Lisa Willemse and Catherine Anderson, Communication, Education & Outreach co-editors If you’re reading this blog post, then chances are good that you’re familiar with Science Borealis. You may know that there are 100-odd blogs on this network, and that a good number of them are written by researchers or students in one of many […]
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Creative credit: media use across the web
Raymond Nakamura and Lisa Willemse, Multimedia subject editors When we started thinking about this post, Lisa noted that there’s been a lot of chatter about credit for photographers and artists in blog posts, such as the ongoing discussion about Canadian-based I Fucking Love Science and its inconsistent practice of not acknowledging sources. Not only that, […]
The Canadians invade ScienceOnline…!
by Science Borealis team members: Jenny Ryan (Canadian Science Publishing), Lisa Willemse (Stem Cell Network), Mike Spear (Genome Alberta) …Though, to be fair, we weren’t the only ones. People travel from all over the world to attend what has become an international coming “Together” of science communicators. ScienceOnline is an annual conference – now in […]
Getting a scientific edge on Olympic competition
Kimberly Moynahan and Lisa Willemse, Science in Society co-editors Love ‘em or hate ‘em, no sporting event captures the world’s attention quite like the Olympics. Whether you’re boycotting the games in support of LGBT issues, or clinging to the edge of your chair with every clap of a speed skater’s blade, the Olympics are virtually […]
The multimedia is the multifaceted message
Raymond Nakamura and Lisa Willemse, Multimedia co-editors ‘Multimedia’ almost sounds like a quaint term from the time before the Internet, when you might do a slide presentation accompanied by music on your ghetto blaster. These days, however, many things seem to fit the multimedia moniker. Most of the Science Borealis subject categories are defined by […]