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Prior to this course, I was always aware that you could edit Wikipedia files however HOW to do it remained a mystery. With the help of Dawn, we were able to select Plant Ecology related Wiki pages and add information to such pages as well as the references. We were told to edit at leastContinue reading “My Wikipedia Experience”

Araucaria araucana, also known as The Monkey Puzzle Tree, is an unusual looking evergreen conifer native to Chile (national tree) and Argentina. It has gained this strange name due to the fact that a monkey would be unable to climb it. This tree is characterized by its strange leaves and distinctive trunk with branches thatContinue reading “Saving Araucaria araucana, The Monkey Puzzle Tree”

A movie which I considered nominating for the Film Festival but didn’t was the 2012 depiction of Dr. Seuss’ book The Lorax. In this movie, a young boy named Ted is searching for something which his crush Audrey desires—a Truffula tree. Unfortunately, Ted and Audrey live in the polluted town known as Thneedville where noContinue reading “The Lorax: An Excellent Portrayal of a Mass Extinction”

The Podcast or Perish is a podcast about academic research and why it matters and is hosted by Cameron Graham, a professor of accounting at York University. In episode 005 of this podcast (November 4th 2019), Graham sits down with Dawn R. Bazely—a biologist, ecologist, and my University professor at York University. Dawn is veryContinue reading “Podcast or Perish: Wise Words from Dawn”

George Washington Carver, born Carver, was born into slavery in the year of 1864 in Diamond, Missouri during the Civil War. When the Civil War concluded in 1865, slavery has been abolished however racial injustice was still set in place and black students in Missouri were not allowed to attend local school. Because of this,Continue reading “George Washington Carver aka “The Peanut Man””

I’ve always passed by the Sound and Moving Image Library in my years at York University but have never had the ability or found a purpose of entering it until this semester in my Applied Plant Ecology Course. In fact, we had the pleasure of taking a tour down there with the class and IContinue reading “My Visit to the Sound and Image Library”