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Diversity in geoscience: Participation, behaviour, and the scientific division of labour at a Canadian geoscience conference

April 19, 2018

I’m taking a quick break from posting updates about fieldwork in Kiribati to announce that a study I co-authored has been published! Some colleagues and I attended the 2017 Canadian Geophysicists Union meeting in Vancouver with the goal of examining diversity through observations of participation, presentation content, and behaviour in conference sessions.  We found that women … More Diversity in geoscience: Participation, behaviour, and the scientific division of labour at a Canadian geoscience conference

Recent study of scientists and advocacy overlooks gender and racial biases

March 23, 2017

With the April 22 March for Science in Washington, DC quickly approaching and the current anti-scientific stance of the American government, the scientific community is abuzz with debate over what role scientists should play in activism. In the midst of these contentious times comes a new paper published in the journal Environmental Communication from George … More Recent study of scientists and advocacy overlooks gender and racial biases