So true.

There are two types of people in academic leadership roles: Those who will say yes to good ideas unless they absolutely can't, and those who say no unless they run out of objections. I guarantee that anything innovative at your institution happened because of the former and in spite of the latter.

I wish I could tell all the young eager people who write to me about wanting to do research, or the new novel exciting theory they have developed, that if your email (or worse, theory) was very obviously generated by chatGPT it will be very hard for anybody to take you seriously.

Awesome!!!!

Did you go up too?

Feel you. I worry about success rates being lower than usual because of the extra applications and/or low amounts.

Heard the application pressure was particularly high this round due to covid extensions ending. Just perfect.

Patiently (or rather impatiently) waiting for NSERC Discovery results.

Knowing our ways of knowing: A reflection on Western science in relation to Indigenous epistemologies Writing from the standpoint of a Western researcher with a strong interest in the philosophy of science and Indigenous ways of knowing, I argue that t…

If you're interested in a different perspective from the one you've probably been taught about "the" Scientific Method™, here's an open-access book chapter I wrote recently.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

Here's another "Indigenous people already knew this, but *now* it's real because Western scientists studied it."

Professors Are Changing What They Teach, Even Far from Trump’s Gaze

Professors are, by and large, utterly complacent if not outright compliant and complicit. Despite enormous privilege, they are disproportionately silent -- until their grant funding is at risk, anyway.

I have been embarrassed by my profession on issue after issue.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

Lmao! I concur.

Bacterial immunomodulatory structures as determinants of the maternal immune response and autism risk Autism is a group of neurodevelopmental conditions that have shown increasing prevalence over the last several decades. Despite being largely idiopath…

I think my transdisciplinary projects are my fave. New Review promoting a new path in NDD research. Bacterial immunomodulatory structures as determinants of the maternal immune response and autism risk. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I have LLM and AI fatigue.

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Thank you for seeing us, love this.

Yes there are lots of keyboard warriors out there. It's easier when the person isn't in front of you.

I'm lucky, no one has done this directly to my face. Or should I say, they're lucky.

That's just awful. 😞

I usually start submitting these 2-2.5 years before my existing grant finishes. If this keeps up I will have to start submitting as soon as it's approved. 5 years ahead. So mad at Carney for investing in international researchers who will just come here and compete for these piddly funds.

Yikes! My @CIHR_IRSC panel funded 6 out of 49 applications. The panel normally funds that many. We also normally have 30 applications. Brutal.

CIHR scores landed exactly where I expected for a first round submission, very decent (as a past member, my panel almost never scored above 4.6). Comments reasonable and doable.

Off to the beautiful Bahamas for #ACNP2026! See everyone there!

Leaving for a conference but interested in complaining together over wine late next week?

Often dream about retiring early. Leaving Canada and living my best life on a beach somewhere in the islands. Blank slate, start over somewhere else. And I really don't need to see snow again.

Carney government pitches over $35.5B for First Nations child welfare reform | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is presenting a new plan worth more than $35.5 billion to keep First Nations children connected to their communities, culture and families.

Governments can't keep getting credit for promises alone. What matters is co-creation (not "consultation") with Indigenous communities and real action.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Omg. I hate people sometimes.

He's absolutely right. And it alienates me to no end. And the money they get for their lab and equipment far exceeds anything we get. I know because the call has went out and we are about to try and recruit.

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And guess what, they are getting rewarded. We preach quality over quantity, but in practice, it seems to be just talk.