Week 2 has been an exciting one for our “Reflections: 100 Voices for Canadian Science Communication” campaign. You all are making our Twitter stream and the #scicomm100 hashtag burn up with re-Tweets and chatter! And you’ve have hit our Facebook page with more activity than ever. Thank you to everyone who’s jumped on board with […]
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Voices for Canadian #Scicomm100 – Weekly Recap: Sep. 6 -9, 2016
This week marked the beginning of our “Reflections: 100 Voices for Canadian Science Communication” campaign, where we’re sharing 100 quotes from Canadian scientists, artists, and thinkers about what science communication means to them. The response thus far has been phenomenal and we want to maintain this momentum. We’re excited not only to share these #scicomm100 […]
We’re Live! Reflections: 100 Voices for Canadian Science Communication
Image credit: Jen Burgess Today Science Borealis launches Reflections: 100 Voices for Canadian Science Communication! On Twitter and through Facebook we will be promoting a rich and varied conversation about science communication in Canada. Over the next 50 days, you can find out what 100 scientists, journalists, policy makers, communications specialists, government leaders, and artists […]
Evidence-based endorsements: let’s put celebrity culture to good use
Catherine Lau and Joelle Thorpe, Biology & Life Science co-editors Like it or not, we all fall victim to celebrity clickbait. Whether we praise them or roll our eyes at their absurd behaviour, we cannot dismiss the impact that celebrities have on public opinion, especially on public health. Celebrities can heavily influence our health-related behaviour, […]
Open Access: Business or Pleasure?
Katrina Wong and Robert Gooding-Townsend, Science in Society co-editors How can scientists make their findings freely available in a timely fashion? Why is the current method of information dissemination so bloated and outdated? How can it be fixed? Whose interests should science serve? These are the questions being raised by the Open Access movement. Simply […]
