Raymond Nakamura and Lisa Willemse, Multimedia co-editors *Revised 29 Sep 2014 to include previous film award won by Suraaj Aulakh. Anyone with a mobile phone can shoot a science video and put it on YouTube, just like anyone with a computer can write a science blog. There’s a difference, however, between just creating content, and […]
Pascal Lapointe and Karine Morin, Science Policy co-editors The discovery of one of the long-lost Franklin ships is surely big news, archaeologically speaking. But it is also highly political. Not simply because Franklin is used as a symbol of Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic, but also in the context of what has happened in recent […]
Stephanne Taylor, Math & Statistics editor We’re looking for a Math and Stats editor! If you’re interested in joining the editorial team or know of someone who may be interested, please get in touch with us. —- In the meantime, here’s some good reading from the Math and Stats section. Data analysis is all the […]
Pascal Lapointe and Karine Morin, Science Policy co-editors In early August, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development (DFATD) announced that Canada would provide $3.6 million dollars to both the World Health Organization (WHO) and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to help the international Ebola effort. This was not the first Canadian contribution; […]
By Hannah Hoag Health, Medicine and Veterinary Sciences subject editor Ebola rivets the attention and incites panic. It is cruel to those it infects. Nearly 2,300 people have died from the virus in the current outbreak in West Africa, and the WHO has warned that as many as 20,000 people could become infected before the […]
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