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Canadian Women Experts and COVID-19

April 16, 2020April 15, 2020

Women are instrumental in Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags COVID-19, expert, pandemic, policy, public health, women, women in science, womeninSTEM

Results of My Blogging Experiment

December 2, 2019November 8, 2018

What it was like to blog every day for a week, and what it means for my future blogging.

Tags blogging, conversations, experiment, literature, mental health, mentoring, mentors, Nobel Prize, photography, quotes, reading, scicomm, traffic, women in science, womeninSTEM

Another Week, Another Post

December 2, 2019October 10, 2018

The week has gone by in a blur and I have no scintillating ideas to explore as I’ve used them all up. Though what often … Read more

Tags book review, cdnsci, climate change, diversity, equity, inclusion, IPCC, Nobel Prize, physics, science, Strumia, womeninSTEM

A few last words before my blog hiatus

December 2, 2019December 13, 2017

*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

Tags #wordsmatter, Christmas, citizen science, climate change, community science, disability, editing, equity, fake news, language, mental health, scicomm, science communication, science literacy, spoonie, womeninSTEM

Wednesday on the Web – 2 August Edition

December 2, 2019August 2, 2017

What?? It’s August already? Where is the summer going?? Here on Vancouver Island we’re on our 46th day without rain, and are in the middle … Read more

Tags bcecon, bcwildfires, Canada150, cdnsci, diversity, drought, economy, gender, heatwave, maps, mentalhealth, mentalillness, outdoors, scicomm, timber, weather, wildfire, womeninSTEM, writing

Catching Up

December 2, 2019May 29, 2017

So in my last post I wrote that – as much as I might like to – I wouldn’t be able to attend Frances Peck’s … Read more

Tags blogging, book review, conservation, CSP, editing, Lab Girl, professional development, womeninSTEM, writing

Talking to Interesting People

December 2, 2019February 10, 2017

I just had an article published in Terrain.org: Journal of the Built + Natural Environments. It’s a Q&A with Margo Farnsworth, a fellow nature writer … Read more

Tags community, conversation, environment, interview, introvert, nature writers, place, Q&A, women in science, womeninSTEM
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What are "ecosystem services" and why do they matter? The intrepid @IvanSemeniuk... explains (with help from @Aerin_J and @ElenaBennett ) https://t.co/l4Uqpc1xTR

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With planet’s future on the line, scientists seek a full accounting of nature’s assets /via @globeandmail https://t.co/AVmyKP2S6K

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We're working on a history of the Canadian Science Writers Association, now the ... @SWC_Can, and there are a number of our members from the 60s through early 90s that we don't have photos of. Anyone want to help chase down photos? It's all volunteer, but work with a fun team.

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This is a big week at The Story Collider! Did you see we just announced a new ... two-year Science Advisory Fellowship? Learn more about the Fellowship here: https://t.co/z92h1pjg2G

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