Wildlife Ecology & Conservation in a New Media world order
Last week I was given the opportunity to attend a social media preview of Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs at the Royal BC Museum. It's a great exhibit, and I highly recommend you go and visit before its last day on December 31, 2018. If you'd like to see some of my favourite items from... Continue Reading →
When you're having breakfast does Tony the Tiger ever stare you in the face and tell you that "they're great"? And how often do you see the MGM Lion at the start of a movie? There are lots of examples of using iconic animals in popular media and in advertising, but beyond just creating brand... Continue Reading →
In March, grad student Meghan Wright, wrote a piece in Science under the guise of women in STEM not needing to carry the burden of solving gender inequality on social media. Absolutely, it should be a shared responsibility of all people to ensure the gender, race (and more!) diversity is welcome, well-represented, and supported in all... Continue Reading →
When you think of deer within a city, do you think of the sweet little Bambi out for a walk in the corner park with his mom? Or do you think about a terrifying, aggressive stag with red eyes of fury? In the lovely municipality of Oak Bay, I am taking part in a study... Continue Reading →
In the summer, we were out at Bamfield Marine Science Centre while Jake was teaching a course there. I spent my time there prepping for my thesis defence, which was a surprisingly time consuming endeavour. I expected to prep my slide deck in a day, because I had given a short version of my talk... Continue Reading →
I've been neglecting this blog because I went back to school to get a Masters of Professional Communication. You all know how I love science communication, so of course that's what I'm focusing on for my thesis research. And I need your help! I need to recruit participants for some focus groups I'll be running on... Continue Reading →
Bamfield is a lovely town, and the people that live here have been so welcoming and friendly. If you haven't been here, you should really see this short clip from CBC's Still Standing (I would have liked to embed that video here, but the CBC player won't let me). It encapsulates the charm of the town, along... Continue Reading →
Have you ever watched one of those PBS specials were you see some biologist or researcher going into the deep rainforest to do research with kids in tow? Like Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin. Okay he was really more of a TV personality rather than a biological researcher, but he did a lot to raise the profile... Continue Reading →
We found a dead Northern Alligator Lizard in our back yard. Rather, one of my daughters found the lizard. The live specimen, which is quite majestic, can be found basking in the sun on rock walls and cement pads. But we have neither so we were completely oblivious to their very existence in our area. Until... Continue Reading →
I'm recovering from pneumonia, and the antibiotic I'm on has left me with a disgusting taste in my mouth that has changed how everything tastes. Even water tastes gross. So in thinking about how all of my favourite foods all taste wrong, my mind went to a food that I happen to work on, salmon. Salmon is salmon,... Continue Reading →
Alina C Fisher 