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Let’s be astonished that we get to criticize vaccine rollouts

Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science
Either yesterday or today, the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered globally will have passed 200 million. Some countries, like Israel and the UK, are quite far along; others haven’t yet started; and it’s fair to argue that the developing world is spending too much effort worrying about its own citizens and not enough developing […]

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Night owls or early birds: how being active at different times of day allows wildlife to coexist with people

Science Borealis General Science
Alina C. Fisher and Tanya Samman, Environmental and Earth Sciences co-editors   While looking out your office (or home office) window, do you give any thought to wildlife? Many city dwellers may not think about wildlife often during a regular day. We don’t see bison roaming our city streets or cougars in the trees of […]

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This is Why … Campfire Smoke Follows You Around

jomeara Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science, Physics and Astronomy
They said someday you’ll findAll who love are blindWhen your heart’s on fireYou must realizeSmoke gets in your eyesJerome Kern and Otto Harbach, 1933 (“Watching the Campfire” by Mr Moss is licensed under CC BY 2.0) Despite legions of campers swearing to the contrary, campfire smoke does NOT actually follow you around like your friend’s labrador retriever who really, really, really wants that wiener you just roasted. Of course, if there was no wind, if there were no complex…

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CMN Co-Research Director Norma Kassi Awarded Arctic Inspiration Prize

Chenoa Sly Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science
Norma Kassi, CMN Co-Research Director and Recipient of the 2020 Arctic Inspiration Prize Canadian Mountain Network (CMN) Co-Research Director, Norma Kassi, has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP) for her project in Northern Canada, which will train Indigenous youth in Indigenous-led conservation and stewardship. The AIP is the largest annual prize in Canada and provides seed-funding to initiatives by Northerners for Northerners. The prize recognizes Northern innovation and excellence and encourages teamwork…

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Yellow Cedar Book Talks: Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance

L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science
The Boreal Forest: A Year in the World’s Largest Land Biome, has been nominated for a Yellow Cedar Award in the 2021 Forest of Reading! I am both thrilled and honoured to be in such great company, so I’ve created a series of video book talks to celebrate the work of my fellow nonfiction kidlit authors and – hopefully – to inspire readers like you to discover their work.  Today, we’re discussing Powwow: A Celebration…

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What Happened to Vera Vixen?

Sci/Why Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science
 What Happened to Vera Vixen?by Nina Munteanu  It’s late December in the old-growth riparian forest of Jackson Creek, Ontario. A light snow is falling on the cedars and pines. My footfalls crunch over a frozen sponge of litter and loam as I maneuver around large boulder erratics and tall cedars trees that creak and sway in the brisk winter wind. I head down the slope to the creek which gurgles and chortles. Occasionally, the ice…

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What Happened to Vera Vixen?

Sci/Why Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science
 What Happened to Vera Vixen?by Nina Munteanu  It’s late December in the old-growth riparian forest of Jackson Creek, Ontario. A light snow is falling on the cedars and pines. My footfalls crunch over a frozen sponge of litter and loam as I maneuver around large boulder erratics and tall cedars trees that creak and sway in the brisk winter wind. I head down the slope to the creek which gurgles and chortles. Occasionally, the ice…

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The START Study: Improving red blood cell use in Canadian hospitals

Jenny Ryan Biology and Life Sciences, General Science, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science
The START Study: Improving red blood cell use in Canadian hospitals Transfusion Blood Thursday, February 18, 2021 Amie T. Kron This post's author, Amie T. Kron, is the clinical research coordinator in transfusion medicine at Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, Ont. The University of Toronto QUEST program is a research collaborative supported by Canadian Blood Services, At the University of Toronto, a focus of the QUEST research program is improving transfusion care by ensuring that blood…

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