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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

Finding Your Niche

December 2, 2019September 12, 2018

I have a friend, Kim Moynahan, whom I’ve only met in person once way back in 2013. We communicate on email and Slack, we work … Read more

Tags book review, empowerment, essay, expert, friends, interpreter, memoir, mental health, mental illness, museums, niche, reporting, scicomm, science borealis, science communication, women in academia, writing

Building Community from the Ground Up

December 2, 2019September 10, 2016

Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m deeply interested in the question of community: what it is, how you build it, and how … Read more

Tags Banff, community, Cynthia Barnett, kindness, nature writing, online community, science borealis, science communication, science writing, trust, writing

The Joys of Volunteering

December 2, 2019July 31, 2016

Last week I had a guest post up on the Canadian Science Publishing blog about volunteering for your scientific society. Based on my own experience … Read more

Tags Board of Directors, Canadian Science Publishing, cdnsci, scicomm, science borealis, science communication, volunteering

Federal Funding for Canadian Scicomm?

December 2, 2019July 18, 2016

Last week my colleague Pascal Lapointe (Agence Science-Presse) and I had a post up on the Science Borealis blog suggesting that the federal government’s review … Read more

Tags cdnsci, journalism, NSERC, outreach, Pascal Lapointe, scicomm, science, science borealis, science communication, science funding

Sea level rise in Canada

December 2, 2019May 1, 2016

Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog post for Science Borealis with my co-editor in the Earth & Environmental Science subject category, Sri Ray-Chauduri. A … Read more

Tags Antarctica, coastal change, coastal communities, ice sheets, nature, oceans, science borealis, sea level rise

Communicating science and ocean currents – an interesting mix

December 2, 2019April 20, 2015

This week I had a couple of guest posts at Canadian Science Publishing and on Science Borealis. 1. Scientists Must Communicate! But How? This post … Read more

Tags Canadian Science Publishing, climate, climate change, Earth Day, Earth Week, ocean-atmosphere interactions, oceans, scicomm, science borealis, science communication, weather

Mount Polley mine disaster: redux

December 2, 2019December 14, 2014

Science Borealis is holding a blog carnival to celebrate their first anniversary, with bloggers writing about the most important story in their field for 2014. … Read more

Tags BC, blog carnival, Canadian science, environment, Environmental science, fish, mining, Mount Polley, politics, Quesnel, science borealis, scipolicy, water

Taking a Moment to Breathe – and Think

December 2, 2019November 21, 2013

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

Tags Canadian Science Policy Conference, cdnpoli, iPolitics, science borealis, scipolicy, taking a break

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
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