Founder, Octopus Thinking Advisory Services. Former CEO Canadian Museum of Nature. Champion for nature, museums, arctic science and education.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Joined October 2011
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Check out the inspiring and important scientific research conducted at the @MuseumofNature . Also hear news of the past year from CEO Danika Goosney. Our national natural sciences museum Saving the World for future generations. @CdnHeritage
Join us on Thurs, Feb 8 at 5:30 PM for a series of short talks by our science experts and students and the museum’s Annual Public Meeting. nature.ca/en/visit-us/whats-…
#NatureMatters #MuseumInsights #Sustainability #ArcticResearch #ClimateImpact #SpeciesStudy #EnvironmentalResearch
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Happy Thanksgiving! Hear from our Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Hans Sues about some ancient creatures that kept with the spirit of the season and seriously overate.
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The final chapter (for now) on glacier research from me, a project that allowed me to visit a glacier and a -40C lab, and to speak with some very smart people who were most generous with their time. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Our Scientific Director @jackie_dawson was awarded with The Martin Bergmann Medal for Excellence in Arctic Leadership! Congratulations Jackie! @RCGS_SGRC #Geography
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As the Scientific Director of @ArcticNet I express our thanks to the scientific leads of the One Planet Polar Summit Declaration. We have “one planet” safe for humanity and without the protection of, and science for, the Poles we are putting that planet at risk. @AWI_Media
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In my remarks, I mentioned the fascinating history of the Canadian @MuseumofNature & 🇯🇵-🇨🇦 relations grow stronger with the mutual understanding fostered by cultural exchanges. Thank you Sen. @StanKutcher, MP @HelenaJaczek & MP @A_Larouche_Shef for your presence – Amb. Yamanouchi
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Stunningly exquisite ikebana exhibition showcased by Ikebana Int’l in Ottawa has returned to @MuseumofNature. We embraced the beginning of winter with beautiful works. Such a great testimony of the friendship & collaboration of Ohara & Sogetsu schools - Kanji & Yukiko Yamanouchi
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Jean Marc Gagnon, Curator of the Invertebrate Collection at the Canadian Museum of Nature provides ANHMC members an update in activities at the CMN.
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🌸 OPENING TODAY 🌸 Ikebana: Encounter with Nature. Don't miss this 4-day special exhibition featuring wonderful work of traditional Japanese fresh flower arrangement. Four days only! Nov 9 – 12, 2023. Included in general admission. @JapaninCanada bit.ly/3tBE4Tf
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Co-op student Grace Morrison helped out with the museum’s Arctic Digitization Project by photographing its Arctic plant collection. Part of what she found was an incredible array of Arctic orchids. bit.ly/3QysIZj #ArcticFlora #ArcticOrchids #RareOrchids
Welcome spring in the fall! Ikebana is always a visual delight that brings joy and a sense of awe.
Experience the 36th edition of the Japanese floral design exhibition Ikebana: Encounter with Nature, and let it cast its magic on your autumn days. 🌿
📅 Four days only! November 9 – 12, 2023
📍 @MuseumofNature
🎟️ Admission is free with museum entry
@JapaninCanada
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We're excited to be back in Cambridge Bay to study #seaweed diversity and #kelpforest ecology in the area. This weekend we had a curious bearded seal (Ugyuk) visit our boat. The highlight was catching him swimming by on our drop camera! @MuseumofNature @ArcticNet @POLARCanada
Thankful for a @canadalifeco gift through the NatureFoundation making #FreeThursdays possible for so many eager visitors.
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Make the @MuseumofNature a part of your Thursday-night plans, with ✨FREE✨ admission from 5 pm - 8 pm brought to you by @canadalifeco. Book your tickets in advance online ➡️ bit.ly/3JBWdFS #MyOttawa #FreeThursdays #FreeMuseum #FreeAdmission #GetIntoNature
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Among these amazing images is the Paleoecology winner - model of an embryonic hadrosaur, submitted by @Jordan_Mallon as part of a 2022 paper in collaboration with Chinese colleagues.
We are delighted to announce the winning images of the #BMCEcolEvol 2023 image competition! The winners showcase the wonders of the natural world and celebrate those working to understand it. To find out more, visit: bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.co…
The Landscapes of Canada Gardens are an inspiring use of museum grounds to share knowledge beyond the walls of the museum. Environmental education in nature. Visit! @Ottawa_Tourism @CarletonScience
The Landscapes of Canada Gardens highlight some of the diverse native flora typically found in the Arctic tundra, boreal forest, and prairie grasslands. Try planting some of the plant’s native to your region in your own garden!
#OttawaGardenFestival #NativeGarden #NativePlants
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As the climate heats up, so do talks over land ownership in the Arctic. Click the link below to learn more about what meting ice means for the Canadian Arctic Sovereignty.
canadiangeographic.ca/articl…
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🐝 #DYK Only female bees can sting. The stinger evolved from a female egg-laying organ called the ovipositor. Learn more about our fuzzy friends w @TOnuferko 🔗 youtu.be/jcqOnX9aqEM
#BeeMyths #PollinatorFacts #PollinatorFacts
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The Woodland Cultural Centre mourns the passing yesterday of our friend and champion, the iconic Robbie Robertson.
Visit our website to read the full media release, including a statement from the former elected chief of Six Nations, Ava Hill: woodlandculturalcentre.ca/re…
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💧The @UQAC limnologist team is back to understand how the fragile arctic lake ecosystems respond to changing conditions to inform conservation and management strategies. 💧
📷 Paola Ayala
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Amazing story! @Jordan_Mallon among team that has described a #fossil in China preserving the moment of an attack by a carnivorous mammal on a dinosaur. The predatory behaviour challenges the view that dinos were not threated by mammals during Cretaceous. bit.ly/44rVxuY
