Category Archives: Canada

“Cracking Cancer” on CBC’s The Nature of Things tonight

Posted on 23 February 2017 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Tonight’s episode of CBC documentary series The Nature of Things with David Suzuki features an in-depth look at the BC Cancer Agency’s Personalized Onco-Genomics (POG) project, which is exploring the feasibility of sequencing DNA and RNA from cancer cells to … Continue reading →

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Last Saturday:

Posted on 28 January 2017 by Cath@VWXYNot?

  Photo taken outside the Trump building. I borrowed the sign from a lovely group of people I met at the march Up next: March for Science (the Vancouver chapter)

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Voting didn’t feel like enough this time

Posted on 18 October 2015 by Cath@VWXYNot?

There’s a federal election in Canada tomorrow. I’ve always been very interested in politics, but this time around I feel more invested than ever before. Specifically, I want Harper out, with extreme prejudice. (If you don’t follow Canadian politics and … Continue reading →

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Right on: the only museum dedicated entirely to human rights

Posted on 28 July 2015 by Steve Caplan

Technology and hands-on exhibits make the Canadian Museum for Human Rights accessible for visitors of all ages When I last visited family in the city of Winnipeg, Canada, I had the opportunity to do a tour of the outside of … Continue reading →

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Happy Canada Day!

Posted on 1 July 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I hope all my Canadian readers are having an awesome long weekend! (And that everyone else had an awesome normal weekend!) Ours has involved spending time with various friends on patios, roller coasters, log flumes, beaches, ocean swims, picnics in … Continue reading →

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ehCloud: why Canada (and every other country) needs its own cloud computing tools

Posted on 2 June 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I recently helped one of our scientists put together an application for an industry-partnered bioinformatics grant. I understand the company in question to be more or less universally recognised as the leader in its field and therefore the obvious partner … Continue reading →

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Strange history, and thoughts of trying times

Posted on 10 March 2013 by Richard Wintle

In between grant writing, which has consumed much of the first two months of this year, and the inevitable mountain of other things that have been set aside because of it, I’ve managed to escape and explore a little more … Continue reading →

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Black and White, Silver and Gold

Posted on 5 February 2013 by Richard Wintle

With the holiday season over, the late winter grant-writing grind in full swing, and spring still separated from me by the inevitable February blahs, I need something shiny to cheer me up. Although, truth be told, a recent visit from … Continue reading →

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I AM CANADA (and so can you!)

Posted on 20 January 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Those of you who share my appreciation of the peak of Western civilisation that is Twitter may have come across a series of accounts that represent a given country, with one citizen of that country taking over the account each … Continue reading →

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VOTE, YOU BASTARDS!

Posted on 23 December 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I only have 15 usable votes so far in the 2012 Comment of the Year award, despite the post having had more than 100 unique hits! Please follow the link to remedy this unacceptable situation, if you have not already … Continue reading →

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