Fall is in our sights, and with it comes another chance for adventure! This October 1 we will kick of the second annual fisher Adventure Classic, and we wanted to take a minute to reflect back on all the fun we had last year. Last year we had 29 people […]
Author: Chelsey Crandall
Three years ago a handful of women came together to kick off the Women of Fisheries group as a space for women to connect, share stories, ask questions, learn from each other, and together tackle some of the issues facing women in our field. Since then, we have grown into […]
Women and folks of other underrepresented identities often get asked to serve on diversity initiatives. We volunteer our time for committees, panels, speaking engagements, mentorship programs, and more. These initiatives are super important, but time spent working on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is time not spent doing other work-related […]
It’s pretty easy to identify hostile, overt sexism. But what about its partner, benevolent sexism? Something that sounds so nice and well-intentioned must be relatively harmless, right? Wrong. Benevolent sexism is NOT at all harmless. In fact, research shows it may end up having more negative effects on women than […]
May is career month in our Women of Fisheries group! As we discuss careers in fisheries science, we thought it would also be a good time to return to a previous discussion in the private group: when is the best time to have kids? Not all people see parenthood as […]
Alright gear companies and field crews of the world, the women of fisheries have an ask for you: can you get us some gear that fits us??? This conversation has come up MANY times in our Women of Fisheries discussions: it can be a huge challenge for women to find […]
Women are making great strides in combatting gender barriers in science, but it will take efforts from all to address inequities in our field. Allies can be important and helpful agents of change in reducing inequities. For today’s post, we want to amplify an article shared on the Fisheries Blog […]
You’ve just started a new field position. Excited, you step on the boat and head out for a full day of sampling. You look around the small boat and suddenly it hits you: where will you pee?? You realize that you are the only woman on the boat. Do you […]
Welcome to the first of our new blog series Discussion Highlights! Over the past few years we’ve had some great discussions and advice shared on our Facebook group. On the third Monday of each month, we will summarize one of the topic discussions here. This week, we tackle that sneaky […]