A new and improved Science Borealis: members, bylaws, and sponsorship
by Sarah Boon, Editorial Manager Last Thursday, February 26th, marked an important milestone for Science Borealis, as we held our first Members’ Meeting via conference call. You’ll recall back in...
View ArticleIt’s Earth Week! Have you thought about our oceans lately?
By Sarah Boon & Sri Ray-Chauduri Earth & Environmental Science subject editors Earth Day falls on April 22 this year, and in celebration many organizations are dedicating this entire week to...
View ArticleWater problems in water-rich Canada
by Sarah Boon Earth & Environmental Sciences subject editor Western Canada has been experiencing unprecedented warm and dry conditions this year, leading to drought conditions across the region....
View ArticleHappy Earth Science Week!
by Sri Ray-Chauduri and Sarah Boon Earth & Environmental Science subject editors To celebrate Earth Science Week, we’ve rounded up our top ten earth & environmental science news stories from...
View ArticleAre fossil fuels really worth it?
By Sarah Boon, Earth & Environmental Science Editor Fossil fuels are of huge benefit to society—many would argue that life as we know it could grind to a halt in their absence. However, the...
View ArticleWorking with sea level rise, not against it
by Sarah Boon & Sri Ray-Chauduri Earth & Environmental Science subject editors At almost 240,000 km, Canada has the longest coastline in the world. Over seven million Canadians live in coastal...
View ArticleNorthern Alberta Wildfires
by Sarah Boon (Co-founder and Management Team; Earth & Environmental Science subject editor) By now most of us have seen the images and heard the stories: a city of over 88,000 people forced to...
View ArticleCanadian Science Funding Review Should Include Science Communication
by Sarah Boon (Science Borealis Management Team) & Pascal Lapointe (Agence Science-Presse) What would happen to Canadian science and science culture if federal research funding included support for...
View ArticleVoices for Canadian #Scicomm100 – Weekly Wrap Up and Announcement!
This wraps up Week 7 and what a great week it’s been. Look at the fabulous support we’re getting! #Scientists: Let @ScienceBorealis know your thoughts on #sciencecommunication; join the conversation...
View ArticleCanadian science needs more than funding: it needs public champions
by Dr. Sarah Boon, Science Borealis co-founder and Board of Directors member Two reviews of Canadian science were released recently: the Naylor Report and the Global Young Academy report. While both...
View ArticleScience communications and science literacy: an evening in Victoria, B.C.
On Friday, September 22, Science Borealis partnered with the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC), Vancouver’s Curiosity Collider, and the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) for an evening of science...
View ArticleMeet the Science Borealis team with #SciBorSelfies!
This year, Science Borealis celebrates our 4th anniversary by paying tribute to our amazing team of volunteers! These are the folks who do the hard work every day to keep things running. We had each...
View ArticleClimate change, fire, and their implications for species
by Tanya Samman & Alina Fisher, Environmental and Earth Sciences Co-editors The role of fire in forest ecosystems Forest fires are powerful and devastating. But they are also necessary for the...
View ArticleBuilding Indigenous relations in an Age of Reconciliation
Sarah Boon, Science Borealis Core Team member On Saturday, November 17, Science Borealis co-hosted a workshop on Building Indigenous Relations in an Age of Reconciliation in Victoria, BC. The workshop...
View ArticleCanadian science needs more than funding: it needs public champions
by Dr. Sarah Boon, Science Borealis co-founder and Board of Directors member Two reviews of Canadian science were released recently: the Naylor Report and the Global Young Academy report. While both...
View ArticleScience communications and science literacy: an evening in Victoria, B.C.
On Friday, September 22, Science Borealis partnered with the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC), Vancouver’s Curiosity Collider, and the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) for an evening of science...
View ArticleMeet the Science Borealis team with #SciBorSelfies!
This year, Science Borealis celebrates our 4th anniversary by paying tribute to our amazing team of volunteers! These are the folks who do the hard work every day to keep things running. We had each...
View ArticleClimate change, fire, and their implications for species
by Tanya Samman & Alina Fisher, Environmental and Earth Sciences Co-editors The role of fire in forest ecosystems Forest fires are powerful and devastating. But they are also necessary for the...
View ArticleBuilding Indigenous relations in an Age of Reconciliation
Sarah Boon, Science Borealis Core Team member On Saturday, November 17, Science Borealis co-hosted a workshop on Building Indigenous Relations in an Age of Reconciliation in Victoria, BC. The workshop...
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