The Big Chill: “Scientists Can’t Do the Job They Were Hired to Do”
A new survey of federal researchers and scientists reveals the startling degree to which they...
Failure to Monitor Ocean Pollution Risks Health of First Nations
A decade ago a group of First Nations communities on Vancouver Island approached Health Canada...
“A System in Crisis”: Information Commissioner on Canada’s Freedom of Information
Suzanne Legault, Canada’s Information Commissioner, says federal officials are suppressing freedom of information in Canada....
In the Soviet Era as in Canada: Science Suffers Under Authoritarian Rule
This is a guest post by Richard Kool, Associate Professor in the School of Environment...
David Schindler: Unmuzzle Government Scientists
This is a guest post by David Schindler, Killam Memorial Professor of Ecology emeritus at the University...
‘Stand Up for Science’ Rallies to Gather Lab Nerds, Defenders of Democracy
Last year, Canadian scientists and their supporters mourned the “Death of Evidence” in Ottawa. This...
The Chill Effect: Wild Salmon Advocate Learns $75,000 Lesson in Court So You Won’t Have To
Recently the BC Court of Appeal fined an anti-fish farm activist named Don Staniford $75,000...
Wild Salmon Advocate Ordered to Pay Fish Farming Giant More than $75,000 in Defamation Suit
The truth will set you free, but only if you footnote it correctly. The BC...
Leave Us the Birds and the Bees, Please? Canadian Government Lags Behind in the Move to Ban Neonicotinoid Pesticides
For about a decade, bee populations around the world have been experiencing massive declines for...
