Category Archives: Canada

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

Posted on February 23, 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 January 28, 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) What I learned from protesting against Harper and his war on science: Take … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, Canada, current affairs, feminism, personal, photos, politics, science, the resistance | 2 Comments

Voting didn’t feel like enough this time

Posted on October 18, 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 →

Posted in Canada, politics, science | 4 Comments

Happy Canada Day!

Posted on July 1, 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 →

Posted in Canada, drunkenness, family, silliness, sport, travel, UK, videos | 5 Comments

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

Posted on June 1, 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 →

Posted in Canada, communication, genomics, grant wrangling, science, technology, the wonders of technology | 15 Comments

I AM CANADA (and so can you!)

Posted on January 20, 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 →

Posted in Canada, current affairs, drunkenness, personal, silliness, snow, sport, technology | 9 Comments

VOTE, YOU BASTARDS!

Posted on December 23, 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 →

Posted in Canada, drunkenness, meta, music, photos, silliness, videos | 5 Comments

Temporospatial trends in germophobia

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

One of the cultural differences I noticed soon after I moved from Britain to Canada is how people treat you if you say you have a cold or other minor ailment. In the UK, my experience is that friends, family, … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, medicine, personal, UK, virology | 19 Comments

Hockey is not the only sport

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As a few of you may already know, the NHL season that usually begins in October still hasn’t started. The players and owners/league haven’t managed to agree to terms on revenue sharing and other issues, and as a result there’s another lockout … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, Canada, current affairs, personal, rants, sport, television | 20 Comments

FIRST!

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

So last night, I was enjoying a friendly Twitter argument with @ScientistMother and @27andaphd about Tim Hortons commercials. During the course of our conversation, it transpired that both ScientistMother (born in Canada to foreign-born parents) and I (born in the … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, Canada, English language, family, fun with language, rants | 28 Comments