7th March 2011
Ottawa, Canada
So we recently had a visitor in from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a Mr. Robert Culshaw, the Deputy Director of BAS, to be precise. We (in collaboration with the British Council, WWF, the University of Ottawa, The Goethe Institute…) convinced Mr Culshaw to come to Ottawa to participate in a series of events that […]
Read more on The British Antarctic Survey, Robert Culshaw, and our second Science Salon! | Reply
23rd February 2011
Ottawa, Canada
So as some of you may have noticed, I’ve been unfortunately delinquent in my blog postings this month, due in part to the fact that I have been kept quite busy here on the ground. Not to worry, I have a few tidbits that will be finding their way to this site in the near […]
Read more on Off on some Scientific Adventures! | Reply
27th January 2011
Ottawa, Canada
Welcome blog readers to our first billingual guest blog posting! In this posting, Nicolina, our Science Officer in Montreal discusses her trip to Newfoudland, looking into renewable energy. This blog was written by our guest blogger in french, and translated to english for the complete Canadian billingualism experience (french and english being Canada’s two official […]
Read more on November Field Trip to Newfoundland | Reply
24th January 2011
Ottawa, Canada
One week ago today we had our inaugural Science Salon event! What is a Science Salon you ask? Well imagine trying to channel Bohemian France, with it’s parlours and poets and artists, into a science themed event, and there you have it – A Science Salon! The goal of these events is to bring people […]
Read more on Our First British High Commission Science Salon with Special Guest: Dr. David Strangway! | Reply
29th November 2010
Ottawa, Canada
Elinor, our intern here at the British High Commission in Ottawa, has kindly agreed to share her experience at the recent Arctic Biodiversity Symposium that was held in Ottawa, at the Canadian Museum of Nature this past week (November 18-19, 2010). See below for her take on what its happening in the world of Canadian Arctic […]
Read more on Adventures in Arctic Biodiversity | Reply
12th November 2010
Ottawa, Canada
As some of you may already know (through being there and chatting, or by following our twitter feeds) several Science and Innovation Officers from the UKinCanada Science and Innovation Network were attending the Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) last week in Montreal. It was an excellent event, for which the organization committee should be commended, […]
Read more on Louise Shaxson speaks to her experience @ CSPC | Reply
12th November 2010
Ottawa, Canada
It is with great pleasure that I publish our first written external guest blog (actually a co-guest blog, to be specific)! Louise Shaxson of Delta Partnership and Michelle Burns of Department for International Development discuss their experience at this years Canadian Science Policy Conference: Louise Louise Shaxson running her session at the KTKB2010 workshop October […]
Read more on Guest Blog – Two UK Participants discuss their experience at the Canadian Science Policy Conference | Reply
9th November 2010
Ottawa, Canada
I’d like to introduce our next guest blogger, Alex Bielak, who in trying to leave a comment ended up writing us an entire blog posting! Alex has been a fixture in the science communication world in Canada, both as an excellent communicator and writer himself, but also through his knowledge translation & knowledge brokering activities at the Environment […]
Read more on “Lipstick In School”: Thanks and a partial reflection on the Montreal KT/KB workshop | Reply
13th October 2010
Ottawa, Canada
At the end of September our Vancouver-based Science Officer, (the delightful) Paolo Marcazzan, headed to London for a week of training and meetings. These kinds of trips are essential to the work of the Science & Innovation team; keeping up to the minute with UK science policy developments is much easier when you sit down […]
Read more on A Science Officer In London | Reply
1st October 2010
Ottawa, Canada
Uh, testing… testing.. is this thing on? Hello blogland. It’s Claire in Toronto. Nicole is off on some well deserved holidays, so I’ll be manning (womaning?) the SIN Canada blog for the next couple of weeks. Today, we’re finishing up our team introductions with Nicolina Farella, Science Officer Extaordinaire, based in Montreal. As you will […]
Read more on Final Team Introduction: Nicolina Farella | Reply
