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Do Female Academics Have to Be Role Models?

November 5, 2018

We talk a lot about the importance of women and minority academics mentoring students and new faculty. But are we expecting too much of them?

Tags academia, academic culture, academic science, cdnsci, department chair, diversity, equity, inclusion, mentor, minorities, Nobel, Nobel Prize, pay gap, physics, promotion, Role model, women in science, women in STEM

Coming to Terms with the Past

April 4, 2018

Since I had my knee injury I’ve been sitting around pretty much doing nothing. I regularly ice my knee, and do loops around the house … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, birthday, health, injury, knee injury, meaning, mental health, purpose, recovery, sexism

On Power and "Bro Culture" in Academic Science

October 18, 2017

On the power of language, and the power men hold over women in academic science. *edited 19 Oct to add stats on men being harassed/assaulted … Read more

Tags academic science, bro culture, diversity, equality, fieldwork, harassment, leaky pipeline, media, power, sexual assault, sexual harassment, women in science, women in STEM

Managing Your Mental Health in Academia

March 13, 2016

A few years ago, when I was still in academia, we had a meeting of scholars who were part of the university’s Water Institute. We … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, career, health, mental health, mental illness, stress

Are you experiencing science overload?

January 9, 2016

This week I had a post up on the Canadian Science Publishing blog discussing the current boom in scientific publishing (2.5 million papers published per … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, data, information, science culture, science journals, science publishing

When a student asks for career advice…

June 10, 2014

…what do you say? I wrote a new post over at Canadian Science Publishing answering this very question. How do you advise a keen student … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, alternative academic, careers, postacademic, science, science jobs

ALL the questions: Notes to a young scientist writer

December 24, 2013

In early November I had an email from Kelly, an environmental science student finishing her MSc. She’s at a crossroads, with loads of questions about … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, career, career choices, career resources, professor, research, scicomm, science communication, storytelling, writing

Academia and Illness

September 16, 2013

Tenure, She Wrote is a pseudonymous group blog covering issues for women in science and academia, and has had a lot of well-written, thought-provoking posts … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, chronic illness, grad school, mental health, work

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