Tag Archives: media

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

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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

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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

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Quarterly Summary: Black Hole 2.0

Happy 2011 everyone – we hope you’ve all enjoyed 2010 and are looking forward to engaging you on many new (and old) issues in the coming year.  It’s been a great quarter for us with increased traffic despite a slightly … Continue reading

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Quarterly Summary: The One Year Anniversary

In light of the one year anniversary, we’ve decided to bring a little more organization to the quarterly summaries that will make a little more succinct, as their main purpose is to help the not-so-regular reader find the articles and links that might … Continue reading

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So, you want to be an Educator when you grow up…

If you’re in graduate school or beyond, you have a wealth of experience to draw upon when it comes to assessing quality of educators.  Some were engaging, inspiring, and really understood how to teach, others were boring, incomprehensible or simply … Continue reading

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So, you want to be a Science Writer when you grow up…

QUICK HIT: Exciting news from the fight for global access to medicines and health technology development – a new organization called Mind the Health Gap is working to bring researchers, developers, and advocates together to tackle the problems of technology … Continue reading

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Quarterly Summary: Guest bloggers and the road to solutions

Over the first six months of this site’s existence, a lot of virtual ink has been dedicated to highlighting the major concerns about the way we train scientists and how scientific information is communicated to the public and government. The … Continue reading

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Devils of Details: Getting Scientists to Understand How Policy Making Works

Yesterday I attended a panel discussion at Cambridge run by a group called the Centre for Science and Policy. It is part of a series of events designed to engage and unite those at the University who have an interest … Continue reading

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The Council of Canadian Academies – Thriving, Surviving, or Doomed to Fail?

Quick hit: 1. The Stem Cell Foundation has been nominated for a Webby – the Oscars of the Internet – in the category of Best Activism Website. It’s quite impressive that they were nominated as these are a big deal, … Continue reading

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