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Student conducts study on birds colliding into SFU windows

By: Clarence Ndabahwerize, Staff Writer Vanessa Hum, a master’s of biological sciences student at SFU, has been conducting a study on bird collisions with windows at the Burnaby campus. Through citizen science, which she explained as data collected by the public, she has gained a better understanding of the magnitude of window collisions occurring on campus. “Involving the public allows for different perspectives, allows the public to contribute to science, and brings more discussions in communities,” said Hum in an interview with The Peak.  She referred to the Global Bird Collision Mapper as a good example of how citizen science…

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