Canada and Water: Destroying our Cultural Foundations
The disconnect between government policies and public opinion is hardly newsworthy, but it seems the divide has reached Grand Canyon proportions around Canadian environmental issues, … Read more
Say hello to Canada's new Fisheries Act
Monday, 25 November, marked the day on which the new (improved? no – let’s say, gutted) Fisheries Act took effect in Canada. First introduced in … Read more
Taking a Moment to Breathe – and Think
It’s been a busy couple of months. I’ve been moving, which is never fun for anyone, and also requires re-establishing a medical support network. Luckily, … Read more
The continuing saga of the environment in Canada
My last post was about Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq, and her office’s rebuttal to an opinion piece in which I concluded she’s not the … Read more
Stirring the Hornet's Nest
On Monday I published an op-ed over at iPolitics, looking at Leona Aglukkaq’s record as both Health Minister and head of the Arctic Council to … Read more
A big week
*Updated late 15 October with link to second iPolitics piece in series, and addition of new paper out in CJFAS The Canadian government kicks off … Read more
The Space Between Science and Story
When I was a kid I played ‘newspaper reporter’. I’d drag my dad’s heavy typewriter out of the closet, roll in a sheet of scrap … Read more
Coming soon: Science Borealis
A group of Canadian science bloggers (Kim Moynahan, Steph Taylor, Pascal Lapointe, Raymond Nakamura, Maryse de la Girody, and myself) has been working with Canadian … Read more
Academia and Illness
Tenure, She Wrote is a pseudonymous group blog covering issues for women in science and academia, and has had a lot of well-written, thought-provoking posts … Read more
Oil and gas development in Southern Alberta
This morning I saw an interesting tweet from the Southern Alberta Technology Council: Apparently the City of Lethbridge has been approached by an oil and … Read more