By: Joelle Thorpe, Ph.D., Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellow  The views expressed herein are those of Dr. Thorpe and are not necessarily shared by any organizations with which she is affiliated. The Government of Canada clearly understands the importance of innovation. In fact, the word “innovation” itself appears more than 250 times in Budget 2017—not an easy feat considering the document, released on March 22, is a mere 280 pages in length. It is true,…

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By Sarah Boon, Ph.D. This post is part of an ongoing series by Sarah Boon celebrating Canadian women in science. Read through the archive to learn more about the women shaping science in Canada. Caroline Fox didn’t plan to become a scientist. In fact, as a child she wanted to be a musician, an astronaut, or a firefighter. “I work with quite a few people who’ve wanted to be marine biologists since they were children,” she…

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The Editor’s Choice this month in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism features two studies by researchers from Wilfred Laurier University’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Senior author Dr. Tom Hazell explains why the duration of sprint interval training matters. By: Tom Hazell, Ph.D. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that physical inactivity is linked to many chronic diseases. Despite this information, most people still fail to achieve adequate amounts of physical activity. Although the reason for this…

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By: Natalie Sopinka  Where you find a fish, you also find a fish’s habitat.  You can find rockfish among British Columbia’s kelp forests. You can find speckled lake trout cruising in the expansive Laurentian Great Lakes. You can find masses of spawning capelin along Newfoundland’s pebbled shorelines. You can find Arctic grayling in Yukon’s frigid rivers and Arctic cod in the Northwest Passages. If a fish’s habitat is destroyed, will you still find the fish? …

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By Erin Zimmerman, Ph.D. “Scientific literacy must include the ability to recognize publishing fraud.” – Jeffrey Beall, Nature (2012) 489(7415):179 By the time you reach the point in your career when you're deciding which journals your work gets submitted to, you've probably at least heard the risks associated with predatory publishers. But as the scams get ever more convincing, it's important to fully educate yourself. Predatory publishers present themselves as legitimate journals, claiming to provide peer review…

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