Friday 11 February 2022

2022 International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Did you know..... February 11, 2022, is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Our lab marked the day with a selection of photos of our team members actively performing a variety of tasks supporting research in the field of Entomology! 

Figure 1. Jennifer and Ross collecting insects in canola growing near McLennan AB in 2008 as part of the annual survey of the Peace River region (2003-present).

Figure 2. Jennifer leading a school-aged tour through the Crop Services Building at the AAFC-Beaverlodge Research farm in June 2017.

Figure 3. Amanda collecting wheat midge soil core samples from snow-covered wheat stubble near Rolla BC in April 2017. 

Figure 4. Shelby collecting a sweep-net sample in canola growing near Hines Creek AB in July 2017.

Figure 5. Tessa using the stereomicroscope to sort and identify frozen insects from sweep-net samples collected in 2021 from alfalfa.

Figure 6. Vicky hand-sorting frozen arthropods collected in alfalfa in 2021 using a paint brush.

Figure 7. Jordon constructing vial storage for long-term cold storage of ethanol-immersed pitfall trap arthropods.