by Stacey Johnson | Dec 15, 2017
If I say the names Kirsty Duncan, Mona Nemer, Julie Payette and Molly Shoichet, what comes to mind? There are many ways to answer that question, of course, but the answer I’m looking for is that they are all female scientists or engineers who hold significant...
by Stacey Johnson | Dec 1, 2017
Eleven months in to 2017, I’m confident you’ve heard of Canada 150: a government-led initiative to celebrate and recognize Canada’s “150th” year – that number is widely disputed by the way. If Canada 150 does not sound familiar, you can find information and...
by Stacey Johnson | Nov 17, 2017
Timothy Caulfield is a crusader against pseudoscience and “scienceploitation” as he likes to call the field of exploiting science for marketing purposes. He was one of the speakers in a lunch time panel, at the recent Till & McCulloch Meetings, on ethical,...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 6, 2017
Do you recognize the name Timothy Caulfield? How about if I tell you that he took on Gwyneth Paltrow and her Goop empire in his popular 2015 book Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? Caulfield is a professor of health law and science policy at the University of...
by Stacey Johnson | Sep 8, 2017
I was on a Toronto subway this week and saw a woman wearing a button with #ILookLikeAnEngineer (see image right). Having blogged about this topic myself in 2015 and also having featured the blog of a female engineer sharing her thoughts, I was pleased to see...
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