International Women's Day 2016: Link Roundup
[Updated March 9th to add the @IAmSciComm list of women science communicators] Today was International Women’s Day, a day we celebrate the achievements of women … Read more
academia
Are you experiencing science overload?
This week I had a post up on the Canadian Science Publishing blog discussing the current boom in scientific publishing (2.5 million papers published per … Read more
Hate networking? Try this approach
I have a post up over on the Canadian Science Publishing blog about academic family trees. They’re a way of situating yourself within a research … Read more
Creativity and diversity
I spent last weekend re-acquainting myself with the downtown streets of my adopted hometown, a city I moved to at 17 to attend university. At … Read more
Women-In-Science Series at Canadian Science Publishing
This week, to celebrate Canada Day, the first in CSP’s Women In Science series was posted on their blog. For this post I interviewed Dr. … Read more
When a student asks for career advice…
…what do you say? I wrote a new post over at Canadian Science Publishing answering this very question. How do you advise a keen student … Read more
Scientists on Twitter? Heresy!
My latest post for Canadian Science Publishing takes on the unexpectedly controversial topic of scientists using Twitter. “Recently, Kirk Englehardt, Director of Research Communication at … Read more
ALL the questions: Notes to a young scientist writer
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
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
