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The Former Scientist

November 18, 2020

This past weekend I read Lynn Martel’s new book, Stories of Ice, and really enjoyed the focus on glaciers of western Canada and the adventure, … Read more

Tags Andrei Glacier, Arctic, Canadian Arctic, glaciers, glaciology, Hilda Glacier, history, mental health, research, science, Scientist, western canada

How History Can Help Your Science

December 2, 2019January 25, 2016

Putting your research field in context isn’t just about reading the latest journal articles, or searching out the seminal papers from the past few decades. … Read more

Tags Alexander von Humboldt, Andrea Wulf, Arctic, biography, Carl Linnaeus, Franklin, Fridtjof Nansen, Fritz Koerner, history, histsci, nonfiction, research, research context, science

On science being broken – and some ideas to help fix it

December 2, 2019June 18, 2015

I just had a two part blog series posted on the Canadian Science Publishing blog, looking at whether or not science is broken – and … Read more

Tags ethics, media, outreach, research, retractions, scicomm, science, science and the media, science communication, science culture

Fighting the War on Science Funding

December 2, 2019May 19, 2015

In case you hadn’t heard, American geoscientists are in a fight for their (funding) lives, as the Republican-dominated Congress moves to make drastic cuts to … Read more

Tags cdnpoli, cdnsci, funding, research, science policy, scipolicy

Bridging the communication gap: researchers vs. residents in environmental science

December 2, 2019January 18, 2015

In the far southwestern corner of Alberta, tucked up against the eastern flanks of the Rocky Mountains, is the Star Creek watershed. Seen from the … Read more

Tags Crowsnest Pass, environment, Environmental science, ethics, fish, forests, hydrology, logging, research, risk vs reward, scicomm, values

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

1000 Simple Words

December 2, 2019January 17, 2013
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Burned forest in Crowsnest Pass, southwestern Alberta

This is an impromptu blog post as part of the discussion going on over at Highly Allochthonous. Researchers are using this easy online text editor to describe their research in 1000 common words. The editor will squawk when you use a word that’s ‘un’ common (e.g., snow (!)).

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Tags 1000simplewords, research, science communication, science terminology, UpGoerFive

Ever notice how conferences are like high school?

December 2, 2019June 13, 2012

The past two weeks have been conference overload, so maybe this post arises from the inevitable post-conference brain scramble. But it’s an interesting analogy to … Read more

Tags academia, High school, research, Scientist
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