Raymond Nakamura and Lisa Willemse, Multimedia co-editors Chinese New Year gives us a second chance to re-make resolutions that may have dissolved since last month. Here are some of our resolutions for becoming better multimedia editors (if such a thing is possible!) for Science Borealis, inspired by posts in our category. Be more organized Our […]
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Twelve days of solstice
Lisa Willemse and Raymond Nakamura, Multimedia co-editors ‘Tis the season to recognize the end of one year and the start of another. Whether you see this as an astronomical phenomenon, religious holiday, secular break, or something in between, light is often part of the celebration: an earlier dawn, candles, or strings of colourful LEDs. All […]
How we do science communication: survey results
Lisa Willemse and Catherine Anderson, Communication, Education & Outreach co-editors In our last editorial, we discussed a report by the Council of Canadian Academies that labeled science culture as “underdeveloped” in English Canada. This gap appears to be rich in opportunity for Canadian science bloggers and other creators of science communications. But those of us […]
Lights, camera, science video
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 […]
Filling the science gap: What kind of online outreach do you engage in?
Lisa Willemse and Catherine Anderson, Communication, Education & Outreach co-editors At the end of August, the Council of Canadian Academies released a report on the state of Canadian science culture. Despite the finding that “general coverage of science in Canada in the English-language media appears comparatively underdeveloped”, they also found that “Canadians have positive […]