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marcia

@marcia@spore.social

geneticist, biotech nerd, alewife, open science and co-op community enthusiast, equity and #AntiRacistSTEM, #DecolonizeSTEM, she/elle, Tiohtià:ke/#Montréal

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marcia, (edited ) to Palestine
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I've seen Rania Masri (North Carolina Environmental Justice Network) speak before and can promise this online event tomorrow (May 28th) at 7pm ET will be super powerful and will help people who care about environmental justice learn about ways they can show up in real solidarity with Palestine.

More info and link to register here:
https://researchforthefrontlines.ca/resources-2/

#Gaza #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #ArmsEmbargoNow

marcia,
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There's lots we can be doing, like supporting the student encampments and writing to these universities and our MPs.

Here’s an email and phone script to call on your MP to ask them to increase pressure and establish an immediate, two-way embargo on Israeli-Canadian military trade:
https://armsembargonow.ca/actnow/

People are also organizing with their neighbours in communities across Canada to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, among other key demands from the Palestinian Youth Movement.

marcia,
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Here's the sign-up page for Neighbours for Palestine:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQ6vDe_7XSoRqCtJ08NfuVXWNjAz6V_Jfy5KkI-1zm7gHPow/viewform

And here's a story about how this organizing is starting to make a difference:
https://breachmedia.ca/liberal-policy-gaza-organizing/

bffo, to bioinformatics
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Remembering the first Canadian Workshop: … we used to use mouse pads back then! This was a useful one for those didn’t know their standard genetic code by heart

marcia,
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@bffo
I had one of those!

StillIRise1963, to random
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Stop watering yourself down for these fascist fucks. Be YOUR FULL SELF before life’s journey comes to an end.

marcia,
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@StillIRise1963
I needed to hear that today. Thank you.

marcia, to random
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Are there any folks connected to the science and tech sector who've publicly refused to sign this letter opposing increases to #capitalgains taxes? Or maybe there's another open letter circulating that supports capital gains or wealth taxes?

It's disappointing to see folks from Abcellera sign the letter, but fortunately I didn't see many other orgs from the biotech industry.

https://www.prosperityforeverygeneration.ca

marcia, to random
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Housing co-ops respond to new federal housing plan

https://chfcanada.coop/housing-co-ops-respond-to-new-federal-housing-plan/

marcia, to Montreal
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Dès le 18 mars, préparez-vous à l’éclipse solaire du 8 avril en récupérant l’une des 57 500 paires de lunettes disponibles dans les 45 bibliothèques de .

https://montreal.ca/actualites/eclipse-solaire-distribution-de-lunettes-gratuites-66369

marcia, (edited ) to climate
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Do you want to actively support the fight for #climate and environmental justice in Canada?

#Research for the Front Lines is expanding our network and we’re particularly looking for people with backgrounds in applied science or analytical testing of environmental pollutants who can volunteer some labour to enhance the support we provide to #Indigenous Land Defenders and other frontline folks.

https://researchforthefrontlines.ca

#EnvironmentalScience #chemistry #pollutants #engineering #environment

marcia, to Futurology
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We're so excited to announce this upcoming event!
Research for the Front Lines coordinator Jaimie Vincent will be moderating this conversation with Tiffany Traverse and Waba Moko (Shannon Chief). They will be discussing the role of community-led research in working towards Indigenous Food Sovereignty. Join us in person in Montreal or online.

Date: March 20th, 2024
Time: 6-7:30 pm EDT

For more information:
https://researchforthefrontlines.ca/resources-2/

marcia, to Futurology
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Do you want to know what types of are released and transferred in and near your community?

On Feb.7 at 12pm MST (2pm EST) Keepers of the Water is hosting a webinar with Canadian Environmental Law Association on Exploring Canada’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) - Promoting the Community “Right To Know”.

The NPRI is increasingly relevant to research requests that we receive at Research for the Front Lines, so we're encouraging our network to attend.

Want to know what types of pollutants are released and transferred in and near your community? Join us for a free webinar, Wed Feb 7 2024, 12pm MT Brought to you by Keepers of the Water and the Canadian Environmental Law Association, members of the NPRI's Multi-Stakeholder NGO Working Group For more information contact Crystal: projects@keepersofthewater.ca

marcia, to random
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Everyone should be calling and emailing their MPs to demand a . These calls are easy to do and are getting heard!

Today an intern in Steven Guilbeault’s office called me back and told me he can’t call for a ceasefire because he’s part of the government (!?). I tried to ask whether there’s some party rule that allows back-benchers but not cabinet ministers to sign an open letter, but she was unable to explain further.

https://act.leadnow.ca/call-ceasefire/
https://www.cjpme.org/phone_for_ceasefire

marcia, to science
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What do other people with training in or think of the use of as a metaphor? I've always found it super irritating, but maybe other scientists love it?

For example, I'm now seeing it used in the context of social movement organizing and find this kind of usage very distracting, even though the concept they're trying to describe probably makes a lot of sense.

marcia, to Futurology
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Melanie Zurba's lab at Dalhousie University is looking for an student of any background to join one of the university's environmental masters programs and be funded as a Coordinator on a Mi’kmaw community-engaged project. More information on the opportunity can be found here: https://www.communityengagedcolab.ca/our-work/currentopportunities/.

marcia, (edited ) to academia
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20 yrs ago I was a new PhD student with an $18K/y scholarship, which increased to $30K/y when I managed to get a CGS-D scholarship from CIHR (+ $2K top-up from my supervisor’s research grant). Despite 52% inflation, many grad students are now making less than I did, and most post-docs are paid far less than the $70K/y I made with an NSERC-IRDF at Tekmira ($ABUS) in 2009.

Grad students and post-docs are the future of science and need a living wage!!

marcia, to climate
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(R4FL) is looking for someone with experience developing mobile apps (either Android or iOS) who could volunteer labour to help a land defender in BC create an app for frontline folks to use to collect data.

If this sounds interesting to you, please sign up to volunteer using the form on our website and mention your app dev experience.
https://researchforthefrontlines.ca/guidelines-for-researchers/

Please share with friends and colleagues you think would be interested!

marcia, to Futurology
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Anyone have a suggestion of a good Mastodon for ResearchForTheFrontLines.ca?

We're a organization that provides support to communities and movements fighting for environmental and justice across Canada.

marcia, to Futurology
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Friends! (R4FL) is excited to host a presentation on Thursday, September 21st (6pm ET) on principles of OCAP® and First Nations
, offered by the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC.ca) and led by Leslie MacGregor.
https://www.facebook.com/events/221971174178766

Here's the link to register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArfuiqqzMqH9Wp9pthVicB3NBEInmeTA5F

marcia, to random
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“It’s a really disproportionate impact when Indigenous people only make up 5 per cent of the population in Canada but 42 per cent of wildfire evacuation events occur in their communities,” said Amy Cardinal Christianson, a Métis fire research scientist.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9918749/indigenous-vulnerable-wildfires-evacuations/

marcia, to SciComm
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Want to learn how to be a more effective public speaker when communicating with diverse audiences? Sign up for this on Thursday, August 17th (6pm ET), led by Sam Leguizamon Grant, the second session in the summer series hosted by (R4FL).
https://www.facebook.com/events/1428441051036902

Here's the link to register:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0udOCorDIiHdyXcdCWoyuIneSbiNV6J4OQ

marcia, (edited ) to Futurology
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Want to learn how to better communicate findings as accessible, actionable information for communities involved in transformative struggles? Sign up for this on Jul 11, led by @tomliacas and Kenzie Harris of the Global Grassroots Support Network. https://www.facebook.com/events/2135532796786552

Here's the link to register:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkcO2rrz0vH9YH032px3-pqOVTle0yiOTW

marcia, to science
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Hello! I’m Marcia (she/elle), originally from BC and currently living in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. I’m a geneticist interested in policy (), equitable tech workplaces (), and community organizing for in solidarity with peoples. Je fais aussi des « pouets » en .

I recently moved from https://mastodon.lol/@marcia.

marcia, to Montreal
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Microfestival du film militant - Levée de fonds pour Montreal4Palestine

Le 10 mai prochain, de 13h à 19h, à la Grande bibliothèque

https://www.zeffy.com/fr-CA/ticketing/909428bb-f8cd-479a-a753-c7523d380116

marcia, to random
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I just wrote a letter: Break the silence and alleviate suffering in Kanesatà:ke. Write one here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/minister-hajdu-needs-to-sit-down-with-land-defenders

For more info: https://www.reconciliaction.org/

#DecolonialSolidarity

marcia, to climate
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I really want to like the content of this piece but I can't get past the headline. Does The Conversation not have copy editors?

Maybe one of the authors or someone at could ask for an update.

"British Columbia needs a unified response to respond to the biodiversity crisis"
https://theconversation.com/british-columbia-needs-a-unified-response-to-respond-to-the-biodiversity-crisis-225767

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