‘We Don’t Just Need Happy Stories’
Stories allow us to witness, experience and have conversations. How can they help reframe our discussions of illness and marginalized people? Get the full story ‘We Don’t Just Need Happy Stories’
Communication, Education and Outreach
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Alberta Palaeontology, a Summary
Alberta, more than any other part of Canada, is renowned for its dinosaur fossil record. In fact, it's one of the top places in the world to find dinosaur bones, a fact that too often escapes many citizens of the province who take it for granted.When it comes to the science of vertebrate palaeontology in...
A Look Underwater That Changed Everything
Aquatic mammals (such as whales) descended from land creatures that headed back into the sea. How did evolution allow such a transition? Get the full story A Look Underwater That Changed Everything
Karen Autio: I Can, Too! – Book Highlights Adaptive Inventions That Allow Inclusion
Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Karen Autio. Take it away, Karen! My daughter opened my eyes and heart to the world of disabilities. Annaliis was born with spina bifida and used a wheelchair from preschool onward. It was a great joy to see kids...
It’s tough to be tiny—or is it??
by Kim Woolcock Growing up, I was always the shortest person in my class. I was guaranteed to lose games of Keep Away. I could never reach the top shelf. And the basketball hoop seemed to be infinitely farther away from me than from other kids (OK, maybe there were other factors in my lack...
Special Issue: Mobile Applications For Environment And Health Monitoring
I’m happy to announce that I will be guest editing a special issue for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health along with Dr. Jarrett Phillips. For this special issue, we are seeking papers that explore all aspects of mobile application development for environment and health monitoring, including papers that describe design processes,Continue...
Planetary Defense wins the Best Project Award, Gold Medal, Excellence in Astronomy and other awards at the Canada Wide Science Fair 2022
Arushi Nath. Grade 7. Toronto. This year the 60th annual Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF) was hosted virtually in Fredericton, New Brunswick, from May 13 -19, 2022. Over 350 finalists from all parts of Canada participated in the prestigious national-level science fair. My project “Strengthening Planetary Defense: Detecting Unknown Asteroids using Open Data, Math, and...
Dear Students Of Fall 2022
In a few short weeks, students will return to campuses across the country. And while I’m sure there is a lot of excitement about the return, I think it’s important to consider the situation in which this return will happen. The COVID-19 pandemic is not over, monkeypox is spreading quickly across the globe, and theContinue...
