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INTERVIEWS

Fact-Checking Help from Readers: A Conversation with Ann Patchett on “The Dutch House”. LA Review of Books, 12 Nov, 2019
Glass Act. Nature 575 (250), doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-03367-w. 6 Nov 2019
Ann Patchett Gets Inside a Man’s Head. Electric Literature, 24 Sep 2019.
Nowhere to Hide When the Fire Comes Next. Earth Island Journal, 16 April, 2019.
Exploring Urban Wildlife: Five Questions for Gavin Van Horn. Undark, 15 Mar 2019
Life After Death: A Conversation with Tessa Hadley. The Rumpus, 14 Jan 2019.
‘In a Marriage, You Grow Around Each Other’: An Interview with Tessa Hadley. Longreads, 14 Jan 2019.
On History, Marriage, and Politics: A Q-and-A with Barbara Kingsolver. LA Review of Books, 3 Dec 2018.
‘I’ve Always Been Either Praised or Accused of Ambition’: An Interview with Barbara Kingsolver. Longreads, Oct 2018.
Woman in Science: Britt Wray. Canadian Science Publishing. 12 Jun 2018.
Woman in Science: Dr. Genevieve Ali. Canadian Science Publishing. 22 May 2018.
Saving lives and property with accurate flood forecasts. Nature 554 (267) (6 Feb 2018); doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-01614-0.
Woman in Science: Bernadette Conant. Canadian Science Publishing. 13 Dec 2017.
Trade Talk: Habitat Helper. Nature 550, 421(19 Oct 2017); doi:10.1038/nj7676-421a.
Women in Science: Dr. Tara Macdonald. Canadian Science Publishing, 25 Sep 2017.
Woman in Science: Caroline Fox. Canadian Science Publishing, 11 Apr 2017.
Women in Science: Dawn Bazely. Canadian Science Publishing, 16 Feb 2017.
Interview with Margo Farnsworth: On Biomimicry, Loss, and Building Community in Nature. Terrain.org, 29 Jan 2017.
Women in Science: Mary Anne Moser, CEO and Co-founder of Beakerhead. Canadian Science Publishing, 23 Nov 2016.
Women in Science: Anna Warwick Sears. Canadian Science Publishing, 11 Oct 2016.
Women in Science: Dr. Kathy Lewis. Canadian Science Publishing, 10 May 2016.
Women in Science: Interview with Sarah Boon. Canadian Science Publishing, 8 Mar 2016.
Women in Science Series: Dr. Imogen Coe. Canadian Science Publishing, 17 Feb 2016.
Women in Science Series: Dr. Rita Winkler. Canadian Science Publishing, 17 Sep 2015.
Women-In-Science Series: Dr. Kathy Bleiker. Canadian Science Publishing, 20 May 2015.
Women-In-Science Series: Usha Srinivasan, PhD. Canadian Science Publishing, 31 Mar 2015.
Women-In-Science Series: Dr. Christie Bahlai. Canadian Science Publishing, 20 Feb 2015.
Women-In-Science Series: Deborah Martin-Downs. Canadian Science Publishing, 18 Dec 2014.
Women-In-Science Series: Dr. Alwynne Beaudoin. Canadian Science Publishing, 8 Dec 2014.
Women-In-Science Series: Dr. Line Rochefort. Canadian Science Publishing, 11 Nov 2014.
From GSA 2014: An Interview with Randy Enkin, Associate Editor, CJES. Canadian Science Publishing, 21 Oct 2014.
Women-In-Science Series: Gwen Bridge. Canadian Science Publishing, 15 Oct 2014.
Women-In-Science Series: Meet Carolyn Relf, PhD. Canadian Science Publishing, 26 Aug 2014.
Women-In-Science Series: Meet Catherine Anderson, PhD. Canadian Science Publishing, 5 Aug 2014.
Women-In-Science Series: Meet Dr. Andrea Kirkwood. Canadian Science Publishing, 2 Jul 2014.

BOOK REVIEWS

Women’s Anger in the Trump Era. Chicago Review of Books, 25 Nov 2019.
David Guterson’s book “Turn Around Time” applies mountaineering themes to youth, aging. Alpinist Magazine, 11 Oct 2019.
Shaped By Snow: Defending the Future of Winter. Backcountry Magazine, 17 Sep 2019.
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming. Terrain.org, 27 June 2019.
Mountaineering in reverse: Tales from the Underland. Alpinist Magazine, 21 June 2019.
Exploring the Uneasy Coexistence of Bears and Humans. Outside Magazine, 16 April 2019.
Working with Rejection: John McNally’s The Promise of Failure. LA Review of Books. 6 Apr 2019.
Instead of Climaxing, Novels Should ‘Meander Spiral Explode’. Chicago Review of Books, 3 Apr 2019.
6 Essential Texts of Climate Change Written By Women. Literary Hub, 4 Jan 2019.
Even as extinction looms for her subjects, an ecologist maintains hope for a better future. Science, 20 Nov 2018.
Building an inclusive academy – one generation at a time. LA Review of Books, 4 Nov 2018.
Time to take sexism in post-secondary education seriously. LA Review of Books, 27 Jul 2018.
Recognizing their role in maintaining healthy watersheds, “beaver believers” work to rehab the rodent’s reputation. Science, 23 Jul 2018.
Book Review: Firestorm, by Ed Struzik. Genome Alberta Genomics Blog, 14 May 2018.
Women Writing the West: 6 Nonfiction Writers You Should Know. Literary Hub, 28 Mar 2018.
A researcher collects accounts of scientists’ first inklings that the Arctic was in trouble. Science 359 (6382), pp. 1340; 23 Mar 2018. doi: 10.1126/science.aas9815.
Science and mystery of freshwater mussels. Water Canada, Nov/Dec 2017.
The Science Writers’ Handbook, by the Writers of SciLance. Canadian Science Publishing, 24 Oct 2017.
Science Blogging: The Essential Guide, edited by Christie Wilcox, Bethany Brookshire, and Jason G. Goldman. Canadian Science Publishing, 9 Aug 2017.
Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren. Canadian Science Publishing, 23 May 2017.
Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction, by Mary Ellen Hannibal. Canadian Science Publishing, 16 Mar 2017.
Book Review: The Scientist’s Guide to Writing, by Stephen B. Heard. Canadian Science Publishing, 14 Jun 2016.

COMMUNICATIONS/LITERATURE

14 Tips for Interviewing Authors. Hippocampus, 4 Nov 2019.
The Indignity of Confession. Brevity Blog, 24 October 2019.
The Virtue of Smartphones. Brevity Blog, 3 September 2019.
The Secret Life of a Scientist at the End of the World. Narratively, 31 July, 2019.
A Shed of One’s Own. Brevity Blog, 27 June 2019.
Exploring a Rocky Mountain Glacier in the Space Between Science and Storytelling. Catapult, 30 May 2019.
Building Indigenous Relations in an Age of Reconciliation. Science Borealis, 30 Nov 2018.
How do you scale your community activities? Community playbooks map the pathways. Science Borealis, 1 Nov 2018.
Breaking Our Silence With Anger. LA Review of Books, 10 Oct 2018.
Equifinality. Chronically Lit. 22 Aug.
Science Communication in the Era of Fake News. Genome Alberta Genomics Blog. 2 Jan 2018.
Editing with a Disability. Editors BC, 13 December 2017.
Science Communications and Science Literacy: An Evening in Victoria, BC. Science Borealis. 12 Oct 2017.
Canadian Science Needs More Than Funding: It Needs Public Champions. Science Borealis. 11 Sep 2017.
Canadian Science Funding Review Should Include Science Communication. Science Borealis, 11 Jul 2016.
Science Blogging 101. Canadian Science Publishing, 3 Mar 2016.
Writing By Your Own Rules. Creative Nonfiction Collective Society, 24 Sep 2015.
Scientists Must Communicate! But How? Canadian Science Publishing, 16 Apr 2015.
To Communicate or to Excommunicate – Is That the Scientist Versus Journalist Question? Canadian Science Writers’ Association, 9 Apr 2015.
What is this ‘science communication’ you speak of? Canadian Science Publishing, 4 Feb 2014.
So you write about the environment: Are you a science writer or a nature writer? Canadian Science Writers’ Association, 10 Jan 2014.
Putting the science in fiction writing. Canadian Science Writers’ Association, 15 Oct 2013.
The gift of depression and mood disorder. Double X Science, 26 Jul 2013.

ENVIRONMENT

Post-Apocalypse Now: The Hard Work of Cli-Fi. The Millions, 8 Feb 2019.
Small Gestures. City Creatures Blog of the Center for Humans & Nature. 5 Feb 2019.
Good Neighbours. Nature Conservancy of Canada, Summer 2018.
Safety Net: Canada coordinates its efforts to managing flood risk. Water Canada Magazine, May/Jun 2018, p. 14-16.
Reconnecting Fish Habitat Starts With Good Data Management. BC Forest Professional Magazine, May/June 2017, p. 26-27.
A Pumping Plan to Elude Drought. Hakai Magazine, 26 Oct 2016.
On Vancouver Island, Summer Droughts are the New Normal. CBC The Nature of Things, 20 Oct 2016.
Northern Alberta Wildfires. Science Borealis, 4 May 2016.
Working With Sea Level Rise, Not Against It. Science Borealis, 18 Apr 2016.
Are Fossil Fuels Really Worth It? Science Borealis, 18 Jan 2016.
Restoration of Fish Passage on Elbow Creek, Southwestern BC. BC Forest Professional Magazine, Jan/Feb 2016.
Happy Earth Science Week! Science Borealis, 13 Oct 2015.
Water Problems in Water-Rich Canada. Science Borealis, 14 Jul 2015.
Beyond the Boardwalk at the Garry Oak Preserve. Nature Conservancy of Canada, 4 Jun 2015.
Remediation of Fish Passage at Stream Crossings on BC Forest Roads. BC Forest Professional Magazine, May/Jun 2015.
It’s Earth Week! Have You Thought About Our Oceans Lately? Science Borealis, 20 Apr 2015.
Soil: So Much More Than Just Dirt. Science Borealis, 26 Jan 2015.
National Forest Week and the Misconception of Deforestation. Science Borealis, 6 Oct 2014.
Rewilding and You. Canadian Science Writers’ Association, 6 Aug 2014.
Challenge Accepted: Science in the Northern Gateway Pipeline Process. Science Borealis, 14 Jul 2014.
It’s not just about the fish… Canadian Science Publishing, 20 Feb 2014.
The Boreal Forest, Antarctica and Geophysics, Oh My! Science Borealis, 27 Jan 2014.
An ‘abundance’ of bears: Aglukkaq cold-shoulders the science. iPolitics Opinion, 28 Oct 2013.
Wildfire woes don’t end when the smoke clears. Al Jazeera English, 27 Aug 2013.
Science as a jigsaw puzzle: Piecing together the picture on tidewater glaciers. Canadian Science Writers’ Association, 18 Jul 2013.
Water, water everywhere: Will storms and floods like this become the new normal? Rabble.ca, 26 Jun 2013.
What’s behind that money shot? The hidden impacts of disappearing glaciers. Canadian Science Writers’ Association, 2 Apr 2013.
Under the Crowsnest Canopy. Outpost Magazine. May/Jun 2012.
Show and Tell With Sea Ice. CH2MHill Field Notes newsletter, Jul 2007.
On the Cutting Edge at Summit Station. CH2MHill Field Notes newsletter, Jun 2007.
Faces of IPY: The Celebrity Glaciologist. CH2MHill Field Notes newsletter, May 2007.
Studying Sea Ice with the Sea Goddess. CH2MHill Field Notes newsletter, Apr 2007.
Studying Glaciers: An Initiation to the North. Above & Beyond Magazine, Jul/Aug 2004.
The altered state of field research: Summer researchers dodge bears, side-step crevasses, long for indoor plumbing. UAlberta Folio, 17 Apr 2003.
Study tracks collective effects of industry: First-of-its-kind research predicts enormous changes. UAlberta Folio, 17 Apr 2003.

SCIENCE

Trudeau Promised to Bring Us Out of Canada’s Anti-Science Era, But We’re Not There Yet. Desmog Canada, 27 Dec 2016.
Science and Academic Humour. Canadian Science Publishing, 20 Dec 2016.
Canada Isn’t Immune to Trump-ism. Desmog Canada, 5 Dec 2016.
Where Should I Submit My Journal Article? Canadian Science Publishing, 15 Nov 2016.
Collaboration Station. Canadian Science Publishing, 3 Nov 2016.
Faculty of Science Diversity Report. University of Alberta: Science Contours, 27 Oct 2016
Volunteering With Your Scientific Society. Canadian Science Publishing, 25 Jul 2016.
How to Write a Journal Article: Tips and Tools. Canadian Science Publishing, 19 Apr 2016.
How History (Yes, History) Plays Into Your Science. Canadian Science Publishing, 21 Jan 2016.
21st Century Science Overload. Canadian Science Publishing, 7 Jan 2016.
Making the most of your academic genealogy. Canadian Science Publishing, 1 Dec 2015.
If Science is Broken – How Can We Fix It? Canadian Science Publishing, 18 Jun 2015.
Is Science Broken? Canadian Science Publishing, 16 Jun 2015.
Twitter for Teaching. Canadian Science Publishing, 14 Mar 2015.
What is a scientist? Canadian Science Publishing, 10 Feb 2015.
Hey Science! Try Checking the Historic Record. Canadian Science Writers’ Association, 9 Dec 2014.
A Week to Remember: the 126th Annual Meeting of the GSA. Canadian Science Publishing, 27 Oct 2014.
Coming Soon – the Geological Society of America Meeting in Vancouver! Canadian Science Publishing, 6 Oct 2014.
Should I or Shouldn’t I – Advising Students on Academic (or Not) Careers. Canadian Science Publishing, 9 Jun 2014.
Scientists using Twitter: Dispelling the Myths. Canadian Science Publishing, 6 May 2014.
OpenSciLogs: The Evolution of Popular Science, Maybe. Canadian Science Writers’ Association, 22 Apr 2014.
Open Access Publishing: Pipe dream or the way forward for science? Canadian Science Publishing, 22 Apr 2014.
Citizens + science = a good combination. Canadian Science Publishing, 11 Mar 2014.
Has Canada gone too far down the Conservative rabbit hole? Rabble.ca, 13 Feb 2014.
Scientific societies in the internet age. Canadian Science Publishing, 14 Jan 2014.
Don’t push that button – sexual harassment, science, and personal history. Medium (LadyBits Power of Harassment Collection), 1 Nov 2013.
Academic science – feeling boxed in? Medium, 23 Aug 2013
A prairie university’s hidden coastal gem: Bamfield Centre offers students and researchers a unique place to learn. UAlberta Folio, 16 Apr 2004.
The freeze factor: The U of A’s cryopreservation lab blends biology and physics. UAlberta Folio, 2 May 2003.