Stephanie Melles

Associate professor in spatial ecology. Lover of family, bikes, birds, rivers, lakes, and maps. Views are my own.

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

Apparently #Strump smells like SHT anyway, so perhaps he thinks everyone should smell that way. #emperorhasnoclothes #Resist

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

Yay: Trump MAGA King decrees, "Let's throw our poop out the windows again! It's cheaper than waste water treatment." https://t.co/aRDr8EASvA

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

I'm happy to announce a recent publication by Adisa Julien and I. Available by open access at Diversity 2024, 16(12), 763 url: https://t.co/XRvIM8w3zD. "Habitat Suitability in the Eyes of the Beholder" using avian functional traits to predict bird use of natural & urban areas.

[Environmental Applied Science & Management @ensciman]

MASc student Brieanna Limkilde says @ensciman is bridging her background in marine biology with learning in policy and management. "I was looking for that added piece so I could pursue water management as a career.” #HigherEd #Sustainability
https://t.co/dbpqNmyhoR

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

Proud to be part of these journeys, Dr EE Millar and Master Moiz Syed (@moatease). Congratulations!

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

Congrats EE Millar on publishing about the implications of using 'free' or 'easy to use' platforms for aquatic citizen science. It's important to prevent data commodification. Download full article before Nov 13 here:
https://t.co/PU5cm2isyX. Glad to be a part of this!

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

@Metrolinx please take note. Peterborough needs a quick GO link NOW! Here's a brilliant solution: direct route via 407 to subway station at Finch or Vaughan.
https://t.co/bxWJKmZd1P

[Ontario Nature @OntarioNature]

The relationship between the government and developers who benefited from having lands removed from the #Greenbelt must be explored by an agency with criminal investigative powers in its quiver, writes @CanadaGray.

https://t.co/7UahcagFqc #ONpoli

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

Google and Facebook will be blocking all Canadian news - even in Google searches. HOW LONG BEFORE THEY BLOCK YOU??? platforms are assuming the role of purveyors. Read Mario Ressa to understand why we should all be VERY worried.

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

And To get rid of the Google bar on Pixel, do the following:
Launch Settings on your Android device.
Choose Apps > All > Google Search or Google App > Disable.
Then, restart your Android device and the Google search bar is gone.

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

To all Canadians: HERE'S HOW TO SWITCH SEARCH ENGINES: https://t.co/MjKwEPAlpH

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

To all Canadians: HERE'S HOW TO SWITCH SEARCH ENGINES: https://t.co/MjKwEPAlpH

[Google Canada @googlecanada]

Unfortunately, we've made the difficult decision that when Bill C-18 takes effect, we will remove Canadian news links from our Search, News and Discover products. https://t.co/ilWrF1uRuS

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

From landscapes to microbes: Grad student Moiz Syed presenting evidence of increased mercury methylation in saturated soil depressions (after forest harvest in the boreal) at Canadian society of microbiologists meeting at Dal in NS. Woot woot.

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

'Could lead to' is the key phrase. Platforms (e.g. Twitter, Facebook) are great for getting large amounts of information into standardised, interoperable formats, and spreading info.

[Environmental Applied Science & Management @ensciman]

Congrats to Dr. E Millar @ensciman who recently completed the program here @TMUgraduate His dissertation addressed why aquatic citizen science's move to platforms could lead to mistrust and industry control.

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

Congrats to Dr EE Millar on his interdisciplinary PhD @TorontoMetSci @ensciman on why aquatic citizen science's move to platforms could lead to mistrust and industry control. 1st PhD to graduate from spatioeco lab & envirogeog. Marvelous job! https://t.co/wKM5MSBBXR

[Aashna Sharma @Aashna_wildlife]

Humbled! My heartfelt thanks to the @USIEF and #Fulbright for selecting me for this amazing opportunity. I really thank WII and PU Chandigarh for all the encouragement. Looking forward to this new venture @OfficialPU @wii_india

[Dr. Rebecca Rooney @girls_can]

If it were a separate country, the #GreatLakes basin would be the third largest #economy in the world and freshwater is its fuel. As #climatechange makes #water scarce, people will seek refuge in the basin. Time is ticking - we must plan & prepare. #SciencePlan

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

@BrockUniversity @TorontoMetSci @Saba_M_Khan @Metrolinx @GOtransit

[Stephanie Melles @stephajm]

Congratulations to UGRD Saba Khan for winning the Ontario Biology Day poster presentation award @BrockUniversity last weekend! Nice work! #StudentSuccess @TorontoMetSci. Title: Air Quality Assessment of Train Emissions at Toronto’s Union Station (GO Train and VIA Rail Stations)

[Faculty of Science TMU @TorontoMetSci]

Congratulations to Dr. David Cramb on being reappointed as the Dean at Faculty of Science at @TorontoMet. Here's to another 5 years of discovery and innovative research! 🔬

Read more here: https://t.co/MXxcxmDpUz

[Marc Johnson @evoecolab]

Increasing funding to #GradStudents and #Postdocs is the most urgent funding issue in Canada-they haven't had a raise in 20 yrs! I am so disappointed in @cafreeland @JustinTrudeau & @FP_Champagne - #Budget2023 contains nothing to support these researchers #SupportOurScience 1/3