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A science communicator and a science journalist walk into a bar…

December 2, 2019September 27, 2017

…but wait. Given their divergent views on communicating science, would they even hang out with each other? What’s the backstory behind this relationship? This is … Read more

Tags constitution, cswa, ethics, NASW, scicomm, science communication, science journalism, science writing, scijourno, sciwri, SWCC

Wednesday on the Web – 26 July Edition

December 2, 2019July 26, 2017

This week was fairly quiet on the BC wildfire front, with the exception of some really good news for evacuees. Residents of 100 Mile, 103 … Read more

Tags ABT method, BC wildfire, carbon footprint, COMPASS, cswa, drought, home, kids, Mars, Nancy Baron, NASA, scicomm, science communication, SWCC

Guest blog posts for CSP and CSWA

December 2, 2019August 10, 2014

This past week I blogged about the Mount Polley mine disaster, an event that I think we won’t hear the end of anytime soon as … Read more

Tags Canadian Science Publishing, cswa, ecology, guest posts, restoration, rewilding, women in science

This week: Open access and open science journalism

December 2, 2019April 22, 2014

I had a couple of guest posts come out today, and surprisingly both happen to be about open access. The first was for Canadian Science … Read more

Tags cancomm, CSP, cswa, guest blog, open access, science communication, science journalism, science writing

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

A big week

December 2, 2019October 15, 2013

*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

Tags Canadian science, Conservatives, cswa, Harper, iPolitics, science borealis, science in fiction, science policy

New post on Canadian Science Writers Association blog

December 2, 2019July 18, 2013

I have a new post up on the CSWA blog, that uses the research field of tidewater glaciers to show how science is more like … Read more

Tags Antarctica, cswa, glacier calving, glaciers, Greenland, icebergs, science writing

The less obvious impacts of glacier change

December 2, 2019April 2, 2013

Once again, health issues have limited my online time over the past few weeks. But I made sure to meet my prescheduled commitment to the … Read more

Tags climate change, cswa, ecology, Glacier, science communication, water resources, waterr supply
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