in which we gather as the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk, and the island of Newfoundland as the ancestral homelands of the Mi’kmaq and Beothuk. We would also like to recognize the Inuit of Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut and the Innu of Nitassinan, and their ancestors, as the original people of Labrador. We strive for respectful partnerships with all the peoples of this province as we search for collective healing and true reconciliation and honour this beautiful land together. http://www.mun.ca/aboriginal_affairs/
align with background levels, when global temperature stabilizes below 1.5 C above pre-industrial temperatures, and when all fisheries are sustainable. This requires communication.
Mixture of lecture, activities, and open discussion - There will be time to complete assignments in-class, but out-of-class work will be necessary too - My promise: No busywork Important: If there is an assignment that you feel does not meet your needs, we can discuss. Adjustments can sometimes be accommodated.
class, or discuss with colleagues 3. Request a meeting with me by email (Subject: FISH 6000: Meeting Request) Thursday 9 AM – 12 PM is earmarked as “student meeting time” but you still should book the meeting.
this course material. I will help you build skills and experience. I will encourage you to experiment, make mistakes, and excel. • Grading will be development-focused, not punitive. • Not everyone wants the same thing out of science communication. I respect that. Every scientist approaches communication with a diversity of backgrounds, experience, and goals. • Some of this course will cover controversial content – areas where there is little or no consensus, or where science is undergoing reforms. I will do my best to distinguish between controversy and consensus, and opinion from evidence. • Scientists can change the world. My job is to help you build the skills to do that.
be here. Within this course, I ask that you abide by the following code of conduct: To learn, and experiment, we need a safe and supportive learning environment.
know well • Interview your partner. Find out their: • Name, supervisor, where their degree(s) came from, one fun fact most people don’t know about you. • Then, prepare to speak about YOURSELF for < 3 min. Why are you here? Why are you in science? What do you hope to accomplish? Activity: • You will introduce your partner (<1 min), then THEY will introduce their origin story (< 3 min). Then, switch around (partner introduces you, then you tell us what motivates you.). Prep time = 5 min. Questions?
• Writes book reports, class assignments, that are read by few • Poor quality hurts your grade. Good quality gets you A’s • Primarily consumes primary literature • Writes and publishes academic papers. Papers may be read by many • Papers advance knowledge, report new discoveries • Poor quality hurts your reputation, good quality gets you cited
for $ Plan study & prepare Collect data Analyze data Write paper Submit paper for publication Revise, resubmit as needed Revise scope or try again Paper is released Post-publication review Disseminate & communicate results results Gaps identified
Apply for $ Plan study & prepare Collect data Analyze data Write paper Submit paper for publication Revise, resubmit as needed Revise scope or try again Paper is released Post-publication review Disseminate & communicate results results Gaps identified
red is mostly data skills (FISH 6002) Design study Apply for $ Plan study & prepare Collect data Analyze data Write paper Submit paper for publication Revise, resubmit as needed Revise scope or try again Paper is released Post-publication review Disseminate & communicate results results Gaps identified
data Analyze data Write paper Submit paper for publication Revise, resubmit as needed Revise scope or try again Paper is released Post-publication review Disseminate & communicate results results Gaps identified Everything in blue is mostly communication (FISH 6000) Everything in red is mostly data skills (FISH 6002) Everything in green is largely statistics (FISH 6003 or 6004/6005)
data Analyze data Write paper Submit paper for publication Revise, resubmit as needed Revise scope or try again Paper is released Post-publication review Disseminate & communicate results Gaps identified Your goal: Get from here… …to here… …and do this both inside and outside of academia… …to 1) make the world a better place 2) get a degree, and then a job
School of Maritime Studies Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development
hours should I keep? - Should I work from home, or in the office? - How frequently will we meet, and how will we set goals? - What meetings or seminars am I expected to attend?
for the institution of academia “Inside the ivory tower” = Your core job. Publishing science papers, completing your degree. People outside academia don’t care about this. Outside the ivory tower = Activities visible to the outside world. Conducting fieldwork, doing an interview on TV. People outside academia do care about this.
Editor decides whether to send for review Editor selects reviewers*. Sends paper to them for comment Based on review content, editor decides: Accept, major revision, minor revision, reject Reviewer 1 How peer review works Reviewer 2 Reviewer 3 Scientists revise, resubmit Editor accepts paper Paper is published Editor may send revision back for more review, or make decision Reviewers: - Should have no conflict of interest (i.e. no stake in whether the paper is or is not published), as much as possible, or those conflicts should be disclosed - Should be experts in the field, usually because they have published papers of their own in the area Editor rejects paper
applications - Oral presentations - Short (3-5 min) - Normal (12 min) - Seminar-length (40-50 min) - Poster presentations - Peer reviews - Comprehensive examinations - Defenses We will cover each of these in this course
in a human-dominated world. The underlying assumption that many people make is that the natural world, let's take oceans as an example, are endlessly bountiful and endlessly resilient. We continually struggle against that notion” Jane Lubchenko, OSU 1. Impact
is publically- funded •We must make our work available: • To scientists (peer-reviewed articles) • To the public (news, blogs, social media) • To stakeholders (presentations at industry meetings, technical reports) • To policymakers (policy briefs, presentations to committees If we don’t communicate, what is the value of our work?
a handful of journalists in Canada cover science Only a handful of members of parliament have science training, and fewer still have Ph.D’s Who else, but us, will communicate our science?
Communicating inside and outside the ivory tower (Intro) 3. Google Scholar, OrcID, and Reference Management It’s not enough to work hard – you have to work smart as well!
of papers they publish 2. What journals those papers are in (this is problematic) 3. How many times each paper is cited Citation = a mention of a paper in another primary article. Example: “The technologies that have so far been used to reduce shark bycatch in longlines are not effective (Favaro and Côté, 2015)” Citations are a (also problematic) proxy for impact
# citations, and journals • Shows author performance metrics (we’ll talk about these in a later lecture) • Lists your papers (for you AND for others) • Shows you who cited them
if you have a common name) • Provides an online Curriculum Vitae (i.e. list of everything you’ve ever done in science) Make it easy for people to see what you have done, and you will get more credit for your work Credit leads to grants Grants lead to jobs Jobs lead to $
this, you need to submit a CV • OrcID IS your CV. Some funding agencies accept it directly • It is easy to keep an OrcID account updated. • It is HARD to start an OrcID late in your career. So start now! If you are Canadian, also make: Apply for $
Helps you FIND papers, and helps you get discovered. • OrcID is a CV system that helps you get discovered, and helps you get grants and scholarships. Start an account now and keep it updated as you go. • If you’re applying for Canadian grants, also make a Canadian Common CV. Academic housekeeping is an important part of being an effective scientist
Guidelines, Information to Authors, etc) • Most (but not all) journals require that you use their style when you submit your manuscript • Exception: PeerJ • MUN theses must be use references in a “style appropriate for the discipline” (http://www.mun.ca/sgs/go/guid_policies /Guidelines_Theses_and_Reports.pdf)
a citation manager. Examples: I recommend Zotero because: Whatever you use, make sure it integrates with Word 1. It’s free 2. It’s cloud-based 3. You can have shared folders (good for collaboration) 4. Browser plugin makes grabbing papers easy
management software: • Ph.D Dissertations will typically have 2-300 references. • Papers will typically be submitted multiple times to multiple journals, requiring reformatting each time. • You will collaborate with people and need to share reference lists • I recommend Zotero because it’s free, open source, has great integration with browser and Word, and has strong collaboration tools • Whatever system you will use, set it up now!
funding proposal. Start thinking about what you might propose to do, and which grant or scholarship you’d want to apply for. Details to come next week.
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