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Canadian Women Experts and COVID-19

April 16, 2020April 15, 2020

Women are instrumental in Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags COVID-19, expert, pandemic, policy, public health, women, women in science, womeninSTEM

Pandemic Day 21 (?)

April 8, 2020

The days slide by without change during the pandemic. But everything has changed – which is especially obvious when you leave the house.

Tags contagion, COVID-19, gardening, normalcy, pandemic, photography, time, timelapse photography

What Do You See?

April 2, 2020April 1, 2020

Sometimes you can miss the most obvious things.

Tags deer, flowers, gardening, Mary Oliver, paying attention, timelapse photography

Life in the Time of Coronavirus

March 25, 2020March 24, 2020

This is my attempt to report on the everyday life of an everyday person during the COVID19 pandemic.

Tags coronavirus, COVID-19, facts, pandemic, PPE, social distancing

Pandemic: The World Without Us

March 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic reminds me of post-apocalyptic literature. We’ve been here before – in fiction.

Tags abandoned, apocalypse, COVID-19, pandemic, post-apocalyptic, The World Without US

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) and Mental Health

March 11, 2020

Last month, the federal government tabled their report on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). They had worked to incorporate some changes to the original document … Read more

Tags MAID, medical assistance in dying, mental health, mental illness, quality of life

Cognitive Load in Mental Health

March 4, 2020

A few years ago I wrote about the “spoonie” hypothesis. Basically it defines individual spoons as units of energy, and notes that each person is … Read more

Tags cognitive load, mental health, mental illness, spoonie

TikTok for Science Communication

February 26, 2020

How many of you use TikTok? It has about 500 million users, 41% of whom are between the ages of 16 and 24. I don’t … Read more

Tags Facebook, instagram, scicomm, science communication, social media, twitter, YouTube

Who is Today’s Rachel Carson?

February 20, 2020February 19, 2020

Just a few weeks ago, Donald Trump changed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 by limiting penalties for bird deaths across the country. Now … Read more

Tags chemicals, Elizabeth Kolbert, Elizabeth Rush, environment, Katharine Hayhoe, Kathleen Dean Moore, legislation, Naomi Oreskes, public health, Rachel Carson, Sandra Postel, Sandra Steingraber, scicomm, science communication, Trump

Climate Change Art

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020

Artists are using global climate data to create science art.

Tags climate art, climate change, global climate, knitting, scarf, sciart, scicomm, science art, science communication, tapestry, wildfire
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