Finding Your Niche
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
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On Claiming Your PhD
I didn’t attend my PhD convocation. I barely finished the degree itself, as I was struck by a deep depression in my last year of … Read more
Communicating Scientific Results to Local Communities: BC Floods 2018
The top disaster news in the past few weeks has been major flooding in communities across Canada. From New Brunswick to Alberta and British Columbia, … Read more
Writing a Book (Part 2)
The past few months have been pretty busy. Then suddenly it all stopped, with the exception of one book review for Science. As I wrote … Read more
Are You Self-Promoting or Bragging?: Balancing Your Exterior and Interior Lives
Earlier this year, American writer Dani Shapiro published a piece at LitHub about balancing social media and writing. She recounts how she sent out a … Read more
What motivates us to act on climate: fear or hope?
Climate change communication is often characterized by either doom and gloom or unrealistic optimism. Which is more effective in getting people to act? Tone is … Read more
A few last words before my blog hiatus
*Edited Dec 13 to add link to post on Bernadette Conant, CEO of Canadian Water Network. *Edited Dec 14 to add link to Editors BC … Read more
#WordsMatter: Language in Science Communication
As I’ve been writing my recent blog posts about science communication, I’ve run across a number of terms that are key to science communication, though … Read more
Wednesday on the Web – 22 Nov Edition
Lately I’ve been writing a full blog post every Wednesday, but this week I came across so many interesting topics that I’ve decided to go … Read more
Science Writing: Behind the Scenes
Last week I published an article in Nature. Ha, I’ll bet you thought I meant a scientific article in the prestigious journal, Nature. Nope. I … Read more
