Mahtab Narsimhan: The Boy and the Banyan Tree – A Story About Gratitude and Giving Back

September 29, 2023 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Mahtab Narsimhan. Take it away, Mahtab! Who is the tree in your life? And whom will you be a tree to? There are many people in our lives, family, friends, teachers, and mentors, who nurture us and make us...

Canadian Blood Services research collaborate with BEST to understand how donor age impacts red blood cell quality

September 26, 2023 Jenny Ryan Biology and Life Sciences, General Science, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

Canadian Blood Services research collaborate with BEST to understand how donor age impacts red blood cell quality Transfusion Blood Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Dr. Travis Sztainert In the realm of medical advancements, innovations which improve blood donation are not just interesting discoveries but can have an immense impact. Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions can be...

#634 Back to the future

September 25, 2023 Rachelle Saunders General Science, Multimedia

We all know that climate change is coming for us. It's already here. But it's really, really hard to change people's actions, especially when those actions don't benefit the here and now, but matter most for the future. They require long views of time, the ability to not just imagine, but to care about people...

Tipping Towards Fall: The Autumnal Equinox

September 23, 2023 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Science Literacy Week is almost over – almost, but not quite! There’s still time to get some free science-y goodness in your life, so hop on over to the Science Literacy Week website to learn about last-minute events happening near you. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today marks another ending… it’s the...

Summer internship focuses on strategies to increase diversity in the stem cell registry

September 21, 2023 Jenny Ryan Biology and Life Sciences, General Science, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

Summer internship focuses on strategies to increase diversity in the stem cell registry Stem Cells Transfusion Thursday, September 21, 2023 Awa Diagne Awa Diagne, a Loran scholar and research assistant at Canadian Blood Services, contributed to a project called “Piloting and evaluating a community-led strategy for diversifying the stem cell registry” as part of a...

Useful ambiguity in academic employment

September 19, 2023 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

It came up again the other day in my social media, as it does regularly: the argument over whether or not we (academics) get paid to peer review. Folks were, as always, in high dudgeon. This argument comes up frequently (sometimes, I feed it myself), with a large fraction of academics insisting it’s a scandal...

Happy Science Literacy Week! And Also, What IS Science, Anyway?

September 18, 2023 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

It’s the most, wonderful tiiiiiime of the year – at least, if you’re a science person! It’s Science Literacy Week! If you’re not familiar, Science Literacy Week is an annual, national celebration of all things science. Universities, libraries, and other organizations all across Canada are offering FREE STEM EVENTS for all ages. Hop on over...

Young Canadians Have a Burning Desire to Relocate

September 14, 2023 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

This horrendous wildfire season has left Canadians with a gloomy outlook, particularly those between the ages of 18 and 34. Get the full story Young Canadians Have a Burning Desire to Relocate

SRC helps move helium forward in Saskatchewan

September 14, 2023September 16, 2023 Saskatchewan Research Council Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science, Technology and Engineering

With Canada’s most significant helium reserves found in southwestern Saskatchewan, the province has the potential to be a leader in helium production. Learn about the findings from a report SRC developed to investigate the potential of building a helium liquification hub in the province.

#633 An Ice History

September 14, 2023 Rachelle Saunders General Science, Multimedia

Ice is one of those invisible little gears of the modern, westernized world. We don't notice it when we have it, and as soon as we can't get it we find ourselves desperate to get it back. It wasn't always like this: ice started as a luxury of more northern climates, and the story of...

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