The Latest on Bark! Fest, the Book Festival for Animal Lovers, and the Panel Recordings Coming Soon

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 Zazie Todd Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

Lovely feedback on Bark! Fest and an update on when to expect the recordings.By Zazie Todd, PhDThis page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you.Bark! Fest, the book festival for animal lovers, took place online in September 2024 and I thought it was amazing....

Pain avoidance

November 7, 2024 Raymond Nakamura Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia

Three years ago

November 7, 2024 Various bloggers Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

Parmin Sedigh is an undergraduate student who is passionate about the stem cell field and science communication. You can find her on LinkedIn and @ParminSedigh, or view her portfolio website. Three years ago, I wrote a blog post for Signals on why I’m passionate about stem cells and science communication as a high school student, and...

Restoring Waterways at Black Bay

November 7, 2024 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

Reflections from NCC intern Hannah Terejko on a summer spent in Northern Ontario working on stewardship and restoring a waterway.

Divergence

November 6, 2024 Raymond Nakamura Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia

Writing the Essay

November 6, 2024 Sarah Boon Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

I’ve just started using Scrivener, and have a section in my project for my next book that lists the books I want to read and has sections where I can make notes about what I learned from each book and quotes I could pull from. The project is set up in such a way that...

Meet Me at NCTE!

November 6, 2024 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Happy I Read Canadian Day, everybody! If you’re not familiar, today is the day we celebrate Canadian stories by reading a Canadian book for 15 minutes. All forms of reading count, and you certainly don’t have to stop after 15 minutes. Goodness knows I never do! This year, I’m celebrating I Read Canadian Day with...

Want to do a PhD on killer whales? Start by narrowing your research niche

November 5, 2024 Anaïs Remili Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

So, you have finished your undergraduate or master’s in marine science and set your heart on pursuing a PhD working on a charismatic cetacean species. Whether it’s the killer whale, the beluga, or another species at risk, you would like to find a cool research project, study your dream species, and make a difference. The...

Asymmetry

November 5, 2024 Raymond Nakamura Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia

ChatGPT has become Nickelback

November 5, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

In our new book on teaching and mentoring scientific writing, we’ve included a chapter considering the use of so-called “AI” tools in scientific writing. (“AI” writing tools such as ChatGPT are better called LLMs, or “large language models”, and I’ll make that switch right now.) It’s an unavoidable topic these days; students are using LLMs...

Biology and Life Sciences

The Latest on Bark! Fest, the Book Festival for Animal Lovers, and the Panel Recordings Coming Soon

Pain avoidance

Three years ago

Restoring Waterways at Black Bay

Divergence

Writing the Essay

Meet Me at NCTE!

Want to do a PhD on killer whales? Start by narrowing your research niche

Asymmetry

ChatGPT has become Nickelback

Blogging from Canadian Perspectives

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