Social Media Review

Positions available: two to three students Our team is looking for social media marketing wizards who can help us review our social media accounts, specifically our Instagram and Facebook. We'd like to know how we can maximize these different channels and what will work best for us. The main questions we'd like students to help us answer are the following: Analytics and Insights Who is engaging with us the most? What type of posts/stories are people engaging with the most? How should we approach posts based on insight gathered from analysis Research Other Dog Rescue Social Media Accounts What are they posting? When? How often? What is getting the most engagement? What do people seem to be most attracted to in general Marketing Links Are there any links between the website and social media on other rescues? Is the branding obvious across all media? The goal is for the student(s) to help us analyze our current social media strategy and improve where necessary so that we can effectively promote our brand through the most compelling content!

Level Up: Summary, Description & Interpretation of Recovered Plant Macrofossils

Position Available: 2 (Individual) Students Student will spend 80 hours summarizing, describing, and interpreting data obtained from ice patch macrofossils (leaves, seeds, fruit). Student will complete summary spreadsheets enumerating obtained or provided macrofossil data, and provide descriptions (e.g., morphology) and associated plant ecology (e.g., habitat, distribution) associated with macrofossils. This will include desktop research of primary and secondary literature and other resources (e.g, online floras) of plant species identified from macrofossils, to summarize plant species ranges, vegetation communities, environmental indicators, etc.. Student will provide a final summary report outlining all results, a general interpretation of the data, and a summary of completed work. This project will provide the student with experience working with, summarizing and interpreting real data obtain from field-collected samples. It will provide the student with an understanding of literature research, review, and writing succinct summaries. As well as familiarizing the student with plant species of Alberta occurring in mountainous areas. Deliverables will include data spreadsheets and a summary report, which will be used by the Royal Alberta Museum towards completion of an ice patch project. Student will be acknowledged for any work they complete if used in publication or other works (e.g., presentation).

Level Up, Moth wing metrics using ImageJ

Students will use imageJ software to measure wing metrics, including wing area, asymmetry, and melanization as part of a research project.

Level up - Insect Ecology Research Assistant: microsporidia disease assessment

Students will assess microsporidia disease status of forest tent caterpillar larvae and adults via microscopy. Students will also enter and analyze data