Connie Tang, Chemistry co-editor Stephen Heard is a professor of environmental ecology at the University of New Brunswick, although you may know him as Steve, the author of the science blog Scientist Sees Squirrel, which is this year’s winner for the Science Borealis and Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC) People’s Choice Award […]
Canadian science blogging
A Grab Bag of Surprises in General Science
by Brian Owens General Science subject editor Welcome to the General Science category on Science Borealis. This is the place where we put all of the blogs that defy categorization – or whose authors just can’t stick to one subject. In this category you’ll find a dose of every scientific subject, from astronomy to zoology, […]
Touched by Science
Kimberly Moynahan and Lisa Willemse, Science in Society co-editors We don’t often think about how scientific discovery impacts the things we do as we move through our daily lives. We tend to compartmentalize science as subjects taught as “physics” or “chemistry” in elementary and high school, or as a discipline you might study in […]
A new chapter in Canadian science blogging
After a year in the making, with an incredible team of volunteers plus support from both Canadian Science Publishing and Genome Alberta, Science Borealis is ready for launch! Friday, 22 November, marks the official launch date of our Canadian science blog aggregator, at the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Toronto. As part of a session […]