Cass Robillard

Tweets about mosses, natural history collections, SciArt, conservation planning, sustainable living. Will dance unprompted. Nonbinary, no pronoun preference.

[Cass Robillard @CMRobillard]

@Canadensys Fingers crossed for a solution!
I'm glad I had downloaded a copy of Vascan data last year, as we use the name search every day. Good luck et bonne courage!

[a climate change comic @climate_comic]

Climate TBD (To Be Determined.)
https://t.co/6T7b257RlG

[Cass Robillard @CMRobillard]

Look out world, I now have a GitHub account.
Not sure how it took me this long but here we are. XD

[Ellie @ellencharters]

Our grassroots initiative formed in response to public unrest and ongoing harrassment of #Centretown residents mobilizes volunteers to escort downtown residents on their errands (or run errands) in the city & we now have an email address:

[email protected]

[Cass Robillard @CMRobillard]

If you are a student returning to school in Fall 2022, we are hiring a student assistant this summer to help with our massive herbarium reorganization project.
https://t.co/WH4cgv9B26

[Cass Robillard @CMRobillard]

@MaribethLatvis I do!
I'm away for the next few hours but please feel free to send me your questions: [email protected]

[Cass Robillard @CMRobillard]

Today while filing in the #herbarium I found the greatest binomial name for a sedge: Carex supergoodenoughii. Yes, I looked it up, it's a published name. (Just not the currently accepted name.)
Note "Super good enough sedge" is NOT one of its common names. Missed opportunity!

[Waubgeshig Rice @waub]

When my community brought back drumming and dancing in the 1980s, no one could find the old drums they once used for celebrations and ceremonies. They were likely confiscated and destroyed by the Indian Agent.

[Cass Robillard @CMRobillard]

Oh this drawing is way too accurate...

[Botanical Society of America @Botanical_]

More & more #herbarium collections are being digitized, but how much labor is needed for these efforts & how does experience affect productivity? New #AppsPlantSci research by Caleb Powell @SKrosnick @BradRuhfel @themorrislab Joey Shaw et al https://t.co/2fxq6o5lMI #iamabotanist

[Cass Robillard @CMRobillard]

@Zremmik @TroyMcMullin @paul_sokoloff I, too, would like to be able to camouflage myself on a chunk of lakeside shield rock. <3

[KBA Canada @KBACanada]

CORRECTION: Applications are due by May 12th, not 16th!

[Jack Nigro @JackNigro]

Dr. Lee Airton from @queensu presents to @OPSOA1 conference participants speaks of the experience of trans students in Ontario schools.

It is not good.

That must change. #OPSOA2021

[Kara Babcock @tachyondecay]

Happy #InternationalAsexualityDay!! I guess this dress I'm wearing makes me a space ace today? 💜😎

[Cass Robillard @CMRobillard]

CMN Botany Volunteering: Challenge Mode

[Andrea Murphy @AndreaMurphy12]

Plants of Nunavut. (“Before.”)
Time to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. 😰

[Cass Robillard @CMRobillard]

Me yesterday trying to file a grass specimen: There's no folder for this species, and the species name doesn't exist in our usual taxonomic databases. What gives?
*looks at specimen label for 3rd time* "Cultivated from seed. (Extinct species.)"
...Ah.

[Cass Robillard @CMRobillard]

@microcosmia Awesome photo!

[Wab Kinew @WabKinew]

This year we’ve seen there is so much work left to do to stamp out racism. Let’s stand together against hate ✊🏽

[Kim Madge @Zremmik]

If able, it's a good time to support our local museums, either with a visit if you feel safe or by buying a membership.