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Category Archives: Science Communication
Who do universities want to hire – scientists or politicians?
In his article The Vanishing Voter, Harvard professor Thomas Patterson makes a statement about modern political campaigns that made me a little nauseous: Ambition, manipulation, and deception have become as prominent as issues of policy and leadership You might scoff at … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Canada, CIHR, degrees, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Jobs, life choices, money, NSERC, PDF, Peer Review, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, publications, scholarship, Science, science and society, scientist metric, selling science, SSHRC, Training, University
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Science in the federal government
Two recent news stories: 1. Ottawa silences scientist over West Coast salmon study “Top bureaucrats in Ottawa have muzzled a leading fisheries scientist whose discovery could help explain why salmon stocks have been crashing off Canada’s West Coast, according to … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Canada, federal government, federal government jobs, Government, Jobs, Policy, science and society, science communication
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Quick Hit: Representin’ at the Northern Voice Blogging Conference
I’m at the Northern Voice blogging conference today. I usually attend this conference as a personal blogger, but today I’m also going to be sitting on a panel of science bloggers, representing The Black Hole: The Naked Truth: Canadian Science … Continue reading
Posted in Science Communication
Tagged media, northernvoice, nv11, science and society, science communication
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Bold New Toppings: A closer look at the Council of Canadian Academies 3 year plan
Quick Hits: During election season, I thought it important to encourage all of our readers to get out and vote, especially those from the 18-24 age group. Even if you feel frustrated with the current lot of parties and MPs, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Canada, Council of Canadian Academies, Government, Insight and Impact, knowledge translation, media, money, national academy of sciences, non-academic jobs, Policy, postacademic jobs, Rob Annan, royal society, Science, science and society, science communication, science literacy, science outreach, University
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Quarterly Summary: Expanding our Reach
This quarter, both Beth and Dave have made efforts to bring the Black Hole out of e-space and into the new territory. Firstly, a panel organised by science blogger Maryse de la Giroday at Frogheart.ca will feature Beth at Northern … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial, General, Jobs, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Cambridge, Canada, CAPS, CIHR, degrees, education, faculty of 1000, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Health on the Hill, life choices, Marianne Stanford, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, Stem Cells, Summary, Sustainable Lab, taxes, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Quick Hit: Dissertation Haiku
This blog posting is something a little different than our usual blog fare here on The Black Hole, but something I thought might be of interest to our readers: a chance to publish your dissertation – in haiku form! A … Continue reading
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Tagged dissertation, haiku, PhD, science blogs, science communication
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Science and Media Collide… in a good way.
I just had a pair of new students start under my supervision in the lab and I decided to try something new. Along with the standard “who’s who in the lab” and “here are a few good reviews and papers … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science Communication
Tagged Alexey Bersenev, animated science videos, Brett Finlay, Cambridge, Canada, cancer stem cells, Daniel Pink, education, Employment, Erika Check Hayden, George Daley, Government, Graduate Student, Hans Clevers, Leonard ZOn, media, new PhD students, non-academic jobs, PhD, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, science literacy, science outreach, Sir Ken Robinson, talks.cam.ac.uk, The Lab, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Publicscience.ca
Recently a new website – publicscience.ca – launched by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada came onto my radar in the form of this news story: Science undermined by politics: federal union. From the article: “The site aims … Continue reading
Thoughts on Including Design as a Discipline within Interdisciplinarity
I had two experiences this week that got me thinking about the potential benefits of scientists working with designers. First was when I received the proofs of an evaluation report that I’d written – since the report was to be … Continue reading
Not Linear
I had to create a presentation for a meeting at work and decided to try out Prezi, a new online presentation software that helps you to think about giving presentations differently than you would with PowerPoint. Unlike PowerPoint, which is … Continue reading
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Tagged math, Prezi, science communication, science education, science literacy, science outreach, teaching, Training
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