Restoring a Forest: Looking Back, Moving Forward
On today’s morning walk through the forest, I stopped for a moment to listen. My dog sat quietly at my side as the forest came … Read more
Building Community from the Ground Up
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m deeply interested in the question of community: what it is, how you build it, and how … Read more
The Joys of Volunteering
Last week I had a guest post up on the Canadian Science Publishing blog about volunteering for your scientific society. Based on my own experience … Read more
Federal Funding for Canadian Scicomm?
Last week my colleague Pascal Lapointe (Agence Science-Presse) and I had a post up on the Science Borealis blog suggesting that the federal government’s review … Read more
Paying Attention in a Distracted World: On Walking, Kayaking, and Science
This past week I’ve changed my dog-walking route. Instead of walking up the street, down the forest trail, and finishing the loop on a (pedestrian-unfriendly) … Read more
Book Reviewing: A Tool To Improve Your Writing
Last week I reviewed Stephen B. Heard’s The Scientist’s Guide to Writing on the Canadian Science Publishing blog. “Scientific writing help has now arrived, in … Read more
If You Go Out in the Woods Today…: Wildness & Writing
This morning I went for a walk in the woods. Taken at face value, there’s really nothing special about that statement. But add in the … Read more
Working hard versus doing too much
Lately I’ve been doing Too Much. What tipped me off? Because last week I slept for almost 29 hours straight, with a couple of breaks … Read more
Wildfires in the Canadian West – 2016 edition
I wrote a post about the Fort McMurray wildfires for the Science Borealis blog on Thursday. The goal was to focus specifically on the fire: … Read more
Sea level rise in Canada
Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog post for Science Borealis with my co-editor in the Earth & Environmental Science subject category, Sri Ray-Chauduri. A … Read more