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Choices

December 2, 2019March 4, 2014

I have a three inch scar on my left forearm, winding thin and white across my yellow-brown skin. The pup who gave it to me, … Read more

Tags academia, anxiety, career choices, Creativity, depression, goals, life choices, mental health

Science communication challenge – accepted

December 2, 2019February 22, 2014

This week I wrote up the last of my guest posts for Canadian Science Publishing’s blog. The first two – Scientific Societies in the Internet … Read more

Tags blogging, Canadian Science Publishing, cdnpoli, ecology, ELA, environment, fisheries, guest posts, NRC Press, scicomm, science communication

Science policy advocate interview

December 2, 2019February 13, 2014

John Dupuis, over at Confessions of a Science Librarian, has been running email interviews with our iPolitics science policy series group. The most interesting questions, … Read more

Tags Canada, Canadian politics, Canadian science, cdnpoli, cdnsci, interview, politics, science, science policy, scipolicy

I want my Canada back

December 2, 2019February 6, 2014

*Note: this post was re-printed on rabble.ca, which “features some of the best new and emerging progressive voices in Canada”. *Edited 6 Feb 8pm to … Read more

Tags Canada, cdnenv, cdnpoli, cdnsci, Conservatives, democracy, elections, environment, First Nations, Harper, politics, science

What is this 'science communication' you speak of?

December 2, 2019February 5, 2014

My second post for Canadian Science Publishing came out on their blog yesterday. “Scientists are often bombarded with terms such as ‘outreach’ and ‘public engagement’, … Read more

Tags Canadian science, Canadian Science Publishing, NSERC, outreach, scicomm, science communication

At home in nature

December 2, 2019February 2, 2014

In a previous post, I mentioned a Guardian article that deemed nature writing little more than “bourgeois escapism” that romanticized the natural world. It’s made me … Read more

Tags anxiety, depression, nature, nature photography, nature writing, outdoors, photography, public spaces, writing

Scientific societies in the internet age

December 2, 2019January 15, 2014

My first post for Canadian Science Publishing came out on their blog yesterday: “These days much of our life takes place online: banking and bill … Read more

Tags Canadian Association of Geographers, Canadian Science Publishing, science culture, scientific societies, scientists, social media, Society of Canadian Limnologists

Science writer or nature writer?

December 2, 2019January 10, 2014

I have a guest post up today on the Canadian Science Writers’ Association blog – thanks to Colin Schultz for editorial suggestions that helped clarify … Read more

Tags cswa, Environmental science, Fishtrap, nature writing, Orion Breadloaf, scicomm, science writing

ALL the questions: Notes to a young scientist writer

December 2, 2019December 24, 2013

In early November I had an email from Kelly, an environmental science student finishing her MSc. She’s at a crossroads, with loads of questions about … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, career, career choices, career resources, professor, research, scicomm, science communication, storytelling, writing

When I went into the woods today…

December 2, 2019December 19, 2013

…I sure got a big surprise. There were odd clumps of white fluffy stuff everywhere – and no, it wasn’t snow. Was it fur or … Read more

Tags forest, ice crystals, ice flowers, needle ice, west coast, winter
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