UPDATED 25 July 2015. It's been 7 weeks since I originally posted this blog. In the interim, it's been a case of 2 steps forward, one step back. I've acquired a file with the York University Human Resources Health, Safety and a personal trainer. I've also been back to my family doctor (the umbrella/gatekeeper for institutional reporting on […]
Forest ecology
The sky high Opportunity Cost of dealing with #HigherEd administration
The reason I am late by a week with this post, is that I spent a ton of time last week: 1. With inspiring high school students and great colleagues (at right). For the 2nd year, I judged the Toronto Envirothon at the Ontario Science Centre. 2. With inspiring university students: I edited the publishable research of my […]
Lab Alumnus: Dr. Andrew Tanentzap
The sub-title for this post is: Andrew's main Hobby is doing science all the time! Dr. Tanentzap, who is a Lecturer in the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, has been very busy in the last couple of weeks, since his latest paper, with Mark Vicari & myself was published in Biology Letters. It's all about how moose […]
Figuring out the link between Social Media and What I do as a Biology Prof
Anybody who has given any kind of cursory glance over this website in the last 2 months, will know that webpage construction has rather ground to a halt. The reason for this, is that I have spent a lot of time since mid-September, exploring and experimenting with social media, specifically Twitter. The impetus for […]
