic, but I'm grateful for this chance to learn, explore & share about conservation & making travel more sustainable & less impactful (some of which @AdventureCanada is already starting)

We'll be on the lookout for polar bear, beluga, narwhal and more, both from the boat and on some frequent stops on land by zodiac. We'll also by stopping in Inuit communities as we go, with a chance to learn from them about their ways of life and how things are changing.

Our trip will take us from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (by one of the largest Altantic Puffin breeding colonies in Greenland), through Tallurutiup Imanga (Lancaster Sound - the largest conservation area in Canada!), and eventually to Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk (Coppermine).

I'll be joining 5 other incredible Black leaders in the Canadian outdoors and conservation space that @BeAntiracism is supporting on this trip. I'll also be repping @WCS_Canada onboard, talking about @KBACanada's work & the awesome work being done by our WCS Canada Arctic team

Today I'll be embarking on an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime Arctic trip! For 17 days I'll be on a boat above the Arctic Circle, exploring western Greenland and Nunavut as I travel the Northwest Passage with @AdventureCanada on behalf of @BeAntiracism and @WCS_Canada

Great opportunity to work with a fantastic group of people on zoonosis/One Health projects (including our UK/US/Nigeria SCAPES consortium) 🐀

One of the most fascinating collective behaviors is chain formation in army ants. The worker ants cling together via hooks on their feet to bridge large gaps. Their sisters can then walk across to reach the other side. Here is Eciton burchellii inside an experimental setup.

You couldn't work with a better group researchers! Check out this exciting position with a fantastic team. And what a great project acronym too 😃

JOB OPPORTUNITY: We are advertising an 18-month research assistant position to investigate the drivers of insect biodiversity change, working on the fabulous GLITRS Project ( https://t.co/89uQKpSX6V). DM to discuss further details, or apply here: https://t.co/126DqAJlOU

👀Two PhD opportunities in @wildco_lab @UBCForestry! Please share 📣 https://t.co/cC5Q4d7ERv. Join a fun, diverse and dynamic team to work on 1⃣ Mammal Distribution & Habitat Modelling 🐻💻or 2⃣ Caribou Conservation 🦌🐺. Apply by Sep 15 for May 2025 start!

Join our WCS Canada Team 💚 We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Bookkeeper and Payroll Administrator to join our core administrative team located at WCS Canada’s Head office in Toronto. Learn more → https://t.co/HRqG86cypF

Rat River KBA supports a nationally significant population of Canada's endangered Fascicled Ironweed. Once widespread across tall grass prairies, habitat loss has concentrated over 99% of the Canadian population in this site 🌱 #30DaysofKBAs

Minesing Wetlands KBA is the largest fen bog in southern Ontario and one of Canada's most diverse undisturbed wetland areas! 'Minesing' originates from the Ojibwe word for 'island,' referring to an island in Lake Edenvale that once covered the area where the wetlands now exist.

This is the last day to participate in the #CityNatureChallenge !! Make some observations on @inaturalist and help your city climb the leaderboard!!

Something exciting is coming up 👀 Join us for a month-long celebration of #KeyBiodiversityAreas (KBAs) in Canada! Stay tuned to explore and learn about these unique places 🌱 #30DaysofKBAs