Margaret Beckel (@megbeckel) 's Twitter Profile
Margaret Beckel

@megbeckel

Founder, Octopus Thinking Advisory Services. Former CEO Canadian Museum of Nature. Champion for nature, museums, arctic science and education.

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Museum of Nature (@museumofnature) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amazing story! Jordan Mallon among team that has described a #fossil in China preserving the moment of an attack by a carnivorous mammal on a dinosaur. The predatory behaviour challenges the view that dinos were not threated by mammals during Cretaceous. bit.ly/44rVxuY

PolarKnowledgeCanada (@polarcanada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💧The UQAC limnologist team is back to understand how the fragile arctic lake ecosystems respond to changing conditions to inform conservation and management strategies. 💧 📷 Paola Ayala

💧The <a href="/UQAC/">UQAC</a> limnologist team is back to understand how the fragile arctic lake ecosystems respond to changing conditions to inform conservation and management strategies. 💧

📷 Paola Ayala
Woodland Cultural Centre (@woodlandcc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Woodland Cultural Centre mourns the passing yesterday of our friend and champion, the iconic Robbie Robertson. Visit our website to read the full media release, including a statement from the former elected chief of Six Nations, Ava Hill: woodlandculturalcentre.ca/remembering-ro…

The Woodland Cultural Centre mourns the passing yesterday of our friend and champion, the iconic Robbie Robertson.

Visit our website to read the full media release, including a statement from the former elected chief of Six Nations, Ava Hill: woodlandculturalcentre.ca/remembering-ro…
Royal Canadian Geographical Society (@rcgs_sgrc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As the climate heats up, so do talks over land ownership in the Arctic. Click the link below to learn more about what meting ice means for the Canadian Arctic Sovereignty. canadiangeographic.ca/articles/on-th…

Museum of Nature (@museumofnature) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🐝 #DYK Only female bees can sting. The stinger evolved from a female egg-laying organ called the ovipositor. Learn more about our fuzzy friends w Thomas Onuferko 🇺🇦 🔗 youtu.be/jcqOnX9aqEM #BeeMyths #PollinatorFacts #PollinatorFacts

Margaret Beckel (@megbeckel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Landscapes of Canada Gardens are an inspiring use of museum grounds to share knowledge beyond the walls of the museum. Environmental education in nature. Visit! Ottawa Tourism Carleton Science

Museum of Nature (@museumofnature) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Among these amazing images is the Paleoecology winner - model of an embryonic hadrosaur, submitted by Jordan Mallon as part of a 2022 paper in collaboration with Chinese colleagues.

Dr. Amanda Savoie (@iheartseaweed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're excited to be back in Cambridge Bay to study #seaweed diversity and #kelpforest ecology in the area. This weekend we had a curious bearded seal (Ugyuk) visit our boat. The highlight was catching him swimming by on our drop camera! Museum of Nature ArcticNet PolarKnowledgeCanada

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Co-op student Grace Morrison helped out with the museum’s Arctic Digitization Project by photographing its Arctic plant collection. Part of what she found was an incredible array of Arctic orchids. bit.ly/3QysIZj #ArcticFlora #ArcticOrchids #RareOrchids

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🌸 OPENING TODAY 🌸 Ikebana: Encounter with Nature. Don't miss this 4-day special exhibition featuring wonderful work of traditional Japanese fresh flower arrangement. Four days only! Nov 9 – 12, 2023. Included in general admission. Embassy of Japan in Canada bit.ly/3tBE4Tf

🌸 OPENING TODAY 🌸  Ikebana: Encounter with Nature. Don't miss this 4-day special exhibition featuring wonderful work of traditional Japanese fresh flower arrangement. Four days only! Nov 9 – 12, 2023. Included in general admission. <a href="/JapaninCanada/">Embassy of Japan in Canada</a> bit.ly/3tBE4Tf
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Stunningly exquisite ikebana exhibition showcased by Ikebana Int’l in Ottawa has returned to Museum of Nature. We embraced the beginning of winter with beautiful works. Such a great testimony of the friendship & collaboration of Ohara & Sogetsu schools - Kanji & Yukiko Yamanouchi

Stunningly exquisite ikebana exhibition showcased by  Ikebana Int’l in Ottawa has returned to <a href="/MuseumofNature/">Museum of Nature</a>. We embraced the beginning of winter with beautiful works. Such a great testimony of the friendship &amp; collaboration of Ohara &amp; Sogetsu schools - Kanji &amp; Yukiko Yamanouchi
Embassy of Japan in Canada (@japanincanada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Museum of Nature In my remarks, I mentioned the fascinating history of the Canadian Museum of Nature & 🇯🇵-🇨🇦 relations grow stronger with the mutual understanding fostered by cultural exchanges. Thank you Sen. Senator Stan Kutcher, MP The Hon. Dr. Helena Jaczek & MP Andréanne Larouche for your presence – Amb. Yamanouchi

<a href="/MuseumofNature/">Museum of Nature</a> In my remarks, I mentioned the fascinating history of the Canadian <a href="/MuseumofNature/">Museum of Nature</a> &amp; 🇯🇵-🇨🇦 relations grow stronger with the mutual understanding fostered by cultural exchanges. Thank you Sen. <a href="/StanKutcher/">Senator Stan Kutcher</a>, MP <a href="/HelenaJaczek/">The Hon. Dr. Helena Jaczek</a> &amp; MP <a href="/A_Larouche_Shef/">Andréanne Larouche</a> for your presence – Amb. Yamanouchi
NatHistMuseumsCanada (@nathistmuseums) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Jean Marc Gagnon, Curator of the Invertebrate Collection at the Canadian Museum of Nature provides ANHMC members an update in activities at the CMN.

Jean Marc Gagnon, Curator of the Invertebrate Collection at the Canadian Museum of Nature provides ANHMC members an update in activities at the CMN.
Dr. Jackie Dawson (@jackie_dawson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One Planet Summit Dr. Heïdi Sevestre As the Scientific Director of ArcticNet I express our thanks to the scientific leads of the One Planet Polar Summit Declaration. We have “one planet” safe for humanity and without the protection of, and science for, the Poles we are putting that planet at risk. AWI Media

<a href="/oneplanetsummit/">One Planet Summit</a> <a href="/HeidiSevestre/">Dr. Heïdi Sevestre</a> As the Scientific Director of <a href="/ArcticNet/">ArcticNet</a> I express our thanks to the scientific leads of the One Planet Polar Summit Declaration. We have “one planet” safe for humanity and without the protection of, and science for, the Poles we are putting that planet at risk. <a href="/AWI_Media/">AWI Media</a>
justine_hunter (@justine_hunter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The final chapter (for now) on glacier research from me, a project that allowed me to visit a glacier and a -40C lab, and to speak with some very smart people who were most generous with their time. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Smithsonian NMNH (@nmnh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy Thanksgiving! Hear from our Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Hans Sues about some ancient creatures that kept with the spirit of the season and seriously overate.

Margaret Beckel (@megbeckel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out the inspiring and important scientific research conducted at the Museum of Nature . Also hear news of the past year from CEO Danika Goosney. Our national natural sciences museum Saving the World for future generations. Canadian Heritage