Audio Distancing: Dr OmiSoore Dryden

May 25, 2020 broadscience Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science, Multimedia

We chat to Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, James R. Johnston Chair of Black Canadian Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Dr. Dryden discusses how the ongoing disproportionate impact of COVID-19 within Black communities is rooted in a larger Canadian conversation about racism and data that is often dismissed. This interview is the first of a 2-part investigation on the lack of race-based data collection re:COVID19…

Sorting

May 24, 2020 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

I prefer to think of it as simply letting my desk settle into its most natural state: pure chaos.

#562 Superbug to Bedside

May 24, 2020 Rachelle Saunders General Science, Multimedia

By now we're all good and scared about antibiotic resistance, one of the many things coming to get us all. But there's good news, sort of. News antibiotics are coming out! How do they get tested? What does that kind of a trial look like and how does it happen? Host Bethany Brookeshire talks with Matt McCarthy, author of "Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic", about the ins and outs of testing a new…

Framing

May 21, 2020 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

Donâ€™t pretend you havenâ€™t arranged things!

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May 19, 2020 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

This is why your supervisor is confused that you are confused.

Audio Distancing: Dr. Samantha Yammine

May 18, 2020 broadscience Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science, Multimedia

We chat with Neuroscientist, #Scicommer and Digital Media Producer Dr. Samantha Yammine, known to thousands of her followers as Science Sam @heysciencesam How can we leverage social media to engage often forgotten audiences with vital information, while combatting misinformation thatâ€™s intrinsic to those platforms?

Drop

May 17, 2020 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

Ah, the realities of doing science (any almost any other kind of work).

#561 The Race to Identify All Living Things

May 17, 2020 Rachelle Saunders General Science, Multimedia

This week on Science for the People, we're diving into the world of DNA barcoding. We speak with Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph, about the International Barcode of Life. And we discuss how you can contribute to the field of DNA barcoding with Sujeevan Ratnasingham, Associate Director of Informatics and Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics at the University of…

A.I.

May 14, 2020 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

â€œOh, and Iâ€™ll cover my bases at the beginning by asking for a thousand more wishes!â€

Correcting

May 12, 2020 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

The variety among teachers for getting assignments and tests back is remarkable. My supervisor would get our final exams corrected and our grades posted on the same day as the exam, while others try to get as cozy as they can with the deadline.

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Audio Distancing: Dr OmiSoore Dryden

Sorting

#562 Superbug to Bedside

Framing

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Audio Distancing: Dr. Samantha Yammine

Drop

#561 The Race to Identify All Living Things

A.I.

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