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{{Short description|Biology professor (born 1960)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Dawn R. Bazely
| image = Dawn_Bazely_headshot_2023.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|8|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = India
| fields = {{plainlist|Ecology|Sustainability}}
| work_institutions = [[York University]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Toronto]]<br/> [[Somerville College, Oxford]]
| thesis_title = Foraging behaviour of sheep (Ovis aries L.) grazing on swards of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)
| thesis_url = https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d48c2508-a774-43b4-805b-9470971bd236
| doctoral_advisor = [[John R. Krebs]]
| website = http://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/
}}

'''Dawn R. Bazely''' (born 30 August 1960) is a full professor in biology in the Faculty of Science, and the former Director of the Institute for Research Innovation in Sustainability (2006-2011 and 2012–2014), at [[York University]] in [[Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adventurecanada.com/staff/dawn-bazely-botanist|title=Dawn Bazely|date=2019-04-10|website=Adventure Canada|access-date=2019-11-01|archive-date=2019-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101164755/https://www.adventurecanada.com/staff/dawn-bazely-botanist|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/the-iris-years-2006-2014/|title=The IRIS years 2006-14 {{!}} Bazely Biology lab: collaborative, interdisciplinary, fun|website=dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref> In 2015 she was awarded the title of University Professor for services to research, teaching, and the institution. Bazely has been a field biologist for forty years and her research specializes in plant-animal interactions in ecology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-dawn-bazely/|title=174: Dr. Dawn Bazely: Investigating the Intriguing Interactions between Animals and Plants|date=2014-10-31|website=People Behind the Science Podcast|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.yorku.ca/experts/?name_or_keyword=bazely&research_area=&submit=Search+the+Guide&search=Y|title=York Media Relations|website=news.yorku.ca|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref> She has also been recognized for her science communication.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://larc.ucalgary.ca/projects/larc-dialogues/throwing-away-lab-coat|title=Communicating Science across Borders {{!}} Latin American Research Centre {{!}} University of Calgary|website=larc.ucalgary.ca|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Bazely was born in [[India]], and moved as a toddler to [[England]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/first-page/welcome/|title=Lab People, starting with Dawn {{!}} Bazely Biology lab: collaborative, interdisciplinary, fun|website=dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929194730/http://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/first-page/welcome/|archive-date=2018-09-29|url-status=live}}</ref>

She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in [[biogeography]] and environmental studies at the [[University of Toronto]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-dawn-bazely/#disqus_thread|title=174: Dr. Dawn Bazely: Investigating the Intriguing Interactions between Animals and Plants - People Behind the Science Podcast|website=www.peoplebehindthescience.com|date=31 October 2014 |access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930033530/http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-dawn-bazely/#disqus_thread#disqus_thread|archive-date=2018-09-30|url-status=live}}</ref> She then completed a Master's (MSc) degree in [[botany]], under the supervision of Robert L. Jefferies, at the University of Toronto.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=R.|first=Bazely, Dawn|date=1984|title=RESPONSES OF SALT-MARSH VEGETATION TO GRAZING BY LESSER SNOW GEESE (Anser caerulescens caerulescens)|url=https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/18772|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233227/https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/18772|archive-date=2018-09-29|url-status=live}}</ref> Her MSc thesis investigated the impact of grazing by ''Anser caerulescens caerulescens'' (lesser snow geese) on the Hudson Bay shores' salt-marsh vegetation.<ref name=":2" /> She then completed her [[Doctor of Philosophy|D.Phil.]] (PhD) in zoology, at the Edward Grey Institute in Field Ornithology, at the [[University of Oxford]] in 1998.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/dawn-r-bazely-387101|title=Dawn R Bazely|website=The Conversation|date=28 June 2017 |access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233226/https://theconversation.com/profiles/dawn-r-bazely-387101|archive-date=2018-09-29|url-status=live}}</ref> supervised by [[John Krebs, Baron Krebs|John R. Krebs]]; she investigated sheep grazing behaviour.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

== Career ==
Bazely then held an Ernest Cook Research Fellowship at [[Somerville College, Oxford|Somerville College]] of the University of Oxford, followed by a Trevelyan Research Fellowship at [[Selwyn College, Cambridge|Selwyn College]] of the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name=":1" /> In 1990, she returned to Canada to join York University's biology department as a faculty member.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
[[file:Charles Krebs and Dawn Bazely at Judy Myers' retirement celebration in 2007 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Bazely (right) speaking to [[Charles Krebs]] at the retirement of colleague [[Judith H. Myers]] in 2007]]
She was York University's Director of the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) from 2006 to 2011 and 2012–14.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/canadian-university-report/help-choosing-a-university-in-ontario/article14980137/?page=5|title=Help choosing a university in Ontario|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516211131/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/canadian-university-report/help-choosing-a-university-in-ontario/article14980137/?page=5|archive-date=2017-05-16|url-status=live}}</ref> In this role, she developed expertise in sustainability, science policy and environmental security, and expanded her research focus.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/meet-5-academics-who-have-switched-disciplines-mid-career/|title=Meet 5 academics who have switched disciplines mid-career {{!}} University Affairs|work=University Affairs|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929234859/https://www.universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/meet-5-academics-who-have-switched-disciplines-mid-career/|archive-date=2018-09-29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2016/04/20/open-your-mind-a-qa-with-biologist-dawn-bazely/|title=Open Your Mind: A Q&A with biologist Dawn Bazely – YFile|website=yfile.news.yorku.ca|date=21 April 2016 |access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233243/http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2016/04/20/open-your-mind-a-qa-with-biologist-dawn-bazely/|archive-date=2018-09-29|url-status=live}}</ref> Currently, Bazely is a University Professor within York University's faculty of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://science.yorku.ca/biology/faculty-research/|title=York University – Faculty of Science|website=science.yorku.ca|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930035043/http://science.yorku.ca/biology/faculty-research/|archive-date=2018-09-30|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Research ===
Bazely's research lab focuses on ecology (specifically forests, grasslands, herbivores, climate change and invasive species), and broader issues of sustainability, as well as exploring intersections with science policy, open access, [[citizen science]], and science communication.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/|title=Bazely Biology lab: collaborative, interdisciplinary, fun {{!}} An ongoing Initiative in Research & Innovation in Sustainability|website=dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004161033/http://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/|archive-date=2018-10-04|url-status=live}}</ref> She has published over 70 academic publications, as well as books and book chapters, resulting in over 2,000 citations and an h-index of 26.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=d2Z2AZ4AAAAJ&hl=en|title=Dawn Bazely - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>

=== Teaching ===
In 2003, Bazely received York University's Faculty of Science and Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award.<ref name=":1" /> In 2013, she was awarded York University's President's University-Wide Teaching Awards, in the senior full-time faculty category, in recognition of time spent on preparing and innovating the courses she teaches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2013/05/13/four-recipients-of-presidents-university-wide-teaching-awards-embrace-teaching/|title=Recipients of President's University-Wide Teaching Awards embrace pedagogy – YFile|website=yfile.news.yorku.ca|date=13 May 2013 |access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918171338/http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2013/05/13/four-recipients-of-presidents-university-wide-teaching-awards-embrace-teaching/|archive-date=2015-09-18|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> Bazely was also recognized as a "Hotshot Professor" in the [[The Globe and Mail|Globe and Mail]]'s 2014 Canadian University Report.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2013/10/23/york-an-intellectual-oasis-in-the-suburbs-says-globe-and-mails-university-report/|title=York is an intellectual oasis in the suburbs, says The Globe and Mail's university report – YFile|website=yfile.news.yorku.ca|date=23 October 2013 |access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026024543/http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2013/10/23/york-an-intellectual-oasis-in-the-suburbs-says-globe-and-mails-university-report/|archive-date=2013-10-26|url-status=live}}</ref> In a ''[[The Washington Post]]'' editorial, Bazely writes that she uses editing Wikipedia pages as a tool to teach her students the skills of HTML-style coding.<ref name="PostEverything">{{cite news |last1=Bazely |first1=Dawn |title=Perspective {{!}} Why Nobel winner Donna Strickland didn't have a Wikipedia page |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/08/why-nobel-winner-donna-strickland-didnt-have-wikipedia-page/ |accessdate=14 October 2018 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014035008/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/08/why-nobel-winner-donna-strickland-didnt-have-wikipedia-page/ |archive-date=2018-10-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bazely also co-sponsors a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at York University.<ref name="editathon">{{cite news |title=Wikipedia Editathon Chronicles Part 1 {{!}} Bazely Biology lab: collaborative, interdisciplinary, fun |url=http://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/2018/01/wikipedia-editathon-chronicles-part-1/ |accessdate=14 October 2018 |work=dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015081658/http://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/2018/01/wikipedia-editathon-chronicles-part-1/ |archive-date=2018-10-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Public engagement and science communication ===
In 2015, Bazely co-founded York University's Annual International Ada Lovelace Day with York University's Science and Engineering Librarian, John Dupuis.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://yorkuwomeninstem50.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/all-about-york-universitys-1st-ada-lovelace-day-celebrations/|title=A recap of York University's 1st Ada Lovelace Day celebrations|date=2015-10-30|work=#YorkU Celebrates #WomenInSTEM|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233440/https://yorkuwomeninstem50.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/all-about-york-universitys-1st-ada-lovelace-day-celebrations/|archive-date=2018-09-29|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2018, she was an invited speaker for a science communication panel at the 2018 Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Annual Meeting, where she spoke about communicating science to policy makers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/2018/08/science-communication-with-twitter-tweeting-science-to-policymakers/|title=Science Communication with Twitter: Tweeting Science to Policymakers {{!}} Bazely Biology lab: collaborative, interdisciplinary, fun|website=dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233243/http://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/2018/08/science-communication-with-twitter-tweeting-science-to-policymakers/|archive-date=2018-09-29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csee2018.ca/lunchtime-events.html|title=Lunchtime Events|website=CSEE 2018|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-date=2019-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129190246/https://www.csee2018.ca/lunchtime-events.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Awards ===

* 2017 York University's Sustainability Leadership Award.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-10 |title=Dawn Bazely - TABES |url=https://lassonde.yorku.ca/tabes/dawn-bazely-co-investigator/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=lassonde.yorku.ca |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2022 [[Sandford Fleming Medal]] for Excellence in Science Communication.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sandford Fleming Medal & Citation |url=https://www.rciscience.ca/the-sandford-fleming-medal-citation |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Royal Canadian Institute for Science |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125013645/https://www.rciscience.ca/the-sandford-fleming-medal-citation |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2022 Minister of Colleges and Universities’ Awards of Excellence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-26 |title=Prof Dawn Bazely receives provincial award of excellence |url=https://www.yorku.ca/science/2022/01/26/prof-dawn-bazely-receives-provincial-award-of-excellence/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Faculty of Science |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

=== Selected academic publications ===

* Bazely DR, and Jefferies RL. "Goose faeces: a source of nitrogen for plant growth in a grazed salt marsh". [[Journal of Ecology|The Journal of Ecology]], 693–703. 1985.
* Bazely DR and Jefferies RL. "Changes in the composition and standing crop of salt-marsh communities in response to the removal of a grazer." [[Journal of Ecology|The Journal of Ecology]], 693–706. 1986.
* Vicari M and Bazely DR. "Do grasses fight back? The case for antiherbivore defences." [[Trends in Ecology & Evolution]]. 8(4), 137–141. 1993.
*McLachlan SM and Bazely DR. "Recovery patterns of understory herbs and their use as indicators of deciduous forest regeneration." [[Conservation Biology (journal)|Conservation Biology]] 15 (1), 98–110. 2001.
*Koh S, Vicari M, Ball JP, Rakocevic T, Zaheer S, Hik DS and Bazely DR. "Rapid detection of fungal endophytes in grasses for large‐scale studies." [[Functional Ecology (journal)|Functional Ecology]] 20 (4), 736–742. 2006.
*Tanentzap AJ, Bazely DR and Lafortezza R. "Diversity–invasibility relationships across multiple scales in disturbed forest understoreys." Biological Invasions 12 (7), 2105–2116. 2010.
* Bazel DR, Perkins PE, Duailibi M and Klenk, N. "Strengthening Resilience by Thinking of Knowledge as a Nutrient Connecting the Local Person to Global Thinking." Planetary Praxis & Pedagogy, 119–132. 2015.
* Bazely DR, Dubreuil A and Nanayakkara L. "How the unconference approach can increase stakeholder engagement." Revista Vínculos 3 (1). 2018.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2019-12-09 |title=How the unconference approach can increase stakeholder engagement {{!}} Revista Vínculos ESPE |journal=Revista Vínculos ESPE |volume=3 |issue=1 |url=https://journal.espe.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/vinculos/article/view/616 |language=es-ES |doi=10.24133/rvespe.v3i1.616 |last1=Bazely |first1=Dawn R. |last2=Dubreuil |first2=Annette |last3=Nanayakkara |first3=Lushani |url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== Selected books ===

* Myers J, Myers JH, and Bazely DR. "Ecology and control of introduced plants." [[Cambridge University Press]]. 2003.
* Hoogensen Gjørv G, Bazely DR, Goloviznina M, and Tanentzap AJ. "Environmental and Human Security in the Arctic." Routledge (Earthscan): [[Taylor & Francis|Taylor & Francis Group]]. 2014.

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