Lisa Willemse and Stephanne Taylor ** ** This post was a collaborative effort among the Science Borealis CSPC panelists Amelia Buchanan, Chris Buddle, Sabrina Doyle, Paul Dufour, and moderator Brian Owens and includes input from the session attendees. The Canadian Science Policy Conference, held in Ottawa on November 25-27 offered beleaguered scientists a refreshing and […]
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Who are science communicators? And a survey
Susan Vickers and Lisa Willemse, Communication, Education & Outreach co-editors Let’s begin by clearing up a small point of possible confusion. This post covers two different surveys: one happening now, and one conducted last year. The current one is the Science Borealis survey of blog readers, which Science Borealis is conducting in collaboration with Dr. […]
An invitation to join our #scicomm survey
Dear Science Borealis Member, Have you ever wondered who your blog readers are or where they come from? Do you sometimes suspect that we’re all just blogging to each other, shouting into a great big Canadian science blog echo chamber? Well we have too! And now we’re in a position to find some answers. We’ve […]
Canadian science communication anniversaries
by Brian Owens General Science subject editor There were two big anniversaries in Canadian science journalism this week: the Canadian Science Writers’ Association turned 45, and the CBC’s flagship science programme, Quirks and Quarks, turned 40. Andy Visser-deVries (the CSWA’s former executive director) has written a history of the founding of the organisation on the […]
How well do you know your audience?
Susan Vickers, Communication, Education & Outreach co-editor As a chemist passionate about outreach, I’ve spent a lot of time and effort trying to combat the public’s fear of chemicals, dubbed by chemists as “chemophobia.” It infuriates me when companies tout products as “chemical-free” (who wants to buy a vacuum?!), and am convinced that this has […]
