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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· 7d

Sci-fi writers imagine worlds that don't yet exist That makes them climate adaptation thinkers The #ManufacturedEcosystems Sci-Fi Climate Technology Database explores climate technologies Here's what they imagine about #GreenInfrastructure sfmanufacturedecosystems.hcommons.org/green-infras...

Screenshot of linked page with large title: Green Infrastructure

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· 7d

Important convo! Here is a peek into what a #ManufacturedEcosystems wetland might be like. Art and Science led by my former MSc student, Hannah Hiemstra, in @integrativebiology.bsky.social www.manufacturedecosystems.com/wetland-ecos...

Screenshot of the page linked in text. There is a painting of a wetland that has been transformed by technological interventions.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· 13d

I think I caught #shrinkflation mid-production

A pack of hotdog, where three of them are significantly shorter than the other

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· 21d

My employer has a software package with the default avatar below 👇 When I inquired about how to change it, the answer was (basically): You can't. But don't worry about it. It doesn't affect anything. It's (perhaps) just a small sign that bias runs deep. #HigherEd

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jul 2

Sci-fi writers imagine worlds that don't yet exist That makes them climate adaptation thinkers The #ManufacturedEcosystems Sci-Fi Climate Technology Database explores climate technologies Here's what writers have imagined about #WaterRegulation sfmanufacturedecosystems.hcommons.org/water-regula...

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jul 2

I enjoyed these for different reasons 😊

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jun 24

Sci-fi writers imagine worlds that don't yet exist That makes them climate adaptation thinkers The #ManufacturedEcosystems Sci-Fi Climate Technology Database explores climate technologies Here's what writers have imagined about #Manufacturing sfmanufacturedecosystems.hcommons.org/manufacturing/

Screen shot of landing page: Manufactured Ecosystems in Science Fiction, Manufacturing

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jun 19

The tech we need for climate adaptation looks a lot like the technologies we'd need on Mars So #ManufacturedEcosystems teamed up with NASA’s Scientific Computing and Visualization Team to build a VR world to explore them Robo bees? Yep #Biomimetics www.manufacturedecosystems.com/habitat-on-m...

Screenshot of the web page linked in the text of this post. It says: Manufactured Ecosystems Habitat on Mars

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jun 17

Sci-fi writers imagine worlds that don't yet exist That makes them climate adaptation thinkers The #ManufacturedEcosystems Sci-Fi Climate Technology Database explores climate technologies Here's what writers have imagined about #BioGas sfmanufacturedecosystems.hcommons.org/biogas/

Screenshot of landing page linked in text of post.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jun 8

Congratulations to #GuelphGrad and winner of the Forster Medal - Magisterial for her thesis on Contextual #HigherEd #ProudAdvisor #NachasMachine

A photo of me and my student in formal Academic Regalia

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jun 4

Sci-fi writers imagine worlds that don't yet exist That makes them climate adaptation thinkers The #ManufacturedEcosystems Sci-Fi Climate Technology Database explores climate technologies Here's what writers have imagined about #Hydroponics sfmanufacturedecosystems.hcommons.org/hydroponics/

Screenshot of the hydroponics page in linked text.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jun 3

Years ago, I read about the benefits of #Bilingualism in reducing the onset and symptoms of Alzheimer's When I had children, I raised them in a French household to ensure that they developed bilingual brains Languages are gifts, for so many reasons www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Screenshot of the title of the article: Bilingualism predicts executive function resilience after COVID-19 in aging.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jun 2

Another student being awesome! This brings so much joy #HigherEd

Forrester metal recipient Nida Ansari is graduating with an MSC and integrated biology examining the degree of social and community context, teaching and learning engineering curriculum

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· May 23

Weekends on the farm reunite us with all our family members 💜

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· May 1

Doug Ford: How do we make health care more inequitable and poorer people even sicker? OHIP: oh, oh, oh, I know! #OHIP #Ontario #HealthCare

As of April 1, 2026, Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) has clarified that prescription renewals completed without an appointment are considered an uninsured service and are not covered under OHIP.

Beginning June 1, 2026, a fee of $26 will apply to prescription renewal requests made without an appointment, including requests sent by your pharmacy.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Apr 20

End-of-semester grading, and these lines from a student stopped me:👇 I teach time management because I assess time management. It’s the skill students ask for most and also the one they need most. #HigherEd #TimeManagement

To be completely honest, at the beginning of the course I was unsure as to why such a detailed plan of my entire semester might be important for a biology class, and the whole task felt daunting. As the semester progressed, I
was able to see the true purpose of this assignment, and it became a very helpful tool for my academic success. Since this was not something that I chose to do, and had to complete for quite a large portion of my grade, procrastinating the plan of my semester was not an option. Although this
seemed quite frankly annoying to me initially, I ended up really benefiting from it, with a few tweeks along the way.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Apr 7

📣Volume 40 of Zygote Quarterly is live! zqjournal.org/editions/zq4... Check out our Looking Back to Look Forward features and learn all about #BioInspiredDesign #Biomimetics #Biomimicry

The cover of the volume featuring a zoomed in image of a springtail.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Mar 24

📣NEW PAPER: Biology Graduate School Pathways for Inuit Students and Lessons Learned by Southern Academics Read Bryan's story about his education and MSc at #Guelph journals.library.brocku.ca/brocked We are so grateful to the @brocku.ca journal team for editorial support #HigherEd #InclusiveEd

Screenshot of title and abstract: Biology Graduate School
Pathways for Inuit Students
and Lessons Learned by
Southern Academics

Bryan Vandenbrink
1
*, Thomas McIlwraith
2
, Shoshanah Jacobs
3
1
Polar Knowledge Canada
2
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph
3
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

Abstract
The minimum requirement for admission to a master's program is normally the successful
completion of an undergraduate or baccalaureate degree in an honours program or the
equivalent from a recognized university. Inuk student Bryan Vandenbrink is an exception to
these expectations. Here, in a loosely autobiographical format, Bryan tells his education story
from early high school in Iqaluktuuttiaq through to completing an MSc at the University of
Guelph. Co-authors Thomas McIlwraith and Shoshanah Jacobs add short reflections on the
journey and identify barriers to postsecondary education for Indigenous students and how
those barriers can be reduced.
Keywords: Indigenous students, graduate school, barriers to education, alternative entry,
colonialism, Inuit

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Mar 10

The pathway to a #PhDLife might include a Master's degree. But, it might not. Whichever you follow, there are costs and benefits. And your context really matters. Learn more about our study: www.sciedupress.com/journal/inde... #HigherEd #PhD #AcademicLife #AcademicChatter

Figure 7 of the article referenced in the post.
Those PhD graduates with Master's degrees had more scholarship money, took less time to complete, but were older at the time of graduation.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Mar 6

As bio-inspired design grows, questions about IP emerge, particularly about the line between nature-inspired and tech innovation Brook Kennedy & Anna Marion explore these complexities in their article As co-editor of ZQ, I’m excited to share this piece pg 100: zqjournal.org/pdfs/ZQ_issu...

Close-up photograph of a dried burdock burr with many curved hook-like spines against a black background. A translucent grey banner overlays the image with the text: “Article: Turning Bio-Inspired Ideas Into Patents. Brook Kennedy with Anna Bieri.” Footer text reads: “Zygote Quarterly 39 | vol 3 | 2025 | ISSN 1927-8314 | Pg 101 of 124.”

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Mar 2

The juxtaposition:

two social media posts, one after the other. The first is about the death of the Iranian girls, the next is about Trump saying that he is defending American children

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Feb 17

#NailedIt

Photo of a guy standing at a whiteboard with an XY axis of demand and support. He has drawn an X equals Y relationship and labelled the triangle underneath that line assholes.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Feb 16

We had a meeting scheduled for today Our chosen-family intervened Happy #FamilyDay 💜💜💜

Screenshot of a text message that says I’ve sent you both an invite for family day reoccurring forever

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Feb 10

Tall Grass Prairie Plant Community The Boreal Trees By Amanda White Explore the communities that regulate climate in #ManufacturedEcosystems #GigaPan technology allows us to see the fibres of these works www.manufacturedecosystems.com/virtual-exhi... Funding by @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca

screenshot of the virtual exhibition for this artist. Her tapestries are circular, with representations of grass and tree species.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Feb 4

Sqmoqniejk | I’ll find you in every lifetime (2025) by Artist Amanda Amour-Lynx with #ManufacturedEcosystems Imagining a world in climate collapse Join us, asynchronously, at the virtual exhibit: www.manufacturedecosystems.com/virtual-exhi... Funded by @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca #NewFrontiers

Screenshot of the digital animation window, a snail glistening in neon colour, and a quotation by the artist: The subject purports that much of nature is dimorphic, both biologically and genomically expansive, resisting the current moment in history that actively challenges free gender expression. Amanda Amour-Lynz

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jan 30

Your path to #PhDLife depends on many things Check out our NEW study on the influences of pathway and outcomes of a PhD education in #Canada TLDR: disparities lead to significant differences in labour market entry #GraduateStudent #HigherEd #PhD #MSc #MA www.sciedupress.com/journal/inde...

screenshot of article title and abstract

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jan 28

Ever visit an art gallery using #GigaPan technology? Missed the #ManufacturedEcosystem Exhibition? Learn about ecosystem services in the context of a failing climate: gigapan.com/galleries/13... Guide: www.manufacturedecosystems.com/virtual-exhi... Funded by @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca #NewFrontiers

Program guide cover: Forecasting climate futures.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jan 26

Money well spent 😉 #HigherEd Author @stephenbheard.bsky.social

Screenshot of a text message from one of my students that says hey sho thanks a lot for the book scientists guide to writing. It just arrived.

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jan 21

Me: #HigherEd needs a new framework for evaluating success. Current methods are biased. #Equity #Excellence Them: 'Okay, Jacobs, what do you propose then?' Me: start here 👇 then modify as needed

check out the DORA framework website: https://sfdora.org/resource/rethinking-research-assessment-building-blocks-for-impact/

Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁@shoshanahjacobs· Jan 2

Marked safe from stupidity