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It Takes a Village: Writing a Book

January 20, 2021

Writing a book proposal doesn’t happen in a vacuum – I’ve had lots of help along the way.

Tags adventure, book proposal, books, community, outdoors, query letter, science, science writing, women in science, writing

Leaving Science Borealis

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

After seven years with Science Borealis, it’s time to move on and pass the torch to the next generation of SciBorgs.

Tags Canadian science, communities, resignation, science borealis, science communication, science editing, volunteering

Staying Informed

October 21, 2020

On taking the time to curate your news and information feeds to match what you want to know and learn about.

Tags Council of Science Editors, environment writing, gardening, literature, newsletters, science, science communication, science media centre of canada, social media, thinking, University of Alberta, Washington Post, writing

Ground Truth

July 8, 2020

Ruby McConnell writes with clarity and feeling about geology and personal life in this series of personal essays.

Tags essays, mount st. helens, pacific northwest, personal essay, science, volcano, writing

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

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

How Should We Reward Scientists Who Do Scicomm?

January 29, 2020

Recently I had in interesting discussion on Twitter about neurodiversity and science communication. Someone had shared an article about how the academy needs to recognize … Read more

Tags diversity, equity, inclusivity, merit increments, neurodiversity, rewards, scicomm, tenure and promotion

Storytelling in Science

December 19, 2019December 18, 2019

How can we engage scientists in storytelling?

Tags science, science communication, science stories, scientists, story arc, storytelling, training
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