Led by Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) graduate students at Dalhousie University, Diversity of Nature (DoN) is a scientific outreach organization dedicated to increasing BIPOC representation in the natural sciences.
DoN's program consists of an annual ecological field expedition and year-round workshops (including science panels, in-school workshops, and outdoor day excursions). Our programming is tailored to BIPOC students across Nova Scotia.
All of our programming is free of charge.
To our knowledge, DoN is the only STEM outreach program in Canada run by BIPOC graduate students and tailored to BIPOC youth!
Upcoming Events
August 21 - 28Halifax
April 20 2022
Diversity of Nature wins the prestigious Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) award!
The ASN/SSE/SSB Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award was created in 2019 by the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). The IDEA Award is given to a person at any career stage who has strengthened the ecology and evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusiveness and diversity in our fields.
We are grateful to Mason Stothart for putting together an incredible nomination package, and Dr. Marty Leonard for supporting the nomination!
Sept. 1, 2021
Thank you to all DoN members and supporters for a wonderful inaugural year. We have just released our newsletter, which celebrates our accomplishments.