Hilding Neilson

St. John’s #yyt, Mi’kmaw, astronomer at #munl, trying to understand stars and their stories. Indigenizing astronomy and STEM. views are my own. He/him.

[Nur Dogan @nurdogandiyorki]

UofT students disrupted a colloquium hosted by the Department of Physics featuring a speaker from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, calling on the UofT to end its all ties with HUJI!

Students: “By maintaining partnerships with HUJI, UofT is complicit in genocide.”

[NTV News @NTVNewsNL]

Grand Chief happy ‘Labour of Love’ Innu Pakassiun exhibit finally open after months of dispute and delay https://t.co/kNTdO3Eyj6

[Elizabeth Howell @howellspace]

.@csa_asc astronaut @Astro_Kutryk has reached space alongside Crew-13! Congrats to team

We saw it launch for a while before the rocket punched through the clouds. Then the rocket landed in front of us and made a very loud sonic boom (my first)

Real-time updates @NASAKennedy

[Uahikea Maile @uahikea]

“Truth and reconciliation gets thrown out the window at the point at which Indigenous Peoples criticize Israeli occupation, apartheid, and genocide in Palestine.”

[Heidi Matthews @Heidi__Matthews]

“In social science, we refer to this basic problem as ‘construct validity,’ and it means that a researcher is not properly measuring what it is they are trying to measure. In this case, antisemitism and anti-Zionism are being measured by all examples labelled as antisemitism.” https://t.co/88ZOhvAfrO

[Heidi Matthews @Heidi__Matthews]

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, which honours those harmed by the so-called "Indian Residential School" system. The IRS was an integral component of the Canada's historic and ongoing genocide against Indigenous Peoples. https://t.co/wVjmEqVSWJ

[NSERC / CRSNG @NSERC_CRSNG]

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“Sometimes opportunities can feel distant when you live in such a remote place, and I hoped that sharing my experiences would make those pathways feel more accessible.”
Read about Shilo Chislett's experience as an NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassador:
▶️ https://t.co/YHHHHLOswW

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

A simple way to help enrolment would be to, you know, fund the university to offer the programs and research that draws people.

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

MUN: we need to cut math instructors and a lot of other jobs to balance our budgets.

Also MUN:
“The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers has been commissioned to do the work at a cost of nearly $200,000.” https://t.co/RYwpW6oENQ

[Erika Merschrod merschrod.bsky.social @merschrod]

Another example of the wonderful opportunities our universities offers. Without a comprehensive university, we would be denying these opportunities to our youth, our province, our future.
@GSUMUN @MUNFaculty #WeAreMUN
A fossiliferous ‘marvel’ https://t.co/wt9gWSIGyv

[Pat Just Pat 🍉 @PatTheSocialist]

Can we get another round of this video hitting all the platforms. Fuck Ed Sheeran and all cowards and all zionists

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

After my talk today at Signal Hill Nation Historic Site I received the best feedback ever - “I will look at the night sky differently from now on”. Made my day. #Astronomy #Darksky #Space

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

Particle physics at MUN.

[NSERC / CRSNG @NSERC_CRSNG]

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#NSERC RESEARCH STORY:
Pioneering graduates help build the future of subatomic physics in Atlantic Canada

Read the story ▶️ https://t.co/drjLmpaLSB

@MemorialU
#NSERCsupport

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

Application for tenure submitted. Now to relax with a pisco sour.

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

If you’re in St. John’s tomorrow Sept 12 come celebrate 75 years of Signal Hill National Park and #astronomy #yyt https://t.co/8X7e8LIWtc

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

2nd class of astrophysics done. A fun hour of trying to image and observe the Sun, looking for granulation and sunspots. A good way to finish the week though we were supervised by Prof. Duck. #WeAreMUN #Astrophysics #DucksofMUN

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

First day of classes - Astrophysics at Memorial U #WeAreMun

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

This secondary period is seen in a number of evolved stars and is currently believed to be caused by the presence of a planet-like object orbiting the star. This was a fun project with fantastic students

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

New paper day!! https://t.co/519MpPkkkx written by Galina Sherren that was their undergraduate honours project. This was an exceptional work that includes research from another undergraduate in the summer after their first-year! #wearemun

[Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej]

In this work they explored the pulsation properties of a small sample of variable red giant stars that had been observed in linear polarization and discovered that V CVn had an ultra-long secondary period in polarization and visual observations.