St. John’s #yyt, Mi’kmaw, astronomer at #munl, trying to understand stars and their stories. Indigenizing astronomy and STEM. views are my own. He/him. hildingneilson.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mj66ds77e22tProud supervisor moment with some of the grad students chatting with CBC’s On the Go about the Artemis II return. The students did an amazing job. #Astronomy #WeAreMUN @memorialu.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social10 Apr 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj66ds77e22thttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3miwundpuos2sJust picking up a little reading for the (hopefully) coming Spring in St. John’s. Excited to have Prof. @chanda.blacksky.app new book - one for me and one for my lab. Can’t wait to read this.07 Apr 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwundpuos2shttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mijfkym6uc26It was great to talk about the Artemis II mission with NTV and some of the connections with Newfoundland & Labrador #WeAreMUN [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijfkym6uc26https://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mih6uf74222qImagine what the MUN community could deliver if the @govnl.bsky.social and admin funded and supported the mission of the university #WeAreMUN [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mih6uf74222qhttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mif4g2uif22fWhen I was in grade 8 or 9 a professor from the Corner Brook campus organized a math Olympiad event in my town for students. My team did well in the event and it was one of the first times that I knew I could succeed at university and encouraged my path in astronomy. #WeAreMUN [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mif4g2uif22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mhye5yi3pc2wI had such a great experience getting to visit SNOlab earlier this week, an example of an organization doing fantastic science building on the historical measurements of solar neutrinos to the search for dark matter and life science experiments today. #Science #Physics #Astronomy26 Mar 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhye5yi3pc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mhj4ykjh6c2wFaculty have noted that cutting math instructors and increasing class sizes is bad, the instructors have said it’s bad, the dept head said it’s bad and now students are saying it, will the administration and the government @govnl.bsky.social listen? https://vocm.com/2026/03/20/math-student-wary-about-announced-changes-at-mun/20 Mar 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj4ykjh6c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mhgc5zafcs2yIt took a minute for me to find the words about why the comments in this article are bad. MUN is planning to eliminate a number of contractual faculty and here leadership is subtly blaming them on the way out. #WeAreMUN https://vocm.com/2026/03/18/294586/19 Mar 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgc5zafcs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mgvezxgs2s2xHow is cutting 7 jobs “contracting with care”? ntv.ca/news/mun-facul… @munfaculty.bsky.social https://ntv.ca/news/mun-facul…12 Mar 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvezxgs2s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mfptd67xtc2aFour talks in three days done. Lots of fun talking about SETI in 1 talk and why space exploitation is bad in others. Now to relax with a well-earned meal. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfptd67xtc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mf2xshkdn223About to give my first talk out of 10 (I think) over the next 6 weeks on Space and Indigenous Rights or Indigenizing the search for life in the Galaxy. Should be fun and way too hectic.17 Feb 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2xshkdn223https://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mewebgzi2k22Unsurprisingly MUN is not honest about why programs are being cut. The cut was due to a lack of resources not enrolment. themuse.ca/letter-austeri… https://themuse.ca/letter-austeri…15 Feb 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mewebgzi2k22https://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mcwyrhgo3k2nI’m so happy to see that two articles I wrote for the IAUS 385: Astronomy and Satellite Constellations is published. These articles are now a couple of years old but I think they continue to be relevant to how we engage with Outer Space exploration and exploitation. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-international-astronomical-union/article/indigenous-knowledges-and-kinship-as-a-model-for-our-future-in-outer-space/7CC5072C52E699E0B8226CCDE3EEF64821 Jan 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwyrhgo3k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mcurc7ddak2cTime for the second attempt to propose new courses at MUN @memorialu.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social on Indigenous Astronomies and on Outer Space and Society. Hopefully the proposal won’t be thrown out like last time with the reason that they aren’t “sufficient physics”20 Jan 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcurc7ddak2chttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mcfifcha5s27Currently listening to a seminar on burnout and stress in academia while having multiple textbooks open to write notes for my math methods course and surfing social media. Am I doing this right ?🙄14 Jan 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfifcha5s27https://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mcdde53xxs2rAstronomy is hard in St. John’s #yyt. Taken today in windy conditions and just above freezing #nlwx with the Unistellar EVscope 2. @memorialuscience.bsky.social.13 Jan 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:4dxe4pj7gahqtuapoglc43oc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdde53xxs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/astrojipjawej.bsky.social/post/3mbheri762c2lCan’t wait to read this. 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